Help with your mental health
- Contact your GP
- Call NHS 111 and selct the mental health option, open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Call your local NHS Psychological Wellbeing Service
– Cumbria:0300 123 9122
– Gateshead: 0191 283 2541
– Newcastle: 0330 0534 230
– Northumberland: 0300 3030 700
– North Tyneside: 0191 295 2775
– South Tyneside: 0191 283 2937
– Sunderland: 0191 566 5454 - Call a helpline
MIND – the Mental Health Charity – information and support, legal rights, guides to support services, helplines. They run a trans specific helpline – Trans+ Mindline: 0300 330 5468, open Monday and Friday from 8am to midnight or visit their websiteLGBT Switchboard – provides a one-stop listening service for LGBT+ people on the phone, by email and through instant messaging.
Telephone: 0300 330 0630, open 10am to 10pm every day.
Email: [email protected]
If you need emergency help with your mental health and wellbeing, please:
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- Contact your GP/out-of-hours GP number
- Attend your local Accident and Emergency Department
- Ring 999 for support
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Find more details about crisis services near to you on the NHS website’s Get urgent help for mental health page
Call a helpline:
The Samaritans
Telephone: 116 123 or visit their website
TRANS+ MINDLINE
Telephone: 0300 330 5468 (open Monday and Friday from 8am to midnight) or visit their website
MIND infoline
Telephone: 0300 123 3393 or visit their website
LGBT Switchboard
Telephone: 0300 330 0630 (open 10am-10pm every day)
Email: [email protected]
or visit their website
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741
Give us a shout
Text SHOUT to 85258 for help 24/7 or visit their website