A GP can advise you about helpful treatments and guide you access mental health services.
Seek help from your GP immediately if you are experiencing the following symptoms for the first time:
Hallucinations are modified perceptions through your senses (like seing what is not there, hearing voices, touching, smelling or tasting things that are not there).
Delusions are fixed and faulty beliefs that are not real (like believing there is a conspiracy against you).
If you are experiencing other symptoms and are concerned for your mental health book a GP appointment. Your GP will guide you further.
You may be able to refer yourself to some services. In England you can refer yourself for free non-urgent psychological therapy services through IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies).
IAPT provides short term sessions to help with:
- depression
- generalized anxiety
- social anxiety
- panic and agoraphobia
- other phobias
- obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- body dysmorphic disorder