Mental Health and Wellbeing - Adults & Families

Key mental health and wellbeing support services, online information, advice and resources  (apps, audios and videos), primarily for adults (age 19+),  Includes essential support  during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

Support Services:

• Fairview Therapies - Counselling Services: counsellors here at Fairview Medical Centre supporting your mental health and wellbeing at low cost, private and confidential: 
  • Call: 07796 416354
  • Website:https://www.fairviewmedicalcentre.co.uk/private-fees

• Mental Health Helplines: comprehensive list of mental health and wellbeing helplines, recommended by the NHS, supporting various conditions and age groups (adults and youth), Includes contact details/websites:
  • Website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/

• Anxiety UK: information, advice, support, resources and therapy sessions to help cope with anxiety, health and  wellbeing:
  • Call: 03444 775 774
  • Text Service: 07537 416 905
  • Email: support@anxietyuk.org.uk
  • Website (coronavirus): https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/blog/health-and-other-forms-of-anxiety-and-coronavirus/
  • Website (main): https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/

• Cruse Bereavement Care: support services for managing brief,  loss / bereavement:
  • Call: 0808 808 1677 (National) or  020 8916 0855 (Croydon hour answer phone)
  • Email: helpline@cruse.org.uk or croydon@cruse.org.uk
  • Website: https://www.cruse.org.uk// or http://www.crusecroydon.org.uk/

• Family Lives: practical and emotional  support for families  (parents, children and teenagers), includes info, videos and community forum:
  • Helpline: 0808 800 2222
  • Email: askus@familylives.org.uk
  • Website (main): https://www.familylives.org.uk/
  • Website (coronavirus): https://www.familylives.org.uk/advice/your-family/family-life/coping-practically-and-emotionally-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/

• Listening Place: helpline and supporting people who feel that life is no longer worth living (suicidal thoughts):
  • Call: 020 3906 7676
  • Email: administration@listeningplace.org.uk
  • Website: https://listeningplace.org.uk/

• Mind: free information and practical advice to support your mental health and wellbeing, including crisis support:
  • Call:  0800 731 2864  or  0300 123 3393 (National) or  020 8668 2210  (Croydon)
  • Text 86463
  • Email Croydon: admin@mindincroydon.org.uk  Main: info@mind.org.uk 
  • Website (coronavirus): https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing/
  • Website (Croydon): https://www.mindincroydon.org.uk/

• Mind in Croydon - Mental Health Directory: comprehensive directory of mental health services within Croydon, supporting different conditions, people, ethnicity and backgrounds:
  • Website: http://directory.mindincroydon.org.uk/

• Samaritans: 24 hour telephone support for people requiring emotional support:
  • Call: 116 123 (FREE  available 24 hours a day)
  • Email: jo@samaritans.org
  • Website (coronavirus): https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/support-and-information/if-you're-having-difficult-time/if-you're-worried-about-your-mental-health-during-coronavirus-outbreak/
  • Website (main): https://www.samaritans.org/

• Shout: 24 hours crisis helpline for people requiring emotional and practical support during mental health and wellbeing:
  • Text: 85258 "SHOUT" (if you are over 19 years old. A helpline advisor will CALL you BACK)
  • Email: info@giveusashout.org
  • Website: https://www.giveusashout.org/

Mental Health and Wellbeing Online Resources:

This section contains key online mental health and wellbeing resources:

• Information and Advice
• Apps, Audios and Courses

Information  and Advice:

• NHS Every Mind Matters: free information, practical tips and apps to support your mental and physical wellbeing:
  • Website: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/

• NHS Live Well: advice, tips and tools to help you make the best choices about your health and wellbeing. Includes healthy eating, exercise, mental health, sleep, alcohol, smoking and sexual health:
  • Website: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/

• Looking After Your Mental Health: free tips and advice for looking after your mental health. includes podcasts and videos:
  • Website (coronavirus):  https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/looking-after-your-mental-health-during-coronavirus-outbreak
  • Website (main): https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/your-mental-health

• NHS Mindfulness: information and advice on mindfulness and how it could help manage your mental health and wellbeing:
  • Website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mindfulness/

• NHS Only You: free advice, information and videos on mental and physical  wellbeing includes home exercise videos, recipes, dealing with smoking and alcohol:
  • Website: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/

• Public Health Mental Health: guidance and practical tips on managing your mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus:
  • Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-public-on-mental-health-and-wellbeing/guidance-for-the-public-on-the-mental-health-and-wellbeing-aspects-of-coronavirus-covid-19

Apps, Audios and Courses:

• NHS Mental Health and Wellbeing Apps: useful  apps recommended by the NHS which can help with  your mental health and wellbeing:
  • Website: https://www.nhs.uk/apps-library/category/mental-health/

• NHS Mental Wellbeing Audios: guided audios to help deal with a variety mental health and wellbeing aspects such as anxiety, sleep, low mood, depression and unhelpful thoughts:
  • Website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/moodzone-mental-wellbeing-audio-guides/

• College of Medicine COVID-19-ID Support: evidence based research, advice, events and articles for supporting health and wellbeing, including social prescribing and during the Coronavirus:
  • Website (coronavirus): https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/covid19/
  • Website (main): https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/

• Science of Wellbeing: free Yale on-line course:
  • Website: https://coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being?