About Minding your head
Minding your head has information, advice and support to help people in Northern Ireland look after and improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
About Minding your head
Minding your head is the Public Health Agency’s (PHA's) website that provides information, advice and support to help people in Northern Ireland look after and improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Minding your head hosts a Northern Ireland directory of services that offer support with mental health, emotional wellbeing, suicide prevention and other issues in Northern Ireland.
Services are added to the directory and kept up to date by the organisation that provides them. PHA does not quality assure each service.
Services on Minding your head by council area
Council area | Number of services available |
---|---|
Belfast | 41 |
Newry, Mourne and Down | 36 |
Ards and North Down | 36 |
Derry City and Strabane | 34 |
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 30 |
Antrim and Newtownabbey | 29 |
Fermanagh and Omagh | 29 |
Mid Ulster | 28 |
Lisburn and Castlereagh | 27 |
Mid and East Antrim | 24 |
Causeway Coast and Glens | 23 |
Services on Minding your head by area of work
Area of work | Number of services available |
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Mental wellbeing support | |
Anxiety | |
Low mood and depression | |
Stress | |
Trauma | |
Relationships | |
Bereavement | |
Self-harm | |
Suicide | |
Domestic violence | |
Perinatal mental health | |
Sleep | |
Sexual violence | |
Money worries and debt | |
Drugs and alcohol | |
Disability | |
Financial abuse | |
Eating disorders | |
Sexual orientation and gender identity | |
Chronic pain and illness | |
Sexual health | |
Gambling |
Services on Minding your head by who we can help
Audience served | Number of services available |
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General public | 60 |
Parents | 33 |
Carers | 29 |
Rural communities | 20 |
Minority ethnic communities | 19 |
Students (school aged) | 18 |
Students (further education) | 18 |
LGBTQIA+ | 17 |
Victims and survivors | 16 |
People with physical disabilities | 15 |
People with learning disabilities | 15 |
Autism or neurodiversity | 13 |
Refugees and asylum seekers | 12 |
Traveller communities | 12 |
Veterans | 10 |
Find a service that can help
Remember that your GP is an important source of support if you are concerned about your mental health.
78 services