Mental Health

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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

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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

Open Mental Health Somerset Alliance

Mental health organisations have come together to provide 24/7 support to adults in Somerset.

Whatever is worrying you – anxiety, debt, employment, housing, low mood, addiction – they're here to help.

Visit Open Mental Health

You-th Space

Angry, scared, anxious? Problems with friends, family, school, being bullied, or feel different to others? These are just some of the things you can speak to You-th Space about. You-th Space is local to Frome.

Visit You-th Space

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).