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Helplines

Evanesce Counselling is not an emergency or out of hours service, and does not provide emergency mental health care. If you have a mental health emergency, please contact any of the following: 

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Mental Health and Depression

For general mental health support and depression.

Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.

An NHS Scotland service for anyone with low mood, anxiety or depression.

  • Phone: 0800 83 85 87 (Mon – Thu 18.00 – 02.00 and Fri – Sun 18.00 – 06.00)
  • Website: www.breathingspace.scot

Promotes the views and needs of people with mental health problems.

  • Phone: 0300 123 3393 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm)
  • Website: www.mind.org.uk

Support and advice for people living with mental illness.

  • Phone: 0300 5000 927 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm)
  • Website: www.rethink.org

Emotional support, information and guidance for people affected by mental illness, their families and carers.

A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.

CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35.

Anxiety and Stress

Support with anxiety and stress.

Charity providing support if you have been diagnosed with an anxiety condition.

  • Phone: 03444 775 774 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm)
  • Website: anxietyuk.org.uk

 Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

Support for people with OCD. Includes information on treatment and online resources.

A charity run by people with OCD, for people with OCD. Includes facts, news and treatments.

  • Phone: 0845 120 3778 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
  • Website: www.ocduk.org

24 hour support every day for men experiencing stress text, chat and email.

Young People

Support for young people.

Young suicide prevention society.

  • Phone: HOPElineUK 0800 068 4141 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm and 7pm to 10pm, and 2pm to 5pm on weekends)
  • Website: www.papyrus-uk.org

Information on child and adolescent mental health. Services for parents and professionals.

  • Phone: Parents' helpline 0808 802 5544 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm)
  • Text YM to 85258
  • Website: www.youngminds.org.uk

Children's charity dedicated to ending child abuse and child cruelty.

  • Phone: 0800 1111 for Childline for children (24-hour helpline)
  • 0808 800 5000 for adults concerned about a child (24-hour helpline)
  • Website: www.nspcc.org.uk

Trauma

Support for trauma.

Specialist support and advice for men experiencing sexual violence and abuse.

To find your local services

Support people affected by crime or traumatic events

Relationship and Family

Support with relationship and families.

Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline. Support available for all individuals.

Advice on dealing with domestic violence.

Provides information on dementia, including factsheets and helplines.

  • Phone: 0300 222 1122 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm and 10am to 4pm on weekends)
  • Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk

Provides dedicated bereavement support.

  • Phone: 0845 600 2227 (Monday to Wednesday, 10am to 8pm, Thursday, 10am to 9pm and Friday, 10am to 4pm)
  • Website: www.crusescotland.org.uk

Advice on all aspects of parenting, including dealing with bullying.

  • Phone: 0808 800 2222 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm and Saturday to Sunday, 10am to 3pm)
  • Website: www.familylives.org.uk

 The UK's largest provider of relationship support.

Charity working with people with a learning disability, their families and carers.

Sexuality

Support with sexuality.

Specialist support and advice for the LGBT+ community whatever your sexuality or gender identity.

  • Phone: 0800 999 5428 (Weekdays)

Addictions

Support with addictions.

Support for individuals with addiction.

Support for individuals with addiction.

Support for individuals with addiction.

  • Phone: 0300 999 1212 (daily, 10am to midnight)
  • Website: www.ukna.org

Eating Disorders

Support with eating disorders.

National charity for people with eating disorders.

  • Phone: 0808 801 0677 (adults) or 0808 801 0711 (for under-18s)
  • Website: www.b-eat.co.uk