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Cambridgeshire mental health app launches on 11 December (18 November 2013)
Date: 18/11/2013
Cambridgeshire is to launch a new mental health mobile phone app to offer tips and advice to mental health patients.
The mobile phone app will consist of a traffic light system of red, amber and green lights.
The green button will offer “motivational tips” on mental health management and wellbeing. The amber light will send a text message to two contacts that the user’s mental health condition is deteriorating and they require rapid assistance.
Pressing the red button on the mental health app will act as a crisis button and will send a text to two contacts to tell them the user needs immediate help for their mental health condition – and will also add the user’s precise location.
Users of the mental health app can also take advantage of free tips on managing their condition – and can monitor their moods on a daily basis. Personal data will also be stored on the app, which has been developed by developers 28b and the Sun Network, with support from Cambridgeshire County Council.
The app will be launched in time for the Christmas and New Year period on 11 December.
The holiday season can be especially difficult for some mental health patients, as mental health services may be run on a limited basis over Christmas and New Year, making admission to a secure mental health unit – or seeking counselling for a deteriorating mental health condition – more difficult.
Many people with mental health conditions are isolated and may be separated from their families and friends, which can add to their distress at what is thought of as a time for being with friends and family.
Legal advice for mental health patients, their families and carers
Duncan Lewis is one of the UK’s leading mental health solicitors and offers mental health patients, including being detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Mental health patients receive free legal advice – and the nearest relative of a patient may also be entitled to financial help.
Contact Duncan Lewis mental health solicitors on 020 7923 4020 – or call the Duncan Lewis Mental Health Helpline on 0203 114 1124.