Kooth Online Counselling and Mental Health Service for 14 to 24 years in East Ayrshire

Kooth is an integral component of East Ayrshire’s mental health provision offering a digital counselling and emotional well-being service for young people. No referral is required and it’s a 24hr support service after the pt signs up via the Kooth webpage.

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Holly Health

Tanyard Muirkirk Medical Group has partnered with Holly Health to offer patients 6 months of free habit coaching (to help sleep, exercise, eating and mental wellbeing). The app may serve as an extra tool to help feel physically and mentally better.

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Child & Teenage Behavioural or Mental Health Concerns

A full range of support services for low mood, anxiety, behavioural concerns and emotional issues can be accessed by contacting the school and requesting an appointment with the School Nurse.Referrals to CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) can also be initiated through the school.

Wellbeing in East Ayrshire

If you need some extra help, we have details of all the amazing supports that are available within East Ayrshire together with a variety of additional support organisations.

Health & Wellbeing Centre at Dumfries House

The health and wellbeing centre provides a wide range of complementary therapies including reflexology, acupuncture and hypnotherapy. All programmes are supported by NHS Ayrshire & Arran and East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership, with regular inputs from consultants, GPs and other specialists.

01290 427979

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Living life to the full

Free online courses covering low mood, stress and resilience. Work out why you feel as you do, how to tackle problems, build confidence, get going again, feel happier, stay calm, tackle upsetting thinking and more. Our courses are free for individuals using them in their own lives.

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Symptoms and self-help

Information on common symptoms and what to do about them. Includes stomach ache, headache and rash.

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Welcome to Easy Health

With over 380 easy read health resources that include pictures and simple text, Easy Health's information is accessible to anyone who finds written information hard to understand, including people with learning disabilities.

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Reengage

Re-engage provides vital, life-enhancing social connections for older people at a time in their lives when their social circles are diminishing.

0800 716543

Street Fit Scotland

Street fit Scotland is a not for profit Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation/Social Enterprise. Our programme provides a route back into the community, a way of re-integrating back into society supporting to become active citizens.

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Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anaemia

Vitamin B12 or B9 (commonly called folate) deficiency anaemia occurs when a lack of vitamin B12 or folate causes the body to produce abnormally large red blood cells that can't function properly.

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SAM (Self Help for Anxiety Management) (Age 12 yrs +)

This app provides self-help techniques to help manage overall anxiety. Track anxiety levels, triggers, and build a personal tool kit in the app. It also provides interactive guidance for practicing self-help and a closed social community to engage with others. If you’re looking for holistic snapshot of your anxiety and how to cope with it, this may be the app for you.

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Headspace (age 12yrs+)

Meditation app. Learn to relax. 10mins free for 10 days then small subscription.

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Safespot (age 6-12 yrs)

Downloadable app (android and IOS) developed by a child psychiatrist who used to work in FV. Promotes mental wellbeing by teaching coping skills.

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Healthtalk

By sharing people’s real-life experiences, healthtalk.org provides free, reliable information about health issues. You can watch people share their stories about cancer, autism, motor-neurone disease, pregnancy, drugs, depression and much more.

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Humankind

Humankind create services and support to meet people’s complex health and social needs, helping them to build healthier lives that have meaning and value for themselves and their families. They support local people to create stronger, better-connected communities.

01325 731 160

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