Mental Health
Mental health issues can affect anyone. Mental health is just like physical health, nobody chooses to have health issues but with the right support you can get better. Issues may include eating disorders, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, self-harm etc.
Mental health is about how you feel about yourself, how happy you are, how you feel about interacting with other people, how much you feel you can overcome challenges. Feeling up and down is normal but it may become a problem if you feel down, stressed or anxious most of the time. It is possible you might have a mental health issue and require support to get better.
In this section you will find links to organisations that will give you information on many types of mental illness and support services available to you.
For further information please go to: www.talkofftherecord.org/sutton
Telephone/online support:
- Call Samaritans on 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org
- Off the Record online counselling service for young people aged 11-25 in Sutton. Sign up at https://talkofftherecordonline.org
- ‘The Mix’ support for young people under 25 inc. Call 0808 808 4994 or access the chat & crisis messenger text service at https://www.themix.org.uk
- Young Minds, visit https://youngminds.org.uk
Further support:
- The school nurse offers a weekly drop-in to all secondary schools. If you are referred to the drop-in, the school nurse will have a discussion with you as to how you are feeling, and thyey may ask you to rate your mood out of 10. The nurse may use assessment tools to identify any mental health struggles, including a Moods and Feelings questionnaire, and the Tavistock assessment for self harming. In later appointments, your responses would be measured against those original assessments to identify if the support and strategies offered had been effective.
