Useful COVID-19 resources

ANXIETY MANAGEMENT

• Exercises to ground you during the outbreak, and some information on how anxiety works.

• Rewiring the Anxious Brain - Neuroplasticity and the Anxiety Cycle - great video on YouTube explaining what anxiety is and some ways to rewire your anxious brain.

• FACE COVID. In this brief animation, Dr Russ Harris, author of The Happiness Trap, illustrates how to use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to deal with the Coronavirus crisis and the fear, anxiety and worry that goes with it.

MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION

The Mental Health Foundation has some top tips on how to manage your mental health during a crisis like coronavirus. These include:

• Talking to your kids about COVID-19.

• Tips for remote working.

• Finance, housing and unemployment worries.

OTHER RESOURCES

• BBC News has aggregated some advice from the World Health Organization and from social media.

• You can also contact the Samaritans on 116123.

• Text ‘SHOUT’, The UK’s first 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere on 85258 (free).