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There is a whole world of support out there whenever you need it. For medical, health or welfare matters, take a look below for links and phone numbers to the groups and organisations who can offer help and advice.

Health

NHS Direct

• NHS Direct 0845 46 47 - stacks of health help, including a self-help guide, medical encyclopedia and a feature for finding your nearest doctors/dentist/opticians/pharmacy.
• NHS 24 0845 424 2424 - health information and self-care advice for people in Scotland
• NHS Direct Wales - health information for people in Wales
• NHS England - make the most of your health and get the best out of the NHS in England
• Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland

YouthHealthTalk

• youthhealthtalk - real people talking about their emotional experience with illness

HIV/AIDS

• Terrence Higgins Trust 020 7242 1010 - get help, support and advice on dealing with AIDS and HIV

Sexual Health

• Sex and young people - NHS advice about sex/relationships/contraception, 0800 28 29 30

• Family Planning Association - 0845 122 8690, 9am-6pm Mon-Fri

• Brook - 08000 185 023, 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, or 020 7950 7700 for the 24 hour helpline

Mental Health

Emotional Support

• The Samaritans - 08457 90 90 90 (UK) or 1850 60 90 90 (ROI) - provides confidential non-judgmental support, 24 hours a day for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. Also a text service - 07725909090 and email: jo@samaritans.org - replies within 24 hours.

• Recover Your Life - self-harm support community.

• B-eat - eating disorder charity with a number of helplines, including one especially for young people who need support with eating disorder related problems

Information & Advice

• Mind - 0845 766 0163 - information about mental illness

• www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk - here you will find symptoms, treatments, therapy and medication and ways of coping

• Are you experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings? - advice on where you can turn for support.

• Depression Alliance - general information and support on depression. Here you can share your story of mental illness, or read about others.

• National Eating Disorders - useful information pages on eating disorders.

• OCD UK - OCD info and support.

• Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain

• Rethink - helping people recover from mental illness.

• SANE - mental health information and support via SANEline and SANEmail

• The Royal College of Psychiatrists

• Mental Health Foundation

• Recover your life - this site offers support and advice for self-harmers. It also offers support for eating disorders and other mental health issues. As well as the main site with information about self-harm, there is also a forum and you can make your own online journal. The distractions forum has plenty of games to get you through those hard times.

• National Self-Harm Network - this site also offers support and advice for self-harmers and their families. As well as providing information there is also a forum.

• BBC Metal Health Webpage - provides information about mental health issues.

• Victim Support - for those who have suffered abuse or rape, this site can provide support.

Drug Awareness

• National Drugs Helpline - 0800 776 600 - Mon-Fri 24 hours - see here for the phone line in languages other than English

• Talk To Frank - a place to ask about drugs

Crime

• Victim Support - a national charity dedicated to helping victims of crime. You can call their national supportline on 0845 30 30 90 for a confidential conversation, or to get information about your local Victim Support service who will be able to assign you a volunteer to meet with you and talk further, if you'd like.

• Rape Crisis - website has details of local rape crisis organisations