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Mindset is a Mental & Emotional Health & Well-being Awareness Programme

Minding Your Head has information on how to protect your mental and emotional wellbeing and the issues that can affect it, eg anxiety or depression.

Lifeline is the Northern Ireland crisis response helpline service for people who are experiencing distress or despair. No matter what your age or where you live in Northern Ireland, if you are or someone you know is in distress or despair, Lifeline is here to help.

People living in Northern Ireland can call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000. Deaf and hard of hearing Textphone users can call Lifeline on 18001 0808 808 8000. Calls to Lifeline are free to people living in Northern Ireland who are calling from UK landlines and mobiles.

Lifeline counsellors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to listen and help, in confidence.

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Difficult events and experiences can leave you in a low mood and can increase the risk of depression. Sometimes it's possible to feel down without there being an obvious reason.

This guide aims to help you: find out if you could have symptoms of depression, understand more about depression, find ways to manage or overcome depression. This guide is based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). CBT helps you to examine how you think about your life, and challenge negative automatic thoughts to free yourself from unhelpful thought and behaviour pattern

All of the helplines listed on this website are still operational unless otherwise stated and are continuing to provide information, advice and guidance on a wide-range of health and wellbeing needs. Please use the search box below to find a helpline and to speak to someone today.

A number of new helplines have been established in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic and are providing topic specific information and advice in relation to COVID-19

This resource has been produced by AWARE with the support of the Public Health Agency and complements AWARE’s Mood Matters Programme, although it may be used as a self-help resource. It can help your time during this period of uncertainty by giving you information on how to look after your mental health.

It will also help you recognise signs and symptoms of poor mental health and make you aware of sources of help.

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.

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