Mental Health Support - Useful Links
Mental health support Apps and local services for young people that support mental health and wellbeing. The following Apps and services can be used as useful for young people to learn more about mental health and emotional wellbeing and develop skills that support health habits and build resilience to support staying well:
Services Available:
Kooth - is a free mental health provider who offers anonymous and personalised mental health support for Children and Young People online and through an app (similar to texting).
Checkpoint, Torbay - - Provide help to young people aged 8–18 across Torquay, Paignton and Brixham. They can speak to you on the phone, online or face to face. They can help you overcome the challenges that hold you back. Achieve the things that matter to you. Give you skills and strategies to help you move forward. Everyone needs a helping hand from time to time, we help hundreds of young people every year. If you need it, we are here. To refer to Checkpoint, click to open the Referral Form.
Mental Health Support Team in schools - The Mental Health Support Team (MHST) are an early intervention service focused on evidence based, guided self-help to help improve children and young people’s mental health. We offer therapeutic support to young people as well as working closely with school to develop the whole school awareness of mental health and emotional wellbeing. Click here for more information.
Time Torbay - wellbeing drop in - A confidential service supporting children and young people aged 11-24 years old who are struggling with their wellbeing. If you’re experiencing or have experienced difficult things and it’s stopping you living your life then come and get some support. You can access support as many times as you need (minimum of 10 days in between each session). There are both one to one and group options available.
We can do telephone or virtual appointments if needed too.
Time and Days: All drop in sessions occur weekly. Tuesdays – at Old Parkfield House – 38 Esplanade Road, Paignton, TQ3 2NH 1pm – 4:30pm.
Wednesdays – at YES – The Edge, Bolton Street, Brixham, TQ5 9DH – 3pm – 4:30pm.
Fridays – at Check Point – 7 Victoria Road, Ellacombe, TQ1 1HU – 3pm – 4:30pm.
More Information:For any more information, call 01803 290330 or pop in and see us.
Support for Families:
Support & advice for parents | NSPCC
Mental Health Foundation | Everyone deserves good mental health
TALKWORKS | Devon's NHS Talking Therapies Service
Self Harm Advice - Self-harm is when people hurt themselves or damage their health on purpose. Sometimes people do this in secret. There are lots of different reasons why someone might self-harm, but there are also different ways to cope and get help. There are lots of reasons why young people might self-harm. The need to hurt yourself usually comes from emotions that are very difficult to cope with.
Promoting Mental Health and Well- Being:
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Activities to Support Mental Health and Well-being:
Games | Childline
Free wellbeing activities
Feeling Good Teens | Waiting Room –offers Positive Mental Training audio programmes for 10 to 15-year-olds to develop self-esteem, resilience and goal-focused motivation. Feeling Good’s research in the NHS shows that this can help with letting go of worries, cope better with stress, and sleep better
Apps to support Mental Health & Wellbeing:
Worry Tree - The WorryTree app aims to help you take control of worry wherever you are. You can use the app to record whatever you feel worried about. It uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to help you notice and challenge your worries. It can also help you create an action plan for managing worry.
Think Ninja -a mental health app designed for 10 to 18 year olds. Using a variety of content and tools, it allows young people to learn about mental health and emotional wellbeing, and develop skills they can use to build resilience and stay well. Available at app stores.
Calm Heart - an app for sleep, meditation and relaxation.
Clear Fear – an app developed for teenage mental health charity stem4 by Dr Nihara Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, that uses the evidence-based treatment CBT to focus on learning to reduce the physical responses to threat by learning to breathe, relax and be mindful as well as changing thoughts and behaviours and releasing emotions. The Clear Fear app is recommended for the ages of 11-19 years.
DistrACT – app gives you easy, quick and discreet access to information and advice about self-harm and suicidal thoughts. For Anyone over the age of 17 who’s concerned about self-harming.
Molehill Mountain– an app to help autistic people understand and self-manage anxiety.
My Possible Self– Mental health support created by world-leading healthcare professionals. Teaming up with their friends at Priory Healthcare, world leaders in mental health, they have created interactive tools and techniques, using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), customised for digital use.
Pzizz– app to help you quickly quiet your mind, fall asleep fast, stay asleep, and wake up refreshed. They create beautiful “dreamscapes” — a mix of music, voiceover and sound effects designed using the latest clinical research — to help you sleep better at night or take power naps during the day.
Student Health App – provides easy access to more than 900 pages of reliable health information all in one place. The content has been created for university students by NHS doctors and is regularly updated.
