Mental Health Helplines

Mental Health Emergency Services and Helplines

Who to contact if you need urgent support in a crisis

If you feel suicidal or feel like harming yourself or other people:

• Call 999
• Go to your nearest Accident and Emergency department (A&E).
• You can also contact your local Intensive Mental Health Service; they work with people over the age of 16 who are experiencing Mental Health Crisis, as an alternative to hospital admission. See below for local contact details:

Blackberry Hill Hospital, Bristol - Bybrook Lodge - S. Glos Intensive Team    0117 378 4012 / www.awp.nhs.uk

Hillview Lodge, Bath - BaNES Intensive Team    01225 362735 / www.awp.nhs.uk

Long Fox Unit, W-s-Mare - North Somerset Intensive Team    01934 636363 / www.awp.nhs.uk 

Non-emergency helplines:

Samaritans

Offering emotional support 24 hours a day

Tel: 116 123

Email via Website: www.samaritans.org

Sane Line

Offering specialist mental health emotional support

You can also email through their website.

Tel: 0300 304 7000 (Everyday 4.30pm to 10.30pm)

Web: www.sane.org.uk