| https://thomas-mills-high-school-sixth-form.uk.arbor.sc/?/guardians/home-ui/dashboard | Arbor Parent Portal. |
| https://support.arbor-education.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002810985-Troubleshooting-login-issues-why-can-t-I-login-to-my-school-s-Parent-Portal-or-Parent-App#h_01HCC89HJB59B212X9QZJW6W5K | Arbor Parent Portal Help Page. |
| http://www.thesource.me.uk/health/if-the-app-fits-health-and-well-being-apps/ | The Source. Information and advice on a range of topics for young people in Suffolk. |
| www.wellbeingnands.co.uk | Wellbeing Suffolk Website containing self-help information and resources to help you gain a better understanding and start your journey to improved wellbeing. Self-referral link to Suffolk Wellbeing service. |
| http://infolink.suffolk.gov.uk/kb5/suffolk/infolink/service.page?id=UNCGNMbihZ4&localofferchannel=0 | Junction 10 for young people, Bury. |
| https://www.hearing-voices.org/groups/ipswich/ | Vision 4 Voices – Ipswich Hearing Voices support group. |
| http://point-1.org.uk/ | Point-1 is a service from Ormiston Families providing assessment and support by professionals for children and young people who are experiencing mental health and emotional problems, available to any child or young person living in Norfolk or Waveney, or registered with a Norfolk or Waveney GP. |
| https://www.thecalmzone.net | CALM – Campaign Against Living Miserably. Advice, information and interaction for men at risk of suicide. |
| http://www.stem4.org.uk/ | Stem4 Stemming teenage mental health issues … Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating. Self-Harm. |
| https://kooth.com/ | Free, safe and anonymous online counselling support for young people. |
| https://www.mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/ | Mentally Healthy Schools brings together quality-assured information, advice and resources to help primary schools understand and promote children’s mental health and wellbeing. The aim is to increase staff awareness, knowledge and confidence to help you support your pupils. |
| http://www.thinkavellana.com/new-blog/2015/11/23/how-to-teach-your-kids-about-the-brain | Think Avellana – Dr Hazel Harrison, Clinical psychologist. |
| www.heysigmund.com | Hey Sigmund – Written predominately by a psychologist, with helpful articles about parenting, teenagers, and ways to take care of our mental health. |
| https://www.selfesteemteam.org/ | Self Esteem Team – Natasha Devon. Equipping young people with tools to navigate their mental health, manage the relationship with their bodies, and build more self-esteem than the generations before. |
| http://www.behindthelabel.co.uk/ | Rachel Waddington. Specialist areas include: psychosis, trauma, dissociation (including DID), self harm, distressing & unusual beliefs, recovery, resilience, mental health in prisons/forensic units and working creatively with young people who hear voices. |
| http://www.pastel.org.uk/index.html | Based in Saxmundham, PASTEL is a social enterprise set up by carers for young adults, with autism and/or learning disabilities and/or mental health issues eg anxiety, depression. |
| http://alumina.selfharm.co.uk/a/the-alumina-story | Alumina live is a course for young people experiencing self-harm that is broken up into 6 sessions. All 6 sessions take place online at the same time every week, with the same group of people and same leaders. |
| http://www.inourhands.com | Excellent resources for parents/ teachers. Especially good on advice for dealing with self-harm. |
| http://www.cwmt.org.uk | Charlie Waller Memorial Trust raises awareness of depression and fights stigma so that people stay mentally well and get the help they need. |
CAT Network App recommendations
| Pacifica | Help to manage stress, anxiety, low mood. Allows you to track your mood and health behaviours like sleep, diet and alcohol. You can set daily goals, record thoughts and connect with others and groups (anonymously) around different problems. The app has a Hope Board feature where you can enter your day to day mood, health, thoughts and goals. |
| In Hand | Help to manage stress, anxiety, low mood. Using a traffic light system In Hand acts as a digital friend to help you in times of stress or low mood. The app allows you to focus yourself in a moment of stress or low mood. When you’re feeling good it gives you motivational photos. When you’re feeling awful you are given the option to write down how you feel or call someone. |
| Stay Alive | Support and suicide prevention. The app offers help and support both to people with thoughts of suicide and to people concerned about someone else. Features can be personalised and the app includes quick access to crisis support helplines, a mini safety plan and a LifeBox feature where you can upload photos reminding you of reasons to stay alive. |
| Seven Cups | Support for emotional distress. This is an app (also a website) which provides free support to people experiencing emotional distress by connecting them with trained listeners anonymously and confidentially. There is also the opportunity to speak in groups. You can get advice or just rant about what is on your mind! |
| Calm Harm | Support for self-harm. The app helps you to resist or manage the urge to self-harm. It is completely private and password protected. The app supports treatment by helping to distract, comfort, express and release feelings. |
| Stop, Breathe, Think | Help to manage stress, anxiety, low mood. Recommended to anyone experiencing mild to moderate stress, anxiety, or low mood. Rate your mood, choose different audios, personalise your dashboard and do short mindfulness and meditation exercises. |
| Recovery Record – Eating Disorder Management | Support to manage eating disorders. Helps recovery and focuses on positive body image. Read affirmations and reflections and collect jig-saw pieces on your recovery journey. Allows you to keep a record of your meals and record how you felt when you ate them. |
More Apps
| NHS Recommended Apps | There are also some helpful Apps recommended by the NHS we didn’t want to miss off. |
| Childline ‘For Me’ App | The Childline ‘For Me’ App which gives you all the Childline tools in one place. |
Online Clips
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=967Ckat7f98 | Borderline Personality Disorder – “Back from the Edge” |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcSUs9iZv-g | Kevin Hines – Surviving the jump from the Golden Gate Bridge |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syjEN3peCJw | Eleanor Longden – The voices in my Head |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL8ZI3dwLHc | Jonny Benjamin’s story – Schizoaffective disorder |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg | It’s not about the nail |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw | Empathy vs Sympathy – Brené Brown |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc | I had a Black Dog |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRRx7Mtep8 | Living with a Black Dog |
| https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability | Brené Brown TED talk – The Power of Vulnerability |
| Sophie Andrews, CEO Samaritans
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Books
| https://www.amazon.co.uk/Starving-Anxiety-Gremlin-Children-Workbooks/dp/1849054924 | Starving the Anxiety Gremlin |
| https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blame-My-Brain-Nicola-Morgan/dp/1406311162 | Blame my Brain |
| https://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-Listening-Skills-School-Staff/dp/1849055653 | Essential Listening skills for Busy School Staff |
| https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Coping-Colouring-Book-Journal/dp/1785921398 | The Healthy Coping Colouring Book and Journal |
| https://www.amazon.co.uk/Self-Harm-Eating-Disorders-Schools-Whole-School/dp/184905584X | Self-Harm and Eating Disorders in Schools: A Guide to Whole-School Strategies and Practical Support |
| https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eating-Disorders-Pocketbook-Pooky-Knightsmith/dp/1906610495 | Eating Disorders Pocketbook |
| https://www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Today-Celeste-Humans-Depression/dp/1785920081 | Not Today, Celeste!: A Dog’s Tale about Her Human’s Depression |