Where can I find help?
Contact your Doctor (GP)
If you are concerned about your own mental health contact your GP, who can help you decide what level of support you need. They will be able to refer you into Mental Health services if necessary.
Lisburn Wellbeing Hub
At the Lisburn Wellbeing Hub we work in partnership with a range of local self-help and talking therapy services to improve emotional health.
Connect with the Hub if you would like support with low mood, stress or anxiety. Referrals come from GP surgeries in the Lisburn area.
Ask your GP for details if you are registered with a surgery in the Lisburn area. Our staff will contact you to discuss your emotional health and wellbeing needs and will support you in connecting with a range of local self-help and talking therapy services.
You can contact the Hub by Telephone: (028) 9598 8003 or by email: wellbeing.hub@setrust.hscni.net
Phone lines are monitored Monday – Thursday 9.00am – 1.30pm and our email address is monitored periodically.
For urgent enquiries please contact your GP or Lifeline on 0808 808 8000.
Wellness Recovery Network
The Wellness Recovery Network is led by people with lived experience of various mental health issues who have been on a journey of hope, recovery and finding a sense of wellness after being in a place of total despair. What makes us different is that anyone can attend the Network as we believe Wellness is for everyone.
It aims to achieve:
– Support conversations about mental health away from stigma.
– Promote recovery and champion individuality.
– Embrace wellness and wellbeing.
– Make connections with like-minded people.
– Nurture hope, control and opportunity.
Click here to learn more.
Lifeline
Lifeline is a crisis response helpline service operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week if you are in distress or despair and talk to a trained counsellor in confidence.
Telephone: 0808 808 8000
Deaf and hard of hearing text phone users can call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000 or www.lifelinehelpline.info
Helpline Network
This provides contact details for a range of NI bases helplines, offering free information and advice at www.helplinesnetworkni.com
Occupational Health
If you work, your employer may provide an occupational health service where you can get help and support.
Talk to a family member or friend
Sometimes it can be a relief just to tell someone that you are struggling. Your friends care about you and can often offer a different way of looking at the problem.
Get online
- Samaritans: www.samaritans.org
- Family support NI: www.familysupportni.gov.uk
- Minding your head: www.mindingyourhead.info
- NHS Choices: www.NHS.uk
- Mental Health foundation: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
- Helplines: www.helplinesnetworkni.com