Call 999 or go to A&E now if:

 
  • someone's life is at risk - for example, they have seriously injured themselves or taken an overdose
    you do not feel you can keep yourself or someone else safe

Call: 999

If you are deaf, call 999 BSL

Find your nearest A&E

Get advice from 111 or ask for an urgent GP appointment if:

 
  • you need urgent help for your mental health

Get help from 111 online or call 111 and select the mental health option.

Local Support

Oxfordshire Talking Therapies (formerly TalkingSpace Plus)

Oxfordshire Talking Therapies provides counselling services.

Counsellors work to reduce risk and help people understand themselves and their situations better.

Visit the Oxfordshire Talking Therapies website

University of Oxford Student Counselling Service

Oxford University students are able to access the University of Oxford Student Counselling service.

Visit the University of Oxford website

Oxfordshire Mind

Oxfordshire Mind, your local mental health charity. We’ve been campaigning for better mental health in Oxfordshire for over 50 years with our campaigning and support services. Like all local Minds, we are an independent charity that is proud to be affiliated with the national Mind association.

Visit the Oxfordshire Mind website

Oxfordshire Mind - Safe Haven

Oxfordshire Safe Haven is a safe and welcoming space for when you’ve reached the point where it feels like there’s no way out. We’re open 365 days a year, and you can think of us as being like A&E for your mental health.

Visit the Oxfordshire Mind - Safe Haven website

Oxford Health CAMHS

Oxford Health CAMHS help young people who are finding it hard to cope with everyday life because of difficult feelings, behaviour or relationships.

Oxford Health CAMHS work with youngsters in Bath & NE Somerset, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Swindon and Wiltshire.

Visit the Oxford Health CAMHS website

Self-Help Apps

Moodgym

Moodgym is an interactive program designed to help you:

  • Identify whether you are having problems with emotions like anxiety and depression.
  • Learn skills that can help you cope with these emotions.

Moodgym is based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy, which have been shown to be successful in preventing and treating depression and anxiety.

Visit the Moodgym website

Be Mindful

Created so that anyone can easily practise mindfulness and enjoy better mental health.

The Be Mindful program is a standalone intervention or works in conjunction with existing treatments to help reduce the need for medication and face-to-face appointments.

Visit the Be Mindful website

Headspace

Think of Headspace as your lifelong guide to better mental health. We’re here for you whenever you need us, wherever you are, helping you get through tough times and find joy in everyday.

Visit the Headspace website

Calmharm

Calm Harm is an award-winning app funded by the teenage mental health charity stem4, to help manage the urge to self-harm. It was developed by Clinical Psychologist Dr. Nihara Krause MBE, in collaboration with young people and uses principles from an evidence-based psychological treatment called Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

Visit the Calmharm website

Sleepio

Sleepio is a six-week clinically proven programme used to treat insomnia, available free on the NHS.

Visit the Sleepio website

National Support

Mind

Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Visit the Mind website

Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink Mental Illness improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through a network of local groups and services, expert information and successful campaigning. The goal is to make sure everyone affected by severe mental illness has a good quality of life.

Visit the Rethink website

Anxiety UK

Anxiety UK was formed in 1970, by Katharine and Harold Fisher as a result of Katharine’s experience of agoraphobia and her desire to develop support for others similarly affected.

Visit the Anxiety UK website

Samaritans

Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

Visit the Samaritans website

Combat Stress

Combat Stress is the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health. For a century, they’ve helped former servicemen and women with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Visit the Combat Stress website

CALM (Campaign against living miserably)

The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK.

Visit the CALM website

Young Minds

Young Minds is leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever their challenges.

Visit the Young Minds website