Mental health

Mental health is a part of our day-to-day life, just like our physical health.

As a first step, talk to your friends or family and consider whether you could contact your GP and tell them about how you have been feeling.

There is lots of support available for people who are struggling, both locally and nationally:

For local information and emotional support, residents of Nottinghamshire or Nottingham City can call the Nottinghamshire Mental Health Helpline on 0300 555 0730 (9 am - 11 pm, 7 days a week)

Text Notts - Text NOTTS to 85258 for free support via text message.

Mind Infoline - 0300 123 3392 or text 86463 www.mind.org.uk/information-support or watch these webinars specially produced for blue light emergency workers.

Samaritans - Call 116 123 (24/7) free from both landlines and mobiles www.samaritans.org.

Text “SHOUT” to 85258 - If you do not wish to speak with someone over the phone.

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) - includes a helpline for men. Call 0808 802 58 58, available 5pm - midnight.

Op COURAGE: The Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service in the Midlands - call 0300 323 0137. Available 24/7.

NHS Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies - 0333 188 1060, notts-talk.co.uk

Nottingham Women's Centre - 0115 941 1475, nottinghamwomenscentre.com

Nottingham Sexual Violence Services - 0115 941 0440, Notts SVS Services

OCD Action - a site dedicated to helping people with obsessive compulsive disorder.

Call 999 or visit your nearest A&E department if you or anyone else is in immediate danger of harm. Call NHS 111 if you urgently need medical help or advice but it is not a life-threatening situation.