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The Steps to deal with stress booklet provides tips and practical advice on coping with stress in your life and covers recognising stress, getting ready, coping better, learning from bad experiences and taking action now. Simple steps such as relaxation exercises and talking to someone can help you feel better and put you in a better frame of mind for dealing with your problems.

These five directories list the names, numbers and web addresses (where applicable) of organisations that offer services to help improve mental health and emotional wellbeing. Where possible, additional information has also been provided, such as email addresses and contact details within each Health and Social Care Trust area.

Digital health is revolutionising health and care services, forming a crucial step on the road to care that is more efficient and patient-centred than today. But, with hundreds of thousands of apps available, and 85% falling below quality thresholds, health and care professionals require tools to find the right digital solutions for their patients' and service users' needs. Developed by clinicians, ORCHA's AppFinder gives you unlimited access to thousands of independent app reviews across all health conditions, each of which includes a breakdown of key assessment criteria relating to Clinical Assurance, Data Privacy and User Experience. Sign up to discover the strengths and weaknesses of an app before downloading or recommending it to a patient. Feel confident in accessing quality assured digital health. Is your digital doctor qualified?

This leaflet contains information on what you can say and do to help someone who may be thinking of suicide.

It highlights the warning signs, explains the feelings a suicidal person can have and provides a step-by-step guide to having a conversation and helping someone you’re worried about.

It also lists a number of support services for people having suicidal thoughts. 

This information booklet supports the “How are you feeling?” mental health campaign that is running in participating community pharmacies in April and May 2021. It is available during this time from community pharmacies across Northern Ireland that participate in the Living Well service.

The booklet includes:

• Information on the Take 5 steps to wellbeing
• Ideas and activities you can try
• Advice and tips on setting goals
• Information on services that can provide help and support

Lifeline in partnership with the Health and Social Care Board and Interpreter Now is increasing its visibility and accessibility to the Deaf community.  

If you are in distress or despair, you can contact Lifeline using the HSCNI Remote Interpreting Service for people who use British Sign Language (BSL) and Irish Sign Language (ISL). InterpreterNow enables Deaf and hearing people to communicate instantly via telephone or web-based video link.

Sporting Pride Ireland works across NI and ROI to get LGBTQ people more active to improve mental and physical health. We have a directory of LGBTQ Inclusive Sports teams across the country and run online seminars where professional LGBTQ Athletes talk about mental and physical health journeys.

The Rainbow Project is a health organisation that works to improve the physical, mental & emotional health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people and their families in Northern Ireland.

We are the foremost LGBTQIA+ organisation in Northern Ireland and have two centres: one in Belfast city centre and the other in Foyle, L’Derry.

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