Your Mental Health
COVID-19 can be worrying.
More people are needing support with their mental health since the pandemic started.
On this page you can find information about support available, and things that you might be able to do to give yourself a boost.
EASY READ resources:
- How to improve your mental wellbeing by Mind co-produced with Mencap
- A guide to good mental health by Learning Disability Wales
- Feeling Down: looking after my mental health by The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities part of the Mental Health Foundation
- Looking after your Feelings and Body PDF (This is from March 2020 at the start of the first Coronavirus lockdown but it gives some good tips and signposts to support) by Public Health England
- Winter wellness and illness guide (This was written during the winter of 2020-21, although it gives some good advice on how to stay well all year round) by Cornwall People First
- Staying mentally well this winter (this explains what the Government were doing or planned to do in the winter of 2020-21 to support people’s mental health) by the UK Government Department for Health and Social Care
- Top tips to feel better during the Coronavirus pandemic by Mind co-produced with Mencap
- NHS England and NHS Improvement newsletter – Issue 11 – this talks about getting help with difficult feelings, support for children and young people and the Mental Capacity Act by NHS England and NHS Improvement
Resources and links:
- Gloucestershire Support by Swindon and Gloucestershire Mind
- Guide to Gloucestershire Support PDF by Swindon and Gloucestershire Mind
- Tic+ Counselling Service in Gloucestershire for those aged 9 – 21 years by Tic+
- Qwell (online counselling for adults)
- Talk2gether website by the NHS
- 11 tips to cope with anxiety about getting “back to normal” by the NHS (Every Mind Matters)
- Mental Health awareness and Psychological First Aid training for professionals and volunteers by Gloucestershire County Council
- YouTube video talking about how the NHS in Gloucestershire is there to support your mental health by the Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
- Be Well Gloucestershire campaign website by One Gloucestershire
- Five Ways to Wellbeing PDF poster by Foresight
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COVID-19 and Your Mental Health by Mental Health UK
- Coronavirus and your wellbeing by Mind
- Looking after your wellbeing – advice and support by Gloucestershire County Council
- Who can I talk to? by Gloucestershire County Council
- 5 ways to wellbeing by Gloucestershire County Council
- 10 tips to help if you are worried about Coronavirus by NHS Every Mind Matters
- COVID-19 Information Hub by Rethink Mental Illness