Mental health advice
More advice and resources if you are experiencing poor mental health.
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Having suicidal thoughts might mean you need help with your mental health.
The lovely people at Mind have come up with a mental health hub for teenagers which is worth exploring. It covers many topics, from how to deal with major life stresses, to tips for getting better sleep and ideas for boosting your self-esteem.
Mind also offers advice on taking the first steps to getting help if you think you have a mental health problem.
This site is a place you can visit if you’re feeling depressed, stressed or suicidal. Click on the page that’s closest to how you’re feeling, and you’ll find videos and other useful stuff that will help you find a way through.
How society treats us plays a major part in how we feel. Sometimes, it can help to hear from other people in the same boat. In this blog, for example, a young Muslim women talks about how social pressures and misconceptions about her faith impact her mental health.
Over on the LGBT Youth Scotland website, there's an article about "glimmers" which are the small everyday things than can help.
Reffered to CAMHS?
If you've been referred to CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) you may find these animations from SAMH and co-produced with young people, helpful.
The series helps you to learn about different parts of the process, and ways you can cope until you are seen or supported.