MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS & FAMILIES
No young person should suffer alone with the thoughts of suicide - remember that there is always help when you need it. PAPYRUS offers free, accessible, and confidential support whenever you need it. Find help and useful resources for discussing mental health and thoughts of suicide with young people below.
Free & Confidential Support
PAPYRUS aims to create suicide safer communities and one of the ways they do this is through their helpline, HOPELINEUK.
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If you or anyone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide or needs to debrief after a conversation around suicide, please contact HOPELINEUK for free and confidential support and guidance. Call 0800 068 4141, text 07860 039961, or email pat@papryrus-uk.org
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Useful Resources
Talking about mental health can be difficult, so these resources may be helpful in supporting the conversation with young people. Download the Communicating with young people guide and watch the Sinking Feeling video .
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Mental Health and Wellbeing
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If you are experiencing difficulties with your mental health and wellbeing, we offer a range of resources to support you. Our Barnet Integrated Clinical Services (BICS) provides mental health support to children and young people in schools and the community across the borough of Barnet. You can choose to meet face to face or virtually, or access some of our online support below, depending on what your needs are.
We have a BICS support line you can call, 020 8359 3130 which is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.
We have also engaged with you, our children and young people who have helped create the Mental Health and Wellbeing Charter as well as the Talk About It Campaign, using your voices to ensure you are heard and have the power to create meaningful change. You can view both campaigns via the links below:
Kooth – online
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Kooth is a free, anonymous, and confidential online and text based counselling and emotional well-being platform for children and young people aged 12 -24. It also offers advice on discussion boards with other young people, magazine articles, and live forums.
Website: www.kooth.com
The Waiting Room - online
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An online platform that provides mental health & wellbeing support services in Barnet, including information about CAMHS teams & local organisations. A site created for all children, young people and also families and professionals.
Website: Barnet Mental Health and Wellbeing Support | Waiting Room