Suicide prevention in Kingston

If a young person needs urgent help with a mental health crisis

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Crisis Line is open every day 9am to 11pm.

• Phone: 0203 228 5980

Out of hours

• Phone: 0800 028 8000

MindEd for families provides advice to parents on supporting their children's mental health including what to do in a crisis. For Self harm and crisis training for parents and families go to the MindEd website.

Children and young people's mental health

For all other services that assess and treat young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties:

Phone: 020 8547 6171, 9am to 5pm on weekdays.

There are various local groups and services which support young people's mental health in Kingston. For details of other local services that support children and young people's mental health go to this collection on Connected Kingston.

There are various Apps and websites which support young people with their mental health.

For advice and support with your mental health go to the Young people's resources on the Achieving for Children Emotional Health Service.

A guide to help young people talk to their GP about self-harm and suicidal experiences has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham in partnership with a group of youth advisors. You can find a link to the guide on University of Birmingham.

Self Harm

If your child is self-harming, or you're concerned they might be, it can be incredibly worrying. The important thing to remember is that lots of young people go through this and come out the other side with different ways of coping. You also need to remember that you're not alone.

The Portus website was created to provide help and advice to people who are self harming and those who support them. For guidance on Self-harm and Suicide Prevention go to the Portus website.