Supporting Mental Health
Need Urgent Help?
If your mental or emotional state quickly gets worse or deteriorates, this can be called a ‘mental health crisis’. In this situation, it is important to get help quickly.
Please call 0800 145 6485 and our dedicated local staff will support you to access the help you need. The phone line is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is open to people of all ages – including children and young people.
You should still call 999 or go to A&E if you have an immediate, life-threatening emergency requiring mental or physical health assistance.
Samaritans
Every day, we respond to around 10,000 calls for help. No judgement. No pressure.
Need support? Call 116 123 to speak to a Samaritan or visit the website.
We understand a time like this can be very daunting. It is important to take care of yourself physically, but also take care of yourself mentally. If you are suffering or struggling to cope, please do not suffer in silence.
Please see the link below for top tips and advice on how to look after your mental health and wellbeing during this time:
https://youngminds.org.uk/blog/what-to-do-if-you-re-anxious-about-coronavirus/
The Martin Gallier Project
The Martin Gallier Project is fiercely dedicated to preventing suicides, breaking down stigmas & supporting families in the North West.
Every Mind Matters -Better Health
Every Mind Matters have launched a new campaign, Better Health. Better Health provides awareness and advice to parents and carers of young people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. It also provides support for young people directly affected by the virus.
Many young people and children have found staying at home, away from friends and school, particularly difficult. They may be finding returning to school challenging, or may have been facing family problems/ losses in the recent months, which is a lot to come to terms with. Children may be worrying about the virus, about catching and passing it on, or worrying about the uncertainty of the future. Every Mind Matters aims to help those who may be struggling and provide advice to those caring for children and young people who’s mental health has been affected by COVID-19. Please see important links and resources below from this campaign:
Looking after a child or young person’s mental health
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/
Kooth.com – Online support for young people
Kooth offers free emotional support including; immediate access to online counselling, self-help resources and peer to peer support. The platform also encourages assigning self-defined goals which can be measured to better understand progress/outcomes.
No referral is required and people can sign up anonymously. To access Kooth visit https://www.kooth.com/
The services are accessible via desktop, smartphone and/or tablet.
Kooth offers young people (aged 11-25) in Wirral the opportunity to have a text-based conversation with a qualified counsellor. Counsellors are available from 12noon to 10pm on weekdays and 6pm to 10pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop-in basis. Young people can access regular booked online counselling sessions as needed. Outside counselling hours, young people can message our team and get support by the next day. The platform is available 365 days a year.
When young people register with Kooth they will have support available to them now and in the future. Support can be gained not only through counselling but articles, forums and discussion boards. All content is age appropriate, clinically approved and fully moderated.
You can also view a short video about the service at: https://vimeo.com/318731977/a9f32c87de
Hatch
The leading emotional wellbeing service for young people in Wirral.
hatch is here to make sure that you have emotional wellbeing support https://www.hatchmerseyside.co.uk/young-people/
Everybody has ups and downs in life and goes through challenging times, it’s a natural part of life, and these things having an effect upon the way we feel is perfectly normal.
But much of the time we aren’t born with the innate ability to cope with these things on our own.
Open Door
The Open Door Charity’s programmes support individuals up to 30 years old https://www.opendoorcharity.com/
Over 9 years we have grown to become one of the largest independent providers of talking therapies in Merseyside and one of the most progressive organisations of its kind in the UK.
Central to what we do is provide charity members with free, immediate access to a innovative range of creative therapeutic support options if they are feeling down, depressed, anxious or having panic attacks.
Wirral CAMHS & Early Help Resource and Information Pack
Everyone has an important role to play to help children, young people and their families thrive, including children and young people themselves, their families and friends, schools and other agencies. This pack contains information about self-help resources, community services, when to refer to CAMHS, when to contact the Early Help Team and what to do if you are concerned about immediate risk or harm.
Preventing Self-harm in Teens: A Guide for Appropriate Intervention
Teens have the highest rate of self-harm among any age demographic, with approximately 17% of teens reporting at least one instance of self-harm in their lifetime. The average age of the first incident of self-harm is 13. Often teens will seek out support from loved ones rather than mental health professionals. However, many teens will take extraordinary steps to conceal their self-harm, or even deny engaging in such behaviour.
Additionally, they may not even be aware of what professional resources are available to them. As such, it is important for anyone with a teen in their life to be aware of warning signs and understand how to appropriately address instances of self-harm https://www.zocdoc.com/blog/preventing-self-harm-in-teens-a-guide-for-appropriate-intervention/
