HELP IN A CRISIS

If you feel like you may attempt suicide or you have seriously hurt yourself, please seek urgent medical help. You can:

Call 999 for an ambulance
Go straight to A&E (if it is safe to do so)
Call your local crisis team

If you don’t want to call for an ambulance and feel that you are able to keep yourself safe for a short while (but still feel like you need urgent help), you can:

Call NHS 111 for emergency medical advice
Contact your GP and ask to book an emergency appointment
Call a mental health crisis helpline

For more information and ways to seek help that are specific to the University, please go to the Student Wellbeing Urgent Support page here.

Ways to cope in a crisis

Suggested coping strategies that can help you to avert a crisis without having to contact a service.

Which crisis service is most suitable for me?

Table of links to different mental health crisis services. It can help you to contact the most appropriate service for your current situation.

NHS Crisis Helplines List

NHS-approved helplines and advice for if you find yourself in a crisis.

Mind Crisis Helplines List

List of different crisis helpline services. Some are aimed for specific demographic groups (e.g. certain age ranges, men, LGBT+ people).

Samaritans Crisis Helpline

A confidential listening service where you can speak to a trained Samaritans volunteer if you are having a mental health crisis.

Telephone: 116 123 (24 hours; free)

Email: jo@samaritans.org (response within 24 hours)

SHOUT Crisis Text Line

A crisis helpline that you can text instead of calling (if you're not comfortable with speaking over the phone).

Text ‘Shout’ to 85258 (24 hours; free)

CALM Crisis Helpline

A helpline service that aims to help specifically men who are having a mental health crisis.

Telephone: 0800 58 58 58 (5pm-midnight)

Webchat service (5pm-midnight)