{"id":2557,"date":"2021-07-09T11:04:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T11:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/?page_id=2557"},"modified":"2025-12-15T17:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T17:29:01","slug":"how-to-refer-to-the-healthier-minds-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/how-to-refer-to-the-healthier-minds-service\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Help From Our Healthier Minds Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">There may be times when you feel that you could benefit from more support for your mental health and wellbeing. If you are feeling low and need some help, the best thing to do is to speak to a trusted adult either at home or at school.\u00a0 However, if you are unsure who to speak to, you can contact the Samaritans for free on 116 123.\u00a0 They have specially trained volunteers who will listen and help 24 hours a day.\u00a0 For further information, you can visit<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><a style=\"color: #ff00ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/how-we-can-help\/contact-samaritan\/\">samaritans.org<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">If you are aged 8-18 years old and live in East Renfrewshire, you or your parent\/carer can contact the service for support:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><a style=\"color: #ff00ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/how-and-when-agencies-can-help\/healthier-minds-service-2\/information-for-children-and-young-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for Healthier Minds Service self-referral\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Please note that the Healthier Minds Service is not an emergency helpline and referrals are reviewed within office hours (Monday-Friday).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A member of the team will contact you within 28 days.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In an emergency situation, please seek medical attention from your local GP or A&amp;E.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There may be times when you feel that you could benefit from more support for your mental health and wellbeing. If you are feeling low and need some help, the best thing to do is to speak to a trusted adult either at home or at school.\u00a0 However, if you are unsure who to speak &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/how-to-refer-to-the-healthier-minds-service\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Get Help From Our Healthier Minds Service<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30990,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2557","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30990"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4153,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2557\/revisions\/4153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/healthierminds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}