Crisis Support

What is a crisis?

Everyone experiences a crisis differently, and it can triggered by a number of things. Whatever its cause, a crisis is an emergency which poses immediate risk to your mental, and/or physical, wellbeing.

It is normal to feel hopeless in a crisis, but remember: you are not alone.

Although the Southwark Wellbeing Hub is not a crisis support service, there are a number of organisations you can contact if you are in need of urgent support.

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For immediate help:

The psychiatric liaison team can help you (24 hours a day, 365 days of the year) and can be reached through local A&E Departments:

• King’s College Hospital Accident and Emergency Department
  Denmark Hill
  London SE5 9RS
  Tel. 020 3299 9000
  
• St Thomas’s Hospital Accident and Emergency Department
  Westminster Bridge Road
  London SE1 7EH
  Tel. 020 7188 7188

If you are linked with a community mental health team, you can contact your care coordinator or duty worker as a first port of call.

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For less urgent support:

• Contact your GP.

• Call the SLaM 24 hour information line.
  Tel. 0800 731 2864

• If you are linked with the CMHT you can contact your care coordinator.

• Contact out of hours Social Service.
  Tel. 020 525 5000 (main switchboard – ask for the Duty Social Work Team)

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For emotional support in a crisis:

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Other useful organisations (A-Z):

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Steps to Help in a Crisis leaflet

It can be useful to have the above services available on your phone, or offline. You can download our Steps to Help in a Crisis leaflet using the button below:

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