A mental health crisis is when you feel your mental health is at breaking point, and you need urgent help and support.

For example, you might have feelings or experiences that feel very painful or difficult to manage such as suicidal feelings, self-harm, panic attacks, flashbacks, hypomania or mania, or psychosis (such as paranoia or hearing voices). You might also have other experiences that aren't mentioned here.

Some people feel in crisis as part of ongoing mental health problems, or due to stressful and difficult life experiences such as abuse, bereavement, addiction, money problems or housing problems. Or there might not be a particular reason.

However you experience a crisis, it's always OK to ask for help.

 

Our new mental health support phone line is operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is available to Black Country residents of all ages.

If you are experiencing increased distress or anxiety during these uncertain times, please don't suffer in silence, pick up the phone and speak to one of our specialist mental health professionals who will be able to support you.

Contact our 24-7 mental health support line which is available for Black Country residents of all ages -
please call 0800 008 6516 or text message 07860 025 281.

If you are already receiving support from our services please continue to maintain contact
through your normal route.

 

In hours (9am-5pm), please contact your care coordinator or local Community Recovery Service.

Out of hours (after 5pm or on holidays/weekends), please call the number that has been provided to you via your mental health team or alternatively please contact the hospital switchboard on 01922 607000.

 

If you need emergency support outside the working hours of 9am to 5pm, the best things to do are:

  • call our main switchboard on 01922 607000​​​​​​​. An automatic message will be able to lead you to getting in touch with the right service
  • call your out-of-hours GP service
  • for urgent medical attention attend your local emergency department

If you are accessing one of the groups facilitated by the learning disabilities services here are some useful links of who to call for support in a Crisis. Choose the area where you live:

Dudley

Sandwell

Walsall

Wolverhampton

If you feel like you need to access face to face support out of usual mental health service hours then you can visit  the Sanctuary Hubs, available within each of the boroughs of the Black Country.

Monday – Friday, 6 – 11pm; and
Saturday and Sunday 12noon – 11pm

No referal is required. You must be aged 18+ and have live in or be registered with a GP in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall or Wolverhampton. 

The Sanctuary Hubs can provide emotional support to those in distress, in need of reassurance or at times when people need to be listened to most. 

Dudley Sanctuary Hub
DY1 Community Centre
Stafford Street
Dudley
DY1 1SA

Sandwell Sanctuary Hub
Hope Place
321 High Street
West Bromwich
B70 8LU

Walsall Sanctuary Hub
1 Queen’s Parade
Bloxwich
Walsall
WS3 2EX

Wolverhampton Sanctuary Hub
29 -31 Temple Street,
Wolverhampton,
WV2 4AN


You can also access telephone support via the 24/7 helpline by calling freephone 0800 008 6516

For alternative support you can call:

SANE
0300 304 7000
(4:30pm – 10:30pm)
sanemail@org.uk
www.sane.org.uk

Samaritans
116 123
(24 hour helpline – free to call)
www.samaritans.org.uk

Anxiety UK
08444 775 774
(Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 5:30pm)
www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Rethink Mental Illness
0300 5000 927
(Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 4pm)
www.rethink.org