Suicide awareness and prevention
If your mental health is declining and you are feeling suicidal, please talk to your GP as soon as possible.
If you are unable to speak to your GP, got to A&E where mental health support and assessment is available in a crisis.
Help and support is available right now if you need it. You do not have to struggle with difficult feelings alone.
Getting help
NHS Sussex Partnership assessment and treatment services
The NHS Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust - assessment and treatment service are the entry point into specialist mental health services for adults over the age of 18 years old.
Phone 0300 304 0055 (Worthing and Littlehampton)
Phone 0300 304 0400 (Bognor and Chichester)
Preventing suicide in Sussex
Preventing suicide in Sussex is aimed at reducing the suicide rate amongst men in Sussex.
If you need help or are concerned about someone else, please visit the Preventing suicide in Sussex website.
Sussex Mental Health Helpline
Phone 0800 0309 500
Visit the Sussex Mental Health Helpline website for more information.
Samaritans
Phone 116 123
NHS
Phone 111
Mind
Phone 0300 303 5652
Our work
We believe that suicide is a preventable death. We work closely with our partnership agencies to look at support for those affected by suicide.
High risk groups
There are four population groups that have been nationally identified as at higher risk of suicide:
- Middle aged men in their 40s and 50s
- People who self harm
- Children and young people up to the age of 25
- People with a mental illness