Support & Advice - Coping after a Traumatic Event

It is important to realise that it is perfectly normal if you feel distressed or have had an emotional reaction to witnessing or being part of a traumatic event. Everyone reacts differently. In the first few days, it’s essential to nurture yourself, talk about it if you want to, engage with everyday life and focus on other things.

If you are still experiencing difficulties after three to four weeks, you may wish to seek help or support.

NHS Resource - ‘Coping with stress after a major incident’

How to access NHS mental health services following a tragic event

Adults: Support, Services and Resources

HOPE: Hope acts as a peer support group for anyone who has been bereaved through a traumatic event or has witnessed a traumatic incident, no matter your age or when the experience of trauma occurred.

Tel: 0114 227 0105 Email : info@hope-sy.org.uk

Sheffield Talking Therapies: Sheffield Talking Therapies provides free psychological therapies for adults suffering from mild to moderate depression and anxiety or stress.

Tel: 0114 226 4380

Sheffield Support Hub: Sheffield Support Hub offers free mental health support in a welcoming, comfortable, non-judgmental, and non-clinical environment.

Tel: 07890 987384 Email: sheffieldsupporthub.mhm@nhs.net

Children and Young People: Support, Services and Resources

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS): Sheffield’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) provides specialist mental health services to children and young people up to the age of 18.

Tel: 0114 305 3218 Email: camhsspa@nhs.net

Young Minds: Resources around PTSD

The Mix: The Mix is a charity providing free, confidential information and support to young people under 25, including support and articles on trauma.

The above signposting and resource information was put together by Sheffield Flourish, creators of the Sheffield Mental Health Guide.