Rethink Mental Illness: Helplines

The Combat Stress helpline

The Combat Stress helpline provides emotional support to UK veterans, serving military personnel, reservists and their friends, families and carers.

When you call our service you will be listened to, treated with dignity and respect, and supported to develop coping skills to manage your mental health or support your loved one.

You will be given information and signposted to other services that may be useful for you to achieve your goals.

We can also refer you to one of Combat Stress's Outreach Services for potential treatment.

Contact us

The helpline is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Call the Combat Stress Helpline on 0800 1381 619.

Calls from landlines are free and calls from most UK mobiles will be free too.

You can also send us a text to 07537 404 719.

We aim to respond within 15 minutes.

Texts are charged at your usual network rate. 

Or email combatstress@rethink.org.

Sahayak Asian mental health helpline

Our Sahayak Asianline offers a culturally sensitive listening and information service for the Asian community in Kent and West Sussex.

The service is for anyone affected by mental health issues - whether they are service users, carers or friends and people affected by domestic abuse.

Callers may speak to us in Asian languages (Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindu, and Urdu) or English. 

When you call the helpline you can expect to be listened to, treated with dignity and respect, given emotional support and signposted to useful sources of information. 

Contact us

Calls to our number are free and will not show up on your bill.

Opening hours are:

• Monday - 4pm to 7pm
• Tuesday - 12 noon to 3pm
• Wednesday - 4pm to 7pm
• Thursday - 12noon to 3pm

Call 0808 800 2073 or email asianline@rethink.org.

15th Floor
89 Albert
Embankment
London
SE1 7TP