# Mental Health Croydon

> Mental Health Croydon is a free, independently maintained directory of NHS, charity, crisis, wellbeing, and private therapy services for people in Croydon, London.

When to use this: reach for Mental Health Croydon when a person in or around Croydon needs a real local mental health service — NHS talking therapies, crisis lines, free counselling, CAMHS, community wellbeing, or private therapy — and you need verified names, phone numbers, websites, and how to access them.

Do not use this directory to diagnose, give clinical advice, or replace emergency care. If someone is in immediate danger, tell them to call 999. For urgent mental health support in the UK, call NHS 111 and choose the mental health option.

How an agent should call Mental Health Croydon:
- Read this file, then fetch the relevant page with `Accept: text/markdown`
- Or POST JSON-RPC to https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/mcp (Streamable HTTP). Start with `initialize`, then `tools/list` / `tools/call`
- Or query the public JSON API documented at https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/developers and https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/openapi.json
- Search by concern via https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/{condition} or `GET https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/api/v1/services?q=`

This is not an NHS service, not Croydon Council, and not Mind in Croydon. Listings are signposting, not endorsement.

## When to use this
- [Crisis support](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/crisis): Use when the person is unsafe, suicidal, or needs a 24/7 helpline now
- [Directory search](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/): Use when you know a service name, postcode, or concern and need matching Croydon listings
- [Mental Health Croydon API](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/developers): Use when you need structured JSON or MCP tools instead of HTML
- [Contact Mental Health Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/contact): Use for listing corrections, missing services, or press queries — not for emergencies

## Directory
- [Mental Health Croydon home](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/): Searchable directory of local mental health services
- [About Mental Health Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/about): Who maintains the directory and how listings are checked
- [Contact Mental Health Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/contact): Email for corrections and suggestions
- [Privacy policy](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/privacy): What the site collects and what it does not
- [Accessibility statement](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/accessibility): Accessibility commitments for the directory
- [Crisis support](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/crisis): 999, NHS 111, and local crisis pathways
- [Suggest a service](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/suggest): How to propose a missing listing
- [The Latest](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/the-latest): Local mental health news and service updates
- [XML sitemap](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Complete URL list for crawlers

## Help with
- [Anxiety Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/anxiety-croydon): Find anxiety support in Croydon. Browse NHS talking therapies, free counselling, peer support groups, and private therapy for anxiety and panic attacks.
- [Depression Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/depression-croydon): Find depression support in Croydon. Access NHS mental health services, free counselling, peer support groups, and private therapy for low mood and depression.
- [Youth Mental Health Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/youth-mental-health): Find mental health support for children, teenagers, and young adults in Croydon. Access CAMHS, youth counselling, school support, and specialist services.
- [Mental Health Crisis Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/crisis-support): Get immediate mental health crisis support in Croydon. 24/7 helplines, A&E psychiatric liaison, and emergency services for suicidal thoughts and severe distress.
- [BME & Culturally Sensitive Mental Health Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/bme-mental-health): Find culturally sensitive mental health support for Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities in Croydon. Specialist services, community organisations, and inclusive therapy.
- [Bereavement Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/bereavement-croydon): Find bereavement and grief support services in Croydon. Free and low-cost counselling, support groups, and helplines for coping with loss.
- [ADHD Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/adhd-croydon): Find ADHD support services in Croydon. NHS assessment pathways, therapy options, and community resources for adults and young people with ADHD.
- [PTSD & Trauma Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/ptsd-croydon): Find PTSD and trauma therapy in Croydon. Free and NHS trauma-focused counselling, EMDR, and support services for survivors of abuse, violence, and distressing events.
- [Eating Disorder Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/eating-disorders-croydon): Find eating disorder support in Croydon. NHS treatment pathways, charity helplines, and local counselling for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and body image issues.
- [Addiction Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/addiction-croydon): Find addiction support in Croydon. Free and confidential help for drug, alcohol, and gambling addiction including counselling, recovery groups, and harm reduction services.
- [Men's Mental Health Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/mens-mental-health-croydon): Find men's mental health support in Croydon. Peer support groups, free counselling, and safe spaces where men can talk openly about how they're feeling.
- [OCD Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/ocd-croydon): Find OCD support in Croydon. NHS therapy (CBT and ERP), local counselling services, and self-help resources for managing obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- [Loneliness & Isolation Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/loneliness-croydon): Feeling lonely or isolated in Croydon? Find community groups, peer support, social activities, and wellbeing services to help you reconnect and feel less alone.
- [Self-Harm Support in Croydon](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/help-with/self-harm-croydon): Find self-harm support in Croydon. Crisis helplines, free therapy, and safe spaces for anyone struggling with self-harm. Non-judgemental, confidential help available now.

## Developer resources
- [Mental Health Croydon developer resources](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/developers): API, OpenAPI, MCP, and markdown negotiation
- [OpenAPI spec](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/openapi.json): Machine-readable Mental Health Croydon API contract
- [MCP server](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/mcp): Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint for search and crisis tools
- [MCP discovery](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/.well-known/mcp): Server card for clients that look up /.well-known/mcp
- [MCP server.json](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/.well-known/mcp.json): Remote Streamable HTTP advertisement
- [llms-full.txt](https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/llms-full.txt): Longer agent briefing with the same facts inlined

## Optional
- [Talk to Luke](https://www.talktoluke.com): Private therapy practice of the directory maintainer; not the directory itself

## Inlined briefing
Mental Health Croydon lists 90+ verified services. Categories on the site are NHS, Charity, Wellbeing, and Therapy. Crisis is an approach, not a category: crisis listings stay visible when other filters are on.

Public JSON:
- GET https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/api/v1/services
- GET https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/api/v1/services/{slug}
- GET https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/api/v1/conditions
- GET https://www.mentalhealthcroydon.co.uk/api/v1/conditions/{slug}

MCP tools: search_services, get_service, list_conditions, get_condition, get_crisis_contacts.
Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` to any public page. Caches must honour `Vary: Accept, Accept-Encoding`.