IF YOU ARE IN AN EMERGENCY CRISIS SITUATION WHERE YOUR LIFE OR ANOTHER’S LIFE IS THREATENED:
- You feel suicidal or in danger of harming yourself in any other way
- You are worried that you may harm someone else
- You are worried that you are in immediate physical danger from someone else
There is help out there. Please, see below:
Emergency Services
When you feel unable to keep yourself (or others) safe and need immediate help, CALL 999 or take yourself to your nearest hospital Accident and Emergency Department.
Don’t know what to do? Call 111. This is the NHS non-emergency service who can advise you.
In both the above cases please request an urgent mental health assessment
KMPT Crisis Contact Centre: 0800 783 9111
Canterbury Safe Haven: 07876 476 703/07483 163 953
Email: canterbury.mhm@nhs.net
Ramsgate Safe Haven: 07967 877 102/07967 877 103
Email: ramsgate.mhm@nhs.net
Thanet Safe Haven: 07850 655877
Email: thanet.mhm@nhs.net
SHOUT Text the word SHOUT to 85258
If you do not think you are going to act on your feelings and thoughts immediately, or in the next 24 hours, or you have a crisis situation that does not fit the above examples, then:
- You can contact your GP surgery and make an urgent appointment
- You can also ring The Samaritans and talk with someone 24 hours a day on 116 123 – free from any phone
- SANEline offers emotional support and information for anyone affected by mental illness. Call on 0300 304 7000
- Papyrus: For under 35’s, or if you are concerned about a person under 35 . HOPELINE247: 0800 068 41 41 SMS: 88247 Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
- The Silver Line: For older people. 0800 4 70 80 90
- National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK: 0800 587 0800/0800 689 0800.
- Hub of Hope: Nationwide mental health support database. It is provided by national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma, and brings local, national, peer, community, charity, private and NHS mental health support and services together in one place. Website: hubofhope.co.uk
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Call the police on 999 if you think you are a risk to yourselves or others.
For further advice and support:
24-hour National Domestic Violence Freephone Helpline: 0808 2000 247
Galop (LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline) – Support for LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse and violence.
National Helpline: 0800 999 5428
Email: help@galop.org.uk
Website: galop.org.uk
Respect Phone Line – Confidential advice for those who want to stop violent or abusive behaviour.
Call: 0808 802 4040 (free from most mobiles/landlines)
Website: respectphoneline.org.uk
Open: Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm
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