They can help you make choices about treatment, understand your rights or reach out to sources of support.

Youth Mental Health

The first of the new services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is already up and running and has been well-received.

Kooth is an online counselling service which is free to use for young people aged 11 to 19, and up to age 24 for those with a learning disability.

Between April and June 2017, 462 local young people accessed Kooth, with nine out of ten saying they would recommend the service to their friends.

Kooth offers self-help tools including a live forum, peer support groups and an online journal facility, which provides a space for day to day reflection on events and feelings. Young people can also access messaging and live, one-to-one chat with trained counsellors. Patients can self-refer to the service, by registering online with basic details, including the area they live in.

https://www.leicestercityccg.nhs.uk/news/ccg-news/early-support-services-offered-locally-young-peoples-mental-health/