{"id":380,"date":"2025-12-16T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/healthy-adults\/mental-health\/get-help-in-an-emergency\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:45:08","slug":"get-help-in-an-emergency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/healthy-adults\/mental-health\/get-help-in-an-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Get help in an emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have seriously harmed yourself, dial <a href=\"tel:999\">999<\/a> or go to your nearest accident and emergency department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re thinking about harming yourself or killing yourself you need to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>phone <a href=\"tel:999\">999<\/a> or go to your nearest accident and emergency department<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>talk to your GP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>phone your mental health worker if you have one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>check your crisis plan if you have one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>phone Samaritans free on <a href=\"tel:116123\">116 123<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are frightened by the thought that you might harm yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>talk to someone you trust about how you&#8217;re feeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>talk to your GP \u2013 they can refer you to local services that will help you<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>phone Samaritans free on <a href=\"tel:116123\">116 123<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>phone Mind Infoline free on <a href=\"tel:03001233393\">0300 123 3393<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>if you\u2019re under 35 phone HOPELINEUK on <a href=\"tel:08000684141\">0800 068 4141<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Remember, day or night there is always someone for you to talk to.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a lot of good information available if you are worried about harming yourself or if you feel suicidal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/information-support\/suicidal-thoughts-and-suicide-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What suicidal feelings are, possible causes and ways to cope<\/a> \u2013 MIND guide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/how-we-can-help-you\/what-speak-us-about\/i-want-kill-myself\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I want to kill myself; how talking can help<\/a> \u2013 information from The Samaritans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/mental-health\/feelings-symptoms-behaviours\/behaviours\/self-harm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Self-harm<\/a> \u2013 NHS guide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have seriously harmed yourself, dial 999 or go to your nearest accident and emergency department. If you\u2019re thinking about harming yourself or killing yourself you need to: If you are frightened by the thought that you might harm yourself: Remember, day or night there is always someone for you to talk to. There\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":152,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-380","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 15:47:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/380\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}