Self Help Directory
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Description text goes hereIf it is an emergency and you require immediate support dial 999, if you believe someone is at immediate risk of suicide or requires immediate medical attention dial 999.
NHS 24
NHS 24 is a call centre operated by the NHS to provide patients with health advice and help over the phone when your usual GP services aren’t available. Referrals can also be made over the phone to crisis support and other mental health professionals out with normal GP practice working hours.
Dial 111
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Samaritans
Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and provides a one-to-one listening service for anyone experiencing distress.
You can call on 116 123 (free from any phone)
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK
The National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK offers a supportive listening service to anyone with thoughts of suicide.
You can call the National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK on 0800 689 5652 (open 24/7).
Shout Crisis Text Line
If you're struggling to cope and need mental health support you can receive support vis text. Text "SHOUT" to 85258 text "YM" if you're under 19.
Paypyrus - Hopelink UK
Paypyrus have a free helpline called Hopelink UK for people under 35 who are thinking about taking their own life or for anyone who is concerned that a young person could be having suicidal thoughts.
Phone 0800 068 41 41 (Everyday 9am to Midnight)
Breathing Space
Breathing Space is a free and confidential phone line for anybody experiencing low mood or depression.
Phone 0800 83 85 87
(6pm to 2am, weekdays and 24 hours at the weekend)
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Prevent Suicide - NE Scotland App and Website
The Prevent Suicide - NE Scotland App and website is aimed at users in the north east of Scotland. Provides helpful info for those affected in any way by suicide, extensive contact details for services in Aberdeen city, Aberdeenshire and Moray as well as allowing users to create their own safety plan.
Prevent Suicide Northeast Scotland - App and Website (preventsuicideapp.com)
Staying Safe
The Staying Safe website has information and videos guiding you how to make a safety plan in order to prepare a plan for how to keep yourself safe if you have suicidal thoughts.
The NHS inform Scotland
The NHS inform Scotland website has information on services and helplines you can contact if you are having suicidal thoughts.
Suicide | NHS inform
Others:Aberdeen Samaritans Breathing Space HOPELINE247 (by Papyrus)
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The Self-Harm Network
Self-Harm Network Scotland provides free compassionate support, resources, and information about self-harm. The power of lived experience enables us to work with each person to find their own way forward.
The Calm Harm App
Calm Harm is a free app to help teenagers to find ways to manage the urge to self-harm.
Mind
The mental health charity Mind has useful information and advice about coping with self-harm.
Treatment and support for self-harm - Mind
Childline
The Childline website has information on coping techniques for self-harm.
Self-harm coping techniques | Childline
The Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation have a free online PDF booklet covering the truth about self-harm for young people and their friends and families.
Truth about self harm WEB FINAL.pdf (mentalhealth.org.uk)
Rethink
Rethink Mental Illness have in-depth information about self-harm for people who self-harm and their friends, carers and relatives.
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Mind
The mental health charity Mind has an entire section of its website filled with in-depth Information about anxiety and panic attacks as well as self-care suggestions.
Anxiety and panic attacks - Mind
Living Live to the Full
The Living Life to the Full website offers free online resources for people with low mood and anxiety.
Living Life to the Full | helping you help yourself (llttf.com)
NHS Inform Scot
The NHS inform Scotland website has a self-help guide with in-depth information and guides for understanding and managing anxiety
Anxiety self-help guide | NHS inform
NHS Mental Wellbeing Audio Guides
The NHS website also contains audio guides on topics such as 'Anxiety Control Training', 'Sleep Problems' and 'Low Confidence and Assertiveness'.
Mental wellbeing audio guides - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
SAMH - Understanding Anxiety Guide
The Scottish mental health charity SAMH has an entire guide for understanding anxiety which can be accessed here
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NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland have an online PDF booklet on steps to deal with stress.
Steps to deal with stress (scot.nhs.uk)
The British Red Cross
The British Red Cross have information about stress and how to manage stress.
Understanding and dealing with stress | British Red Cross
The Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation have a free online PDF booklet on how to manage and reduce stress.
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NHS inform Scotland
NHS inform Scotland website has a self-help guide for people with depression
Depression self-help guide | NHS inform
Mind
The mental health charity mind has an entire section of its website dedicated to information about depression
The Living Life to the Full
The Living Life to the Full website offers free online resources for people with low mood and anxiety.
Living Life to the Full | helping you help yourself (llttf.com)
SAMH - Understanding Depression Guide
The Scottish mental health charity SAMH has an entire guide for understanding depression which can be accessed here
SAMH_Understanding_Depression.pdf
Move Mood - App
Move Mood is a free app to help young people manage the behaviours associated with low mood or depression
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NHS inform Scotland
The NHS Inform Scotland website has information about personality disorders and various different types of treatment options.
Personality disorder - Illnesses & conditions | NHS inform
The Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has information and resources for people who have been diagnosed with a personality disorder and for their friends and families.
Personality diorder | Royal College of Psychiatrists (rcpsych.ac.uk)
Mind
The mental health charity Mind has information and resources about personality disorders.
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NHS
The NHS website has in-depth information and advice about eating disorders.
Overview – Eating disorders - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Beat Eating Disorders
Beat Eating Disorders website has in-depth information, advice and resources about eating disorders.
The UK's Eating Disorder Charity - Beat (beateatingdisorders.org.uk)
Stem4
The mental health charity Stem4 have information about eating disorders as well as information on how to help someone with an eating disorder.
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Bipolar Scotland
The charity Bipolar Scotland has in-depth information about Bipolar affective disorder.
Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness have in-depth information about Bipolar including a downloadable factsheet.
What are the signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder? (rethink.org)
Mind
The mental health charity Mind has in-depth information about Bipolar affective disorder.
What is bipolar disorder? - Mind
Bipolar UK
Information and support for people affected by bipolar disorder, hypomania and mania. They also have a telephone peer support line, and an online peer support community.
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Support in Mind Scotland
Support in Mind Scotland have information about schizophrenia and also has downloadable information leaflets to help people who hear voices or other sensory disturbances.
What is schizophrenia | Support in Mind Scotland
Hearing Voices leaflets | Support in Mind Scotland
NHS inform
The NHS inform Scotland website has in-depth information about schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia symptoms & treatments - Illnesses & conditions | NHS inform
Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness have in-depth information about schizophrenia as well as a downloadable factsheet.
What are the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia? (rethink.org)
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PTSD UK
The UK charity PTSD UK have in-depth information about the causes, symptoms and treatments for PTSD.
RISE
The UK charity RISE have various online wellbeing resources for people who have experienced domestic abuse and have PTSD.
Mind
The mental health Charity Mind have in-depth information about post-traumatic stress disorder as well as tips for coping with flashbacks.
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NHS
The NHS website has information and advice for people with seasonal affective disorder
Overview - Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Mind
The mental health charity Mind has in-depth information and advice for people with seasonal affective disorder.
What is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)? - Mind
Health in Mind
Health in Mind have a blog post all about seasonal affective disorder.
Blog: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), (January 2020) (health-in-mind.org.uk)
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Mind
The mental health charity Mind has in-depth information on its website about dissociation and dissociative disorders.
Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness have in-depth information about dissociation and dissociative identity disorder as well as a downloadable factsheet.
What is a dissociative disorder (DID)? (rethink.org)
First Person Plural
First Person Plural dissociative identity disorders association has in-depth information and advice about dissociation.
