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Shout - UK's 24/7 Crisis Text Service for Mental Health Support

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Shout 85258 is the UK's first 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis. Get free, confidential mental health support anytime, anywhere. Text 'SHOUT' to 85258.

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Your guide to CAMHS and mental health support, including information on inpatient care, talking to your GP about mental health and counselling and therapy.

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Changing the odds in favour of young people

We are proud to be able to support so many young people across Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. We have been finding new and different ways to help young people thrive for over 70 years and are passionate about putting young people at the heart of Devon.

"I love Young Devon, they've always supported me"

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Changing the odds in favour of young people We are proud to be able to support so many young people across Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. We have been finding new and different ways to help young people thrive for over 70 years and are passionate about putting young people at the heart of Devon.

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Calm Harm is an award-winning app funded by teenage mental health charity stem4, to help manage the urge to self-harm. It was developed by Clinical Psychologist Dr. Nihara Krause MBE, in collaboration with young people and uses principles from an evidence-based psychological treatment called Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

The urge to self-harm is like a wave. It feels the most powerful when you start wanting to do it.

Learn to ride the wave with the Calm Harm app by choosing activities from these categories:
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There is also a breathing exercise to help you be mindful and stay in the moment, regulate difficult emotions, and reduce tension.

When you ride the wave, the urge to self-harm will fade.

The Calm Harm app provides some immediate activities and techniques to help you break the cycle of self-harm behaviour and explore underlying trigger factors; the app supports you in building a 'safety net' of helpful thoughts, behaviours, and access to supportive people, as well as providing the opportunity to journal and self-reflect. The Calm Harm app also signposts to help.

The app is private, anonymous, and safe.

Please note that the Calm Harm app is not a substitute for the assessment and individualised treatment by a health or mental health professional.

Our app is for young people over the age of 13.

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Calm Harm is a free app to help teenagers manage the urge to self-harm. Available on Google Play & App Store.

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Kooth is your online mental wellbeing community. Access free, safe and anonymous

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HappyMaps - Find the best support, advice and information on young people's mental health, all in one place. For Parents, Professionals and Young People.

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Home - HappyMaps: Help and Resources for Children's Mental Health

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An award-winning website on children's mental health collating sensible and professional advice on common problems. With new self-help pages for young people.

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Essential support for under 25s

The Mix is the UK's leading support service for young people. We are here to help you take on any challenge you're facing - from mental health to money, from homelessness to finding a job, from break-ups to drugs. Talk to us via our online community, on social, through our free, confidential helpline or our counselling service.

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The Mix - Essential support for under 25s

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The Mix: 0808 808 4994 - Free information and support for under 25s in the UK. Get advice about sex, relationships, drugs, mental health, money & jobs.

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We know that a 'one size fits all' approach just doesn't work, so we have a team of specialists offering support for under 18s.

Our work with young people includes help to stop or cut down use of alcohol and drugs, information and guidance, and work with other specialists and services to keep young people safe from harm, and look forward to the future ahead.

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First Light is a charity for anyone who is experiencing or has experienced domestic abuse or sexual violence. First Light is a charity for anyone who is experiencing or has experienced domestic abuse or sexual violence. If you're in Cornwall or Isles of Scilly and need advice on domestic abuse or support to recover from [...]

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About Y-SMART

In response to the current situation under Coronavirus (Covid-19), Y-Smart drug and alcohol service for young people remains open for new referrals and is continuing to support those who were already in service. If you are working with a young person who is in difficulty with drugs or alcohol, or is effected by family substance use, and needs support please contact us on (01271) 388162 or (01392) 385637 or look for more information on our website www.y-smart.org.uk

Our offices

Are closed to the public currently, although are still being accessed by staff and appointments by arrangement. They are not currently manned during all office hours. Young people can be seen in their own communities by arrangement.

Our telephone lines are manned during office hours Monday to Friday on the above numbers.

Our current service offer
We continue to:-

Accept new referrals, with initial screening provided over the phone, and assessments completed virtually wherever possible. Face to face appointments are still available where necessary, provided families and staff are able to be appropriately safeguarded.

Carry out visits to young people and their families in the community and in schools, by arrangement, where a 'virtual visit' is not deemed suitable or there are increased concerns.

Prioritise our most vulnerable clients for increased contact during this time.

Assist with statutory appointments for both Youth Offending Service and Childrens Social Work.

Provide advice and information to schools supporting vulnerable students and assist with the Early Help daily triage to ensure young people and their families get help where and when they most need it.

Analyse emerging themes and risks and work with partners to respond.

Risks

During the pandemic traditional drug supplies have declined in accessibility. Public Health England report that this may lead service users to source alternative substances, which may result in behavioural changes.

Costs of illicit drugs are increasing which will increase the risk of acquisitive crimes.

Some of our more vulnerable young people may be at greater risk of exploitation and links with drug supply.

Young people who are socially isolated, may be increasingly at risk of low mood and anxiety.

Commissioned by Devon County Council with funding from the Home Office, Department of Health, Youth Justice Board and DCC: Y-SMART is the Drug and Alcohol Service for under-18s, throughout Devon (excluding Plymouth and Torbay). We aim to provide high quality, accessible, targeted prevention and treatment services specifically for young people across the county. Wherever possible, our service is confidential, promotes physical and mental well-being and reduces harm that can be associated with drug and alcohol use for young people and their families.

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In response to the current situation under Coronavirus (Covid-19), Y-Smart drug and alcohol service for young people remains open for new referrals and is continuing to support those who were already in service.