Mood Management Toolkit

 YouTube vids

• Depression - subtitles: Depression what it feels like to be depressed, the symptoms of depression, and what help you can get if you are feeling depressed.
• I had a black dog, his name was depression: World Health Organization

Websites

• The Mix - UK base charity providing free confidential support for young people under 25 including mental health issues i.e. depression and suicide
• Papyrus - national charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide in young people
• NHS: Every Mind Matters - expert advice, practical tips and personalised actions to help stay on top of mental wellbeing.
• Students Against Depression - written by students for students and offers advice, information, guidance and resources to those affected by low mood, depression and suicidal thinking.
• Depression UK - Self-help organisation that helps people cope with their depression

Factsheets 

• Mental Health Foundation - factsheet on depression
• Mind - info leaflet on depression
• Royal College of Psychiatrists - leaflets on various forms of depression including alcohol and depression, postnatal depression and depression and men. Available in audio.
• Rethink - factsheet on depression

Printable Workbooks and Guides

• Northumberland, Tyne and Wear self-help - provides self-help booklets on ‘depression and low mood’ and ‘postnatal depression’ to help you work through any difficulties with your mood. Available in large print and audio
• Take Action – Online workbook by students against depression.org offering a step-by-step pathway to kick-start a campaign against depression in your own life

Online Courses

• Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) – free CBT based modules on ‘depression’ and ‘bi-polar’. Best used as guided self-help alongside a wellbeing practitioner
• Living Life to the Full (LLTTF) – free online CBT based course developed by CBT therapist Dr Chris Williams. Covers mood, stress and resilience teaching important life skills that aim to empower and equip
• Mindfulness for Students - self-serve online course that teaches students the fundamentals of mindfulness

Books available from the LRC

• Overcoming depression: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques
  By Gilbert, Paul, 1951 June 20-
  Paperback. English. Published London: Robinson, c2009 New ed
  616.8527/GIL
   
• Overcoming depression: a cognitive therapy approach: workbook
  By Gilson, Mark
  eBook. English. Published Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009 2nd ed
  Electronic version available in library
   
• Breaking free from depression: pathways to wellness
  By Wright, Jesse H
  eBook. English. Published New York: Guilford Publications, 2011
  Electronic version available in library
   
• The cognitive behavioural workbook for depression: a step-by-step programme
  By Knaus, William J., author
  eBook. English. Published Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2014 Second edition
  Electronic version available in library

Free Apps

• Mood Tools: Depression Aid – designed to help combat depression and alleviate negative moods. Includes PHQ 9 test and videos
• What’s Up?: A Mental Health App –  utilises CBT and ACT methods to help cope with depression, stress, anxiety, anger and more
• Stay Alive – suicide prevention resource full of information and tools to help stay safe in a crisis

Helplines

• Papyrus – HOPELINE247  - Lines are open 24 hours every day of the year (Weekends and Bank Holidays included)
• Hopelink - a digital platform helping HOPELINKEUK callers to revisit their suicide safety plans online with a login. Accessible 24/7
• Samaritans - 116 123 call free anytime day or night

Text Support

• Text “SHOUT” to 85258 for crisis support 24/7
• Text 88247 to contact HOPELINE247 for crisis support 24/7

Email Support

• pat@papyrus-uk.org email support
• jo@samaritans.org opportunity to write down what’s on your mind if talking is too upsetting. Response time: It may take several days to get a response by email

Audios

• Experimental Psychology: Managing Depression and Low Mood, University of Oxford
• CBT self-help for depression: video by getselfhelp.co.uk

Student Support & Wellbeing

• Wellbeing Walk – an opportunity to talk to meet up and chat to peers and wellbeing advisers through this activity-based mentoring.
• Uni Counselling – time limited (up to 6 sessions) 1:1 counselling with a registered counsellor (by referral / assessment only).

Local Services

• West Sussex NHS Talking Therapies (formerly Time to Talk). Refer online at www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk  or call 01273 265967.
• Pathfinder Chichester provides advice, information and short term support for people aged 18+ affected by mental health problems living in Chichester and the surrounding area, as well as carers, friends, professionals and other agencies. Contact information and referral forms are available on the Pathfinder West Sussex website.
• Young People's Shop Chichester - The Young People’s Shop offers free counselling, emotional support, advice and guidance to any young person aged between 11 and 25 years old in Chichester and surrounding areas. Contact via yps-south.org.uk. A video tour of the YPS building can be viewed here.