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Mental Health Crisis
Please call 0800 151 0023 If you are worried about acting on suicidal thoughts. The Crisis team can support you. They are based at First Floor, Dennis Scott Unit, Edgware Community Hospital, Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, HA8 0AD.
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Local Support
NHS Talking Therapies
We provide a confidential and free service for anyone who is experiencing problems with their mood, feeling stressed, unhappy and unsatisfied with how their life is going. These difficulties may or may not be linked to ongoing (or past) stressful events and experiences, and quite often resolve on their own. However, there are times when they do not. This means that they can have a significant impact on you and how you manage things on a day to day basis, for example your relationships, your work, caring responsibilities, your studies and relaxation and leisure time.
Good Thinking
London is a diverse and thriving city but we know that many Londoners face mental health challenges, from feeling stressed at work to worrying about rising household bills. Good Thinking is here to help you with our extensive range of free NHS-approved wellbeing tools and resources.
NHS Young People's Consultation Service
For young people who experience personal or emotional difficulties or dilemmas and would like to talk to somebody about them. For 16 to 25 year olds.
Barnet Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team
Barnet Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) offers short term intensive home treatment for people in mental health crisis who may otherwise need to be admitted to hospital. We can do this by supporting people in their own home or other suitable accommodation when it is safe and appropriate to do so. Our team consists of psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists and support workers.
Sanctuary and Crisis Hub
Sanctuary & Crisis Hub provide access to immediate emotional support to anyone over 18 who is experiencing distress. Their trained mental health professionals specialise in crisis de-escalation and prevention.
They are open every day of the year, 4:30pm to 10pm weekdays and 12pm to 6pm weekends.
Barnet Wellbeing Services
Barnet Wellbeing Service provides a flexible, holistic, person-centered approach focusing on your individual needs and wellbeing. The service is the single referral pathway for you to access services and activities in the community to improve your wellbeing.
Mind In Barnet
Mind in Barnet has information and advice on a wide range of mental health problems and provide local services in Enfield and Barnet. They can help to support you, whether you are suffering with your mental health, a carer, employer or just want to know more.
Barnet’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Barnet Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) provides multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and young people with moderate-to-severe mental health or severe emotional and behavioural difficulties in the London borough of Barnet.
Andy's Man Club
Andy’s Man Club offers peer to peer support for men, where men can speak openly about their mental health in a judgment free, non-clinical, confidential environment. In Barnet, Andy’s Man Club meets in-person every Monday evening at 7pm (except on bank holidays). Sessions are held at The Meritage Centre, Church End, London, NW4 4JT
There are also online meetings for all to access.
Barnet Mental Health and Wellbeing Services
Uncertainty and money concerns can have a huge impact on our mental health and wellbeing.
If you’re struggling with your mental health, you’re not alone. Local and national support services are here to help.
All services are free.
Young People's Mental Health in Barnet
A list of services in the local area
National Support
Mind
Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through a network of local groups and services, expert information and successful campaigning. The goal is to make sure everyone affected by severe mental illness has a good quality of life.
Anxiety UK
Anxiety UK was formed in 1970, by Katharine and Harold Fisher as a result of Katharine’s experience of agoraphobia and her desire to develop support for others similarly affected.
Samaritans
Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
Combat Stress
Combat Stress is the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health. For a century, they’ve helped former servicemen and women with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
CALM (Campaign against living miserably)
The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK.
Young Minds
Young Minds is leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever their challenges.
Headspace
Feel like your best self with meditations, stress-relieving exercises, sleep resources, and beyond.
Foundation For Positive Mental Health
Charity dedicated to promoting skills training for positive mental health, to enhance everyday wellbeing, increase resilience to, and recovery from, mental health difficulties.
Silver Cloud App
Evidence-based, digital mental health and wellbeing courses, that work.
Centrepoint
For 16 to 25 year olds at risk of homelessness, homeless or sofa surfing.
Relate
Whether it’s your relationship with a partner, a child, a family member or anyone else, Relate help everyone to build better relationships