Support for All
Mental Health Services in Dorset
Details of mental health services in Dorset with contact numbers.
W: www.dorsetmentalhealthforum.org.uk/mental-health-services-dorset.html
MIND
Dorset Mind
Local branch of national Mind - serving people with mental health problems in the Dorset area since 1947.
T: 01202 551660
Samaritans
Providing a safe place to talk to someone in the Bournemouth and surrounding areas.
W: https://www.samaritans.org/branches/samaritans-bournemouth-and-district
T: 116 123
Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness provide a range of over 100 useful factsheets on topics from medication to the Mental Health Act.
W: https://www.rethink.org/resources/a
The Retreat
The Retreat aims to provide you with a safe and welcoming environment where you can discuss your problems and work towards solutions.
Staffed by both mental health professionals and peer specialists (people who have their own lived experience of mental health issues), The Retreat offers out-of-hours support and advice on self-management.
Support for Adults
Chestnut Nursery
A plant nursery providing work rehabilitation in a supportive environment for adults with severe and enduring mental illness.
W: Chestnut Nursery (helpandkindness.co.uk)
T: 01202 685999
Steps2Wellbeing
The Steps to Wellbeing Service is a free, confidential, NHS service for to people aged 18+ registered with a GP in Dorset or Southampton.
W: http://www.steps2wellbeing.co.uk/
T: 0300 7900 542
Support for Families & Carers
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Advice and services from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service at Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust.
W: Dorset HealthCare :: Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS)
Support for Professionals
CAMHs Referrals
Guidance for multi-disciplinary therapeutic intervention for moderate to severe mental health problems in children and young people, aged 0-18.
W: C_CAMHs Referral Guidance updated 11-07-17 (dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk)