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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke interactive webinars empower people to make informed lifestyle changes that will reduce their risk of developing chest, heart and stroke illnesses.

The webinars are available on a wide range of topics, providing
the information and tools needed to enable individuals to look after
and improve their health. Webinars can be delivered live or recorded.