Mental health services

Information on how to get in touch with mental health services and links to support groups in Bristol.

Who to contact

GP or doctor

Your GP or doctor is the first person to contact.

If you don't have a doctor you can find GP services on the NHS Choices website or call 0845 46 47.

Adult care services

You can also contact adult care services for help and advice.  Telephone 0117 922 2700.

In an emergency

Call Bristol Mental Health on 0300 555 0334. This line is open 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Groups offering support and advice

Go to Well Aware and search "mental wellbeing".

Advice in community languages

Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service has short films about dementia and support services in these community languages including English:

• Cantonese
• Polish
• Punjabi
• Somali
• Urdu

If you're in a crisis

Call 999 if it’s an emergency.

If it's not an emergency, call:

• 0300 555 0334 for Bristol Mental Health
• 116 123 for the Samaritans, who can help you if you're in emotional distress
• 111 for help with urgent medical problems
• your GP for an emergency appointment

Find your nearest mental health support services.

If you don't need emergency help now but would like to talk to someone:​

• ​call Bristol MIND on 0117 980 0370 between 9:30am and 3:30pm​
• call MindLine on 0808 808 0330 between 7pm and 11pm​
• visit Mental health and wellbeing | NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG

Mental health web links

• Thrive Bristol - Bristol city’s ten year programme to improve mental health and wellbeing
• Bristol Mental Health - information about mental health services in Bristol
• Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health NHS Trust - manages mental health services across the south west including in Bristol
• Bristol Mind
• Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service
• Off the Record - provide free and confidential counselling for young people aged 11 to 25 years in Bristol.
• Bristol Active Life Project - activity sessions for people who have experienced long-term mental health difficulties
• Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire NHS Clinical Commissioning Group: Mental health and wellbeing
• Alzheimer's Society
• Depression Alliance
• Lift Pyschology in Bristol and South Gloucestershire
• Mind - the mental health charity
• Rethink - "helping people with severe mental illness"
• SANE - improving the lives of people with mental illness
• Second Step - Bristol Wellbeing College delivers workshops, courses and activities to improve mental health and wellbeing
• Womankind - Bristol Women's therapy centre
• Changes Bristol - support groups for people suffering mental distress
• No Health Without Mental Health – Government strategy 2011
• Dementia friendly swimming