Mental Health Advice - Apps, website & podcasts
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CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. It's a service for children and young people under 18 and their families and it's part of the NHS. It has pages for young people and parents and carers. |

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If you’re a young person, MindMate can help you understand the way you’re feeling and find the right advice and support. Also has pages for parents and carers. |

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Free, safe, anonymous support for young people |

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Resources and advice to support young people's mental health. |

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Resources and advice to support young people's mental health. |
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Meditation has been shown to help people stress less, focus more and even sleep better. Headspace is meditation made simple. We'll teach you the life-changing skills of meditation and mindfulness in just a few minutes a day Go to the website or get the app. |

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An app for meditation and sleep. |

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Recommendations of the best podcasts for mental health. |
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Podcasts
player.fm/podcasts
Google podcasts (for Android)
BBC podcasts
Apple podcasts (on your iPad or iPhone)
Audible (are currently releasing free audiobooks on Audible stories. or a 30 day free trial)
Stitcher
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Mental Health Advice - Mindfulness ideas
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There are lots of websites that are giving out free colouring pages that you can download and print as a mindfulness activity. Try
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Why not try to make something tasty? If you have the ingredients then give it a go!
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Quizzes can be a fun distraction and keep your brain busy and away from negative thoughts. Why not try some of these websites?
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Reading is a good way of escaping reality when things are stressful. Try to find a quiet spot and something that you actually enjoy reading!
Have a look at the Library page if you need ideas!
Audiobooks are also great so try Audible for some free downloads.
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Mental Health information
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Understanding Young People's Mental Health - a resource from Mental Health First Aid to help you understand mental health issues for people under the age of 24 and signs to look out for.
Sources of Stress for Young People
A collection of resources - a list of websites and resources to support parents and young people during this time.
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Self Care Strategies
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Self care and Support - advice from Mental Health First Aid.
Anxiety and Stress - advice from our Pastoral Team.
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Strategies to help you with your self care. These activities are not a substitute for seeing a mental health professional. Sometimes we need outside help and advice. Getting help is good. No-one should feel bad about it. That’s what this site is about. |
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Advice on self care from MIND. |

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Advice on self care from the NHS. |
Who can I speak to in school?
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You can talk to any of these members of staff about any mental health concern no matter how big or small. If you are concerned as a parent or carer, email info@princehenrys.co.uk and mark the email for the attention of the relevant member of staff.
Your Head of Key Stage
KS3 - Mr Day
KS4 - Mr Knight
KS5 - Mrs Willis
Your Year Manager
KS3 - Miss Crosby, Mrs McQuire, Mrs Lee
KS4 - Mrs Torgerson, Mrs Wells
KS5 - Mrs Robinson-Junni
Mental Health First Aiders and Pastoral Support Staff
Mrs Thomas - History Teacher
Mrs Hunter - English teacher and Assistant Head of KS3
Ms Morris - Pastoral Support Officer
ANY OTHER TEACHER
REMEMBER - If you don't want to speak face to face, then use the SPEAK UP option on your Firefly page.
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Who else can I get in touch with?
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Helpful Resources for Young People's Mental Health - organisations collated by Mental Health First Aid. |
Something to Read?

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Click on the link to go to our Library "Shelf-help" page on Firefly (you might need to log in on the way). Here you will find recommendations for books to read to support with a whole range of mental health issues. Or you can contact Miss Wyss here wsr@princehenrys.co.uk
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Use your phone to help
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Use your phone to help
Read about the different ways your phone can help depending on what you feel you need. Email Mrs Thomas or Mrs Hunter if you want to know more
Daylio Mood Diary App FREE
Pick your mood and add activities you have been doing during the day. You can also add notes and keep an old school diary.
Entry takes just seconds but helps you enormously. You will discover hidden patterns and maybe use Daylio to create some useful habits like running, eating more healthy or waking up earlier.
Can't find what you're looking for....Find LOTS more here
https://www.nhs.uk/apps-library/category/mental-health/
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Sane Textcare is a free service designed to provide emotional support and connection at the times you need it most. We provide bespoke one-way messages directly to your mobile phone.
This is a confidential service for those aged 16 and over, and each message sent will be individually written for you based on the information you give us in the sign up form. For this reason, you need to submit your request a minimum of 72 hours before the time you would like to receive a message, and we can’t send you more than one message in a seven day period.
Textcare is not a crisis service, and we can only respond to requests by the person who wants to receive the texts, not to ones sent on another person’s behalf.
We may on certain occasions call you to clarify what support might be helpful for us to include in our Textcare service to you.
You can choose if you would like one, three or five messages. If you would like to continue the support beyond this time, simply make another request.
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Meditation has been shown to help people stress less, focus more and even sleep better. Headspace is meditation made simple. We'll teach you the life-changing skills of meditation and mindfulness in just a few minutes a day Go to the website or get the app. |

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Pick your mood and add activities you have been doing during the day. You can also add notes and keep an old school diary. Entry takes just seconds but helps you enormously. You will discover hidden patterns and maybe use Daylio to create some useful habits like running, eating more healthy or waking up earlier. |
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Apps recommended by the NHS. |