What is Mental Health?
Everyone has mental health. It involves our emotional, psychological, and social well-being, and it affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health problems affect around one in four people in any given year.
What are Mental Health problems?
Good mental health means being generally able to think, feel and react in the ways that you need and want to live your life
If you go through a period of poor mental health you might find the ways you’re frequently thinking, feeling or reacting become difficult, or even impossible, to cope with. This can feel just as bad as a physical illness, or even worse.
Poor Mental Health is more common than you think
1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England
1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (like anxiety and depression) in any given week in England
In any given week in England people are given a specific mental health diagnosis:
Mixed anxiety and depression: 8 in 100 people
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD): 6 in 100 people
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): 4 in 100 people
Depression: 3 in 100 people
Phobias: 2 in 100 people
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): 1 in 100 people
Panic disorder: fewer than 1 in 100 people.
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Anyone can suffer from suicidal thoughts but every one of us can make a difference.
A life is lost through suicide every two hours in the UK but suicidal thoughts and feelings affect thousands of us every single day.
The following organisations are here to help you to access support relating to mental health, self-harm and ultimately to prevent suicide.
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) suicide prevention helpline is open every day, offering free, anonymous support to anyone affected by suicide or suicidal thoughts.
Harmless provides support, information, training and consultancy about self harm to individuals who self harm, their friends, families and professionals with a view to promoting health and recovery, reducing isolation and distress, and by increasing awareness and skill in intervention.
The Hub of Hope is a mental health support database. It is provided by national mental health charity, and brings local, national, peer, community, charity, private and NHS mental health support and services together in one place for the first time.
Side by Side is an online community where you can listen, share and be heard.
Reach Out for Mental Health provides a safe, confidential and respectful space for you to talk to a trained volunteer befriender or trainee counsellor about anything which may be troubling you
Whatever you’re going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. We’re here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Whether you’re experiencing a mental health crisis or need support to stay well, Sanctuary can provide a safe, compassionate space for you.
Shout is a free, confidential and 24/7 text messaging service for anyone in the UK who needs support. If you are struggling to cope and need to talk, trained Shout Volunteers can support you.
Victim Support services support those who have been bereaved or affected by suicide. Our caseworkers provide free and confidential support tailored to your needs.
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