Mental health is an important part of overall health and wellbeing. Helping people feel well in Essex means making sure support is available when people need it.
Across Essex, services are working to improve access to mental health support and encourage people to seek help early.
Promoting good mental wellbeing can help prevent problems from becoming more serious and improve quality of life.
Our priorities
Key priorities for mental health and wellbeing include:
- supporting people with depression and anxiety
- improving care for people with severe mental illness
- suicide prevention
- crisis support services
- promoting emotional wellbeing and resilience.
Early help and community support can make a significant difference to people’s lives.
Accessing support
There are a range of services available across Essex to support mental health and wellbeing, including:
- talking therapies services
- community mental health services
- crisis support services
- local wellbeing services
- voluntary and community sector organisations.