Support For Your Mental Health

The WHO has issued the following advice to support your mental health:

  • Minimise watching, reading or listening to news that causes you to feel anxious or distressed
  • Seek information only from trusted sources and mainly to take practical steps to prepare your plans and protect yourself and loved ones.
  • Seek information updates at specific times during the day, once or twice. The sudden and near-constant stream of news reports about an outbreak can cause anyone to feel worried.
  • Get the facts; not the rumours and misinformation.
  • Also remember to keep as active as possible and take time to self-care with activities that promote your own wellbeing -see section ‘Five Ways To Wellbeing’

 Stress and anxiety

NHS – Mood Assessment Quiz

NHS – Stress and Anxiety

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

NHS – Anxiety tips

Headspace app for dealing with stress

Mindful Breathing Exercises – YouTube

Grief and loss

Dealing with grief and loss

Isolation tips

Mental wellbeing during social isolation

Mind Charity

Young people

Young People’s Health

Young Minds

Teens in Crisis

Winston’s Wish

Young Minds – Grief and Loss

Struggling to cope

If you are still struggling to cope and you are concerned about your mental health or the mental health of another person here are some really helpful organisations via the link below including support for Suicide Prevention:

Samaritans Gloucester

Tel: 01452 306 333 or national helpline open 24/7 – Dial 116 123.

If you are in need of emergency assistance please dial 999.

NAPAC : Supporting Recovery From Childhood Abuse

Coronavirus (COVID-19) service update. Everyone feels anxious when there is a lot of uncertainty. If you suffered abuse in childhood you might be finding things especially difficult while coronavirus (COVID-19) is at the forefront of everyone’s minds.