Signposting Mental Health Support
Peer Support
This page includes information about various organisations in North Derbyshire providing mental health support
There are a number of mental health peer support groups across Derbyshire, each providing different services and catering to different needs. For more information about these, please click the link below to view an interactive map of peer support groups.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer
Community Mental Health Teams
The teams offer support to people with a range of mental health difficulties. Examples of these include psychosis, bi-polar, personality disorder, severe depression and anxiety.
www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk
Counselling, Therapies and Support
https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/services/talking-mental-health-derbyshire
https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/nhs-services/nhs-mental-health/derby-and-derbyshire/
https://www.cruse.org.uk/get-support/contact-your-local-branch/
https://relatechesterfield.org.uk/
Derbyshire Recovery & Peer Support Service.
Offers support to help people improve and maintain their mental health and wellbeing and reconnect with their local community by offering access to targeted one-to-one staff support, telephone support and community groups.
www.rethink.org/help-in-your-area/services/community-support/derbyshire-recovery-and-peer-support-service
Support in a Crisis
Contacts and advice for people needing support in a crisis.
If you are feeling suicidal
If you or someone you know is feeling suicidal there are people you can talk to:
- Speak to a friend, family member or someone you trust
- Call the Derbyshire Mental Health Support Line on 0800 028 0077 (7 days a week, 9am to midnight)
- Call the free Samaritans 24-hour support service on telephone 116 123 or contact Samaritans online
- Use the Staying Safe website for support, information and making your own safety plan
- Contact NHS 111, though be aware of delays in accessing this service
- Make an urgent appointment to see your GP, who may be operating a callback service
- Ring 999
- If you require urgent medical intervention go to your nearest emergency department, though be aware that there are increased demands on and transmission risks in emergency departments at this time.
If you need urgent help
If you, or someone you care about, is experiencing mental ill health and is in a crisis or emergency situation, there are many ways that you can get help:
- Contact your local GP, who knows your medical history, and will decide with you the best action to take. Request an emergency appointment.
- If a health or social care professional (your care coordinator or key worker) has given you a specific phone number to call when you are concerned about your condition, continue to use that number.
- For adult social care during office hours contact Call Derbyshire tel: 01629 533190 from 8am to 8pm on Monday to Friday, and 9:30am to 4pm on Saturday. Outside of normal hours, call the emergency duty team tel: 01629 532600.
- Mental health charity Mind suggests practical things you can do to help yourself if you're feeling suicidal or are in crisis. It has information about where you can get help as well as links to blogs and websites where people have shared their experiences of dealing with a mental health crisis.
Sale
We provide free and confidential, specialist trauma informed counselling, for 26 weeks initially, face to face in Chesterfield, also at our Hubs in Belper, Long Eaton and Matlock. We also offer counselling remotely by telephone. Counselling is for anyone over 18 residing in Derbyshire affected by sexual abuse, sexual assault or incest at any time. We have Independent Sexual Violence Advisor service (ISVA) for anyone who is seeking practical and emotional support when accessing other services or agencies. This service can also support with reporting to police, through the criminal justice system to court and CICA system. We provide emotional support and information through our helpline by free phone, email and text. We offer Art Therapy and Drama Therapy, using a blend of talking and creative art making and several types of creative and performing arts to facilitate emotional release, exploration, and healing. We offer peer support groups and group therapy in a space created for the opportunity to connect with others who may also identify in some way as survivors. Topics covered include safety, stabilisation, self-care, and assertiveness. We offer volunteer placement opportunities for helpline workers and counselling students. Please visit our website or contact our helpline for more information about our services.
https://www.sailderbyshire.org.uk/
NHS 111
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/urgent-and-emergency-care-services/when-to-use-111/
but not if it's a life-threatening situation.NHS 111 is available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Calls are free from land lines and mobile phones.Tel: 111 if:
- you need medical help fast but it's not a 999 emergency
- you think you need to go to accident and emergency or need another NHS urgent care service
- you don't know who to call or you don't have a GP to call
- you need health information or reassurance about what to do next
For less urgent health needs, contact your GP or local pharmacist in the usual way.
Samaritans
www.samaritans.org for people who are experiencing feelings of distress, despair or suicidal thoughts. Tel: 116 123 free helpline, or email jo@samaritans.org
Staying Safe
Information about how to make a safety plan can be found on www.stayingsafe.netfor anyone struggling with suicidal thoughts or supporting someone else.
Stay Alive app
prevent-suicide.org.uk/find-help-now/stay-alive-app is a suicide prevention resource for the UK containing useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.
www.thecalmzone.net
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
Calm is for anyone who needs to talk about life's problems. Tel: 0800 58 58 58 free helpline or webchat from 5pm to midnight every day.
www.papyrus-uk.org
Papyrus is for children and people under 35 who are experiencing thoughts of suicide or for anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide. Tel: 0800 068 41 41 free helpline from Monday to Friday 9am to 10pm, weekends 2pm to 10pm, bank holidays 2pm to 5pm. Text:07860 039967or email pat@papyrus-uk.org
Childline
helps children and young people under 19 with any issue they're going through. Tel: 0800 1111 free – the helpline number won't show up on your phone bill. Because of the coronavirus outbreak, you can only speak to a Childline counsellor online or on the phone from 9am to midnight.
Mental health advocacy and specialist advocacy
If you or someone you know has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act then there are specialist independent advocacy services to provide support in understanding your legal rights and being heard in relation to your care and treatment. You have to meet certain criteria in order to have this specialist advocacy If someone lacks capacity to make their own decisions then the specialist independent advocacy service can represent their views and wishes.For further information read about
