If you are worried about your own or someone else’s mental health, call 111 and select the mental health option (option 2). This call is free and will enable you to speak to a mental health professional in Cornwall. Anyone, any age, any time.
Many of us have become used to living a bit differently due to the Coronavirus pandemic and things are changing often.
It is normal to feel anxious and worried about these changes in your lifestyle. However, there are lots of things you can do to help keep yourself mentally healthy as the fight against Coronavirus continues.
Below you will find information on support services and useful resources to help you maintain your mental wellbeing.
Mental wellbeing guides
Find guidance to help improve your mental wellbeing or provide support for someone else. This page includes:
- easy read guides
- large print guides
- British Sign Language guides
- guides translated into a number of languages.
Five ways to wellbeing
Find out about the five ways to good wellbeing which can help to protect your mental wellbeing.
Taking care of yourself
Find out how to support your overall wellbeing, how to manage anxiety and guidance about financial concerns.
Mental Health Safety Plans
Whether you are a young person or adult, making a Mental Health Safety Plan can help you manage your mental wellbeing.
Make a mental health safety plan
Mental health support
Find a number of useful links to mental health support.
Mental health training
A new online mental health training package is now available for all working people across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to help them cope with the stresses and strains of the pandemic.
Developed and hosted by the Sound Doctor, the package includes three module;
- psychological first aid
- mental health
- trauma awareness
It features video recordings of Cornish residents as well as NHS Kernow and Cornwall Council representatives and is freely available to people working in every type of organisation across the public, private and voluntary sectors.
The training aims to help people:
- Understand how someone’s lifestyle and workplace can affect their mental health.
- Learn how to recognise signs of stress, anxiety and depression.
- Learn how to manage stress and anxiety effectively.
- Discover useful and practical coping and relaxation techniques.
- Understand the role of trauma in mental health and how to manage it.
- Become happier and more productive at work and at home.