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Mental Health, Anxiety, Stress & Depression
If you are experiencing significant emotional or mental distress, call NHS 111 and select the mental health option.
The service offers 24/7 advice and support if you are:
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Experiencing worry, anxiety or fear that you can't control
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Hearing voices and seeing things that other's can't
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Considering harming yourself
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Find yourself with drawing from your friends or family
If someone's life is at risk, call 999 or go to A&E
NHS Talking Therapies can help
Struggling with feelings of depression, excessive worry, social anxiety, post traumatic stress or obsessions and compulsions? A trained clinician can help.
This service is effective, confidential and free.
Your GP can refer you or refer yourself at nhs.uk/talk
Mandown UK
Man Down UK is a non-profit Community Interest Company originating in Cornwall, who provides informal peer-support talking groups all over the UK for men with mental health concerns.
They will be running a free fortnightly men's mental health support group in Bideford starting on Monday 2nd September 2024 7-9pm at Marlbrough Court, EX39 2QT.
More information about the charity and planned meetings can be found on their website:
Looking after yourself - Every Mind Matters
There are little things you can do to look after your mental health.
Just a few simple changes can help improve your mood and cope with life's challenges. With the Every Mind Matters online platform, you can get free expert advice and practical tips to help you look after your mental health and wellbeing.
Stress, Depression, Anxiety and Panic are common conditions. We can help you. Below are a collection of helpful leaflets, websites, videos plus some self-help book suggestions.
You can also refer yourself to the local TALKWORKS service (formerly the Depression & Anxiety Service).
Are you lonely or find it difficult to get out and meet people?
Struggling with Mental Health?
Would you like to come to an ART class?
Please contact Justine, Health and Wellbeing team, Torridge PCN Surgeries on 07377 176457
SilverCloud - Online Self-Help
Bideford Medical Centre is proud to be partnering with Silver Cloud to ensure all of our patients have free access to a suite of online self-help modules that can help to improve your mental wellness and wellbeing.
Devon Recovery Learning Community
Devon Recovery Learning Community is a service of Devon Partnership NHS Trust offering free, open access courses for adults over 18 to learn about mental health and well being.
They provide a unique curriculum of courses online in person or through a blended approach to learning, designed to increase your knowledge and equip you with the tools to live a meaningful, productive and fulfilling life.
Follow this link for further information:
Self help leaflets on a bookshelf
Check out the book shelves. Click on the area you need help with, sit down with a hot drink and read at your leisure.
Anger, Anxiety, Abuse, Bereavement, Depression, Eating Disorders, Health Anxiety, Obsessions, Panic, Postnatal Depression, Self Harm, Sleep Problems, Social Anxiety etc...
Scientific evidence points to five steps that we can take to improve our mental wellbeing. If you give them a try, you may feel happier, more positive and able to get the most from your life. Remember, no-one can give wellbeing to you. It's you who has to take action.
This World Health Organisation video explains depression. The most important thing is to recognise it and seek help - It is treatable. Call us.
Just as we eat well and stay fit to keep our body healthy, mindfulness meditation is about mental health and looking after the mind. As little as 5 minutes a day can boost your mood, help you relax and lower your blood pressure. Developed by the Australian Cricket Team.
The Devon Mental Health Alliance (DMHA) is a partnership between six local organisations in the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector providing support for people living with mental health problems across Devon. Launched in 2022, the Alliance leads on the implementation of the community portion of the Community Mental Health Framework (CMHF).
This Letter of Hope is written by a group of people who have been through very dark and desolate times and is intended to support those who may be thinking about taking their own lives. Hold on.
Calm Harm (To help manage the urge to self harm)
Calm Harm provides tasks that help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm. Please note that the app is an aid in treatment but does not replace it. It's desigend for teenagers but can be tried by any age group.
Kooth (online support for age 11-25yrs)
Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people. Counselling, forums, stuff to read.
Borderline Personality Disorder (MIND)
This resource explains borderline personality disorder (BPD), also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family..
“I don’t necessarily tell people I have BPD because I don’t like labelling myself, I just say I have depression and anxiety because it’s easier. But I know I have BPD. I feel things so intensely sometimes it means I lose control of all my senses. It’s one of the worst feelings, but I have learnt how to cope with it.”
Mindline - mental health helpline
Need someone to talk to? Feeling isolated, distressed or upset? Give us a ring on 0300 330 5464 (8pm-11pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday).
Food Fact Sheet: Food and Mood
Is there a connection between feeling fine and the foods we have eaten? Do some foods make us feel grumpy? Is it possible to plan a diet for good mood?
Patient.co.uk: Relaxation exercises
Muscular relaxation exercises and deep breathing are two common techniques to help people to relax and combat symptoms of anxiety. They may also help to ease symptoms of depression.
Steps to tackle your anger. We are the only UK centre of expertise for all aspects of anger and conflict management. We offer support, programmes and training for the general public, children and teenagers.
Anxiety is the main symptom of several conditions, including panic disorder, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder and social anxiety disorder (social phobia). People with generalised anxiety feel anxious most days and often struggle to remember the last time they felt relaxed. It can cause both psychological and physical symptoms. These vary from person to person, but can include feeling restless or worried and having trouble concentrating or sleeping.
Dr Kate Lovett shares advice to help you alleviate the thoughts and feelings associated with anxiety and worry.
Dr Chris Williams explains how you can take control of anxiety. This podcast is one of an eight-part series for Moodzone.
Food Fact Sheet: Depression and Diet
Good nutrition is important for our mental and physical health. This food fact sheet will look at how following a healthy diet can protect your mental health.
The word depressed is a common everyday word. People might say "I'm depressed" when in fact they mean "I'm fed up because I've had a row, or failed an exam, or lost my job", etc. These ups and downs of life are common and normal. Most people recover quite quickly. With true depression, you have a low mood and other symptoms each day for at least two weeks. Symptoms can also become severe enough to interfere with normal day-to-day activities.
Book: The Mind Management Programme for Confidence, Success and Happiness
The Chimp Paradox is an incredibly powerful mind management model that can help you become a happy, confident, healthier and more successful person. Used by Liverpool FC and the Sky Cycling Team. Struggle to read books? Get the Audiobook to listen to!
Reading Well Books on Prescription helps you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using self-help reading. The scheme is endorsed by health professionals and supported by public libraries.
Reading Well Mood-boosting Books is a national promotion of uplifting titles, including novels, poetry and non-fiction. The books are all recommended by readers and reading groups.
We are the leading national charity for bereaved people in the UK. We offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies. Cruse offers face-to-face, telephone, email and website support. Our services are provided by trained volunteers and are confidential and free.
Phone us on 0300 3305466 or email devon@cruse.org.uk
The accessible and straightforward books in the Overcoming Series treat disorders by changing unhelpful patterns of behavior and thought. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is internationally favored as a practical means of overcoming longstanding and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical.
Book: Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness
Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness is a self-help manual for this common problem, which explains why it happens and sets out practical methods of resolving it.
Book: Overcoming Health Anxiety
The accessible and straightforward books in the Overcoming Series treat disorders by changing unhelpful patterns of behavior and thought. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is internationally favored as a practical means of overcoming longstanding and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical.
