Helping yourself and others

This page has booklets, guides, informative sheets, websites and articles to help you manage your mental health and start/manage your recovery or support someone in your life who is struggling.

Helping Yourself

Self Injury Alternative Coping Strategies 

https://www.selfinjury.bctr.cornell.edu/perch/resources/distraction-techniques-pm-2.pdf

Depression Self Help Booklet

https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/mental-health/mental-health-self-help-guides/depression-self-help-guide/

Anxiety Self Help Guide

https://www.mcgill.ca/counselling/files/counselling/anxiety_moodjuice_self_help_guide.pdf

Coping with Suicidality Booklet

https://www.mind.org.uk/media-a/6164/suicidal-feelings-2020.pdf

Helping Others 

Supporting Someone During Inpatient Mental Health Treatment

https://www.peacehealth.org/medical-topics/id/acm1532

Supporting A loved one who self harms

https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/worried-about-someone/how-to-help-someone-who-self-harms/

How to help someone with depression

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/how-to-help-someone-with-depression

How to help someone struggling with anxiety

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/how-to-help-someone-with-anxiety

Helping someone through a panic attack

https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=hw53602&lang=en-ca

Supporting Someone who is suicidal

https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/carers-hub/suicidal-thoughts-how-to-support-someone/

Supporting someone with an eating disorder

https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/support-someone-else/tips-for-supporting-somebody-with-an-eating-disorder/

You don't have to go through this alone. Reach Out. 🩷