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Suicide Prevention

Support Available

Are you feeling suicidal? We are here for you…

Please find a selection of helpful resources below. 

Breathing Space

Breathing Space is a free and confidential helpline you can use when you are experiencing a low mood, anxiety or depression.

Please lift the phone if you are feeling unusually worried and you need someone to talk to.

There is someone waiting to talk with you now… visit https://www.breathingspace.scot/ or call 0800 83 85 87. 

Samaritans

The Samaritans provides you confidential emotional support when you are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead you to consider suicide.

Here 24 hours a day for you… so let’s talk.

Email Jo: jo@samaritans.org, visit the website https://www.samaritans.org/ or call 116 123.

NHS 24

Call NHS 24 on 111 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

SANE

SANE offers you emotional support and information if you are worried about your mental health.

No matter the feelings just pick up the phone and talk to us…

Call 0300 304 7000 from 4pm to 10pm or visit the website here: https://www.sane.org.uk/

HOPELINE UK

HOPELINEUK gives you support, practical advice and information if you are a young person feeling suicidal.

HOPELINEUK film:

Call 0800 068 4141 or visit the website here: https://www.papyrus-uk.org/papyrus-hopeline247/

CRUSE Bereavement Care Scotland

CRUSE Bereavement Care Scotland offers you free support if you have lost someone close.

Contact CRUSE about one-to-one counselling or local support groups.

Call 0808 802 6161 or  visit the website here: https://www.cruse.org.uk/

CALM

CALM – The Calm helpline is there for you if you are down or have hit a wall for any reason and you need to talk or find information and support.

Open 5pm to midnight, 365 days a year.

Call 0800 58 58 58 or visit the website here: https://www.thecalmzone.net/

ChildLine

ChildLine is a free 24-hour helpline where children and young people can talk to a counsellor about any problem.

Call 0800 1111 or visit the website here: https://www.childline.org.uk/

Elament

Lanarkshire’s first stop for online mental health and wellbeing information.

Visit the website here: https://www.elament.org.uk/

Lanarkshire Mind Matters

This new website is run by NHS Lanarkshire Adult Psychology Services. It aims to link you to mental health information, advice and help, wherever you live in Lanarkshire.

Visit the website here: https://www.lanarkshiremindmatters.scot.nhs.uk/

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NHS Lanarkshire is committed to improving the service it provides to patients and their families. We therefore want to hear from you about your experience. If you would like to tell us about this please visit our feedback page.

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