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How do I manage thoughts of suicide?

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 21/11/2025

Read these tips if you are having thoughts of suicide.

Schizoaffective disorder

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 06/02/2026

This section explains what schizoaffective disorder is, and how to get help if you have the symptoms.

Suicidal thoughts - How to cope

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 26/01/2026

This section may help you if you are dealing with suicidal thoughts, feelings, or intentions. It has ideas you can try to help you. It explains how you can stay safe, and how you can get support.

GPs and your mental health

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 11/02/2026

A GP is a doctor that can give you treatment and care for your physical and mental health. This section explains how a GP decides what treatment and care to offer you. And how to prepare for a GP appointment.

Asylum seeker and refugee mental health

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 27/01/2026

This information looks at help for refugee and asylum seekers mental health. It also provides general signposting for further help and advice.

Mendos

Services and Groups |Last updated: 17/07/2023

MENDOS provides support, information and advocacy for people aged 18+ who live in Brighton and Hove, who have mental health challenges who are involved with the criminal justice system. We work with people who are on probation, going through the courts, or have recently been released from prison or discharged from secure psychiatric hospitals. You can download our MENDOS service leaflets and referral form from the 'Our downloads' section below. MENDOS can help you get back into the community after discharge from probation services or prison. Through joint working with other partners and services locally. We can provide a range of support. This can include: • Connect with you through 12 weeks of one-to-one support. • Information about your rights. • Support your learning through education, training or volunteering opportunities. • Support you in being active with information about debts and housing services. • Support with statutory benefits and grants. • Give you self-help tools and coping strategies. • Provide advice and signpost to appropriate services relating to your medication diagnosis and other treatment. • Provide peer support courses / workshops

Self-harm

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 26/01/2026

This section looks at what self-harm is and why you may self-harm. It could help if you are using self-harm to cope with how you’re feeling. Or if you are thinking about self-harming. It explains what support you can get and how to help yourself.

Hearing voices

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 26/01/2026

This section may help you if you hear voices, or if you know someone who does. Hearing voices is a very common experience. Hearing voices can be a symptom of some mental health problems, but not everyone that hears voices are unwell. This section looks at what it can be like to hear voices, why you might hear voices and how to cope with them.

Depression

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 06/02/2026

This information explains the causes and symptoms of depression and how it is treated.

Psychosis

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 02/02/2026

This section covers what psychosis is and how you can get treatment.

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD): Symptoms, causes, and treatments

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 09/02/2026

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a mental health mood condition that comes and goes with the seasons. Most people are affected in the winter when there’s less daylight. This information tells you what SAD is and how to deal with it. It takes about 4 minutes to read.

Survivors of Suicide (SOS) Brighton & Hove

Services and Groups |Last updated: 11/07/2025

The SOS service provides short term emotional support, information and advocacy to people aged 18+ who live in Brighton and Hove, who have thoughts of suicide or have made previous suicide attempts or those who have been bereaved by suicide. We offer psycho-social support to addresses the immediate crisis and provide ongoing support to help you manage your mental well-being. We accept self referrals or referrals from other services. We challenge the stigma attached to suicide by speaking openly about suicide, dispelling myths and giving useful and credible information. We provide support in a number of ways We can provide a range of 121 support. This can include: • Emotional support from our dedicated and qualified staff team • Signposting to other services or forms of help • Advocacy on your behalf should you need it • A recovery focused approach • Safety planning, self-management of pre-triggers. • Opportunities to become a volunteer and share your recovery journey and skills with others going through similar circumstances Our bereavement groups aim • To create a safe and supportive space where suicide bereavement and related issues can be explored • To empower group members to express their feelings • To explore choices and options • To connect people in the community and share experiences • To break down the stigma and taboo that can be associated with suicide and emotional well-being Groups will be maximum of six other members. This group will run with the same members for 5 weekly sessions then 7 monthly sessions, so we can support you for a period of time. We offer evening group sessions for those working or with other day time commitments. We run these groups regularly throughout the year. We offer to meet you individually before you join a group to make sure this is the group for you. You can download our SOS service leaflets and referral form from the 'Our downloads' section below.

I need urgent help for my mental health

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 07/11/2025

How can I get urgent help for my mental health? This page is here to help you if your mental health is really bad — and you need help fast. You are not alone, and there are services that are ready to listen and support you. If you are 18 or older and live in England, this is for you. You might need urgent help for your mental health for different...

“I’ve learnt and am still learning to embrace my grief” – Karen’s story

Last updated: 10/09/2024

Charities call for an independent inquiry into welfare related deaths

1 min read |Last updated: 11/03/2020

21 leading charities and mental health organisations, including Mind, Liberty and the Trussell Trust are backing a campaign by Rethink Mental Illness calling for an independent inquiry into the deaths of vulnerable people who rely on support from the welfare system. The charity has also written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions expressing...

I want to talk to someone about how I am feeling

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 18/12/2025

I want to talk to someone about how I am feeling If you are 18 or older and live in England, this is for you. Sometimes life feels really hard, and it can help to talk about how you are feeling. Talking about your worries can make things feel a bit lighter. You might want to speak to someone you trust, like a friend or family member. But if that’s not...

Charity warns rising demand for support signals a looming mental health crisis, urges people to seek support if they’re struggling

1 min read |Last updated: 27/10/2020

Over 2.3 million people visited rethink.org for advice and information in the six months after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the country would go into lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Demand for advice and information doubles compared to the six-month period that preceded the pandemic. Rethink Mental Illness has experienced...

Mental health rehabilitation must be transformed so most vulnerable are no longer invisible in the system

1 min read |Last updated: 25/02/2020

Patients with the most severe and enduring mental health problems are effectively “invisible” in the health care system, reveals a new report published by Rethink Mental Illness and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych). The report, In sight and in mind, shows that this is caused by a lack of national standards in mental health rehabilitation...

Charity warns that nation’s mental health has failed to rebound since the dark days of the pandemic

1 min read |Last updated: 16/11/2022

New online research by YouGov for charity Rethink Mental Illness reveals people more likely to report that their mental health has worsened since start of year, when the nation was in the midst of the Omicron wave and Plan B pandemic restrictions were in place National charity Rethink Mental Illness has warned the nation’s mental health has failed to...

“I waited six years to get to where I want to be” – Hugh’s story

Last updated: 29/11/2024

People in a mental health crisis are not getting the support they need

Last updated: 29/10/2024

“I felt so belittled” - Els’ story

Last updated: 24/09/2024

“Everyone has disappeared since I became unwell” - Jade’s story

Last updated: 24/09/2024

“I’ve lost many friends” – Karen’s story

Last updated: 24/09/2024

Lengthy waits for mental health treatment leading to suicide attempts and job losses, new report reveals

1 min read |Last updated: 07/10/2025

Rethink Mental Illness’ latest survey of people experiencing mental illness reveals the devastating impact of lengthy waits for treatment, with a higher proportion saying they had attempted suicide while waiting for support in the last 12 months. The charity has published its Right Treatment Right Time 2025 report, which surveys people experiencing...

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