List of UK Mental Health Resources

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Updated October 2024

A list of UK mental health resources and organisations you can reach out to, whatever your needs.

Your mental health can be affected for all kinds of reasons. This list of mental health resources provides a helpline for a wide variety of needs. Never think your personal situation is too small or too big for someone else to provide help – you deserve to send that email, or pick up that phone. You deserve to have someone listen.

UK Mental Health Resources

ORGANISATION HELPLINE WEBSITE
Anxiety UK Book a call www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Alcoholics Anonymous 0800 917 7650 www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
Alzheimer’s Society 0333 150 3456 www.alzheimers.org.uk
Autism Helpline 0808 800 4104 N/A
Beat
 Helplines www.b-eat.co.uk
Ben Mental Health & Wellbeing 08081 311 333 ben.org.uk/
Bipolar UK N/A www.bipolaruk.org
British Heart Foundation 0808 802 1234 www.bhf.org.uk
CALM N/A www.thecalmzone.net
Cruse Bereavement Care 0808 808 1677 www.cruse.org.uk
Gamblers Anonymous N/A www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk
Family Lives 0808 800 2222 www.victimsupport.org.uk
Mencap
 Helplines www.mencap.org.uk
Mind 0300 123 3393 www.mind.org.uk
Men’s Health Forum 020 7922 7908 www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation N/A www.mentalhealth.org.uk
The Mix 1-2-1 chat www.themix.org.uk/mental-health
Narcotics Anonymous 0300 999 1212 www.ukna.org
No Panic 0300 772 9844 www.nopanic.org.uk
NSPCC 0808 800 5000 www.nspcc.org.uk
OCD Action 0300 636 5478 www.ocdaction.org.uk
OCD UK Contacts www.ocduk.org
PAPYRUS 0800 068 4141 www.papyrus-uk.org
Rape Crisis 0808 500 2222 www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Refuge 0808 2000 247 www.refuge.org.uk/
Relate Contacts www.relate.org.uk
Rethink Mental Illness 0808 801 0525 www.rethink.org
Samaritans 116 123 www.samaritans.org
SANE 0300 304 7000 www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support
Support Line 01708 765 200 www.supportline.org.uk
Versus Arthritis 0800 5200 520 www.versusarthritis.org/
Victim Support 0808 168 9111 www.victimsupport.org.uk
YoungMinds Urgent help https://youngminds.org.uk/

UK Mental Health Resources

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