Specialist mental health services
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If symptoms are persistent or severe, your GP can refer you to services to improve mental health.
Further support, if needed, may be provided by link workers or primary mental health care staff based in your community.
Ask your GP if you think it might be helpful to have more support and input. Your GP will be able to refer you to the right level of intervention to improve your symptoms.
Important: Speak with your GP
Please speak with your GP if your symptoms are persistent, or become challenging and interfere with your ability to self-manage diabetes, or impact on your overall functioning.
There are a range of specialist mental health services and your GP will assess and recommend the most suitable treatment for you.
GP practicesImportant: Mental health crisis
If you are feeling unable to keep yourself safe, while specialist services can provide treatment to help with recovery, more urgent support is needed now.
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Emotional health and diabetes
Managing diabetes is an ongoing and often challenging task, which can be wearing on our emotional health too.
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Self-help resources
Generic, evidence-based resources to guide you towards helpful changes.
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A little support
Services and organisations that provide support if making changes by yourself is challenging.
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Specialist mental health services
If symptoms are persistent or severe, your GP can refer you to services to improve mental health.