Services

The Lewisham MHLD service provides community-based psychiatric and psychological assessment, advice and treatment for people, aged over 18, who live in the London Borough of Lewisham. We care for adults with mental health problems and learning disabilities who may have emotional, behavioural, and social, communication or physical difficulties.

We provide care for people with mental health problems and complex needs including behaviours that challenge.

We are a multi professional team including psychologists, behavioural support specialists, nurses and psychiatrists. We work with other health and social care teams as part of the Mental Health Learning Disability Service (MHLD) Neurodevelopment Division.

We provide mental health assessments, therapy and advice on services and treatment options to help people with learning disabilities maintain their health and independence.

How to make a referral to our service: Please complete the referral form and return this form via email to: referralsmhld@slam.nhs.uk . Or alternatively by post to:

Team Leader Lewisham MHLD
19-21 Brownhill Road
Catford
London
SE6 2HG

An integral part of the Mental Health-Learning Disabilities services provided by the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is the Estia Centre. The Estia Centre is a training, research and development resource that specialises in the mental health needs of adults with learning disabilities. The Estia Centre aims to support the development of a competent workforce, from support staff to experienced managers and from a variety of services. We hope to achieve this by offering a high quality portfolio of training opportunities, including workshops, conferences, training publications, journals and good practice guidance. The Centre is also part of the Institute of Psychiatry, where we aim to improve the care of adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs through our research initiatives that develop evidence-based practice

Contact:

Estia Centre
Clinical Treatment Centre (CTC)
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill
London SE5 8AS

Tel: 020 3228 9742

Fax: 020 3228 9749

Email: info@estiacentre.org

Web: www.estiacentre.org

Address: 19-21 Brownhill Road
Catford, London, SE6 2HG

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

The Lewisham MHLD service provides community-based psychiatric and psychological assessment, advice and treatment for people, aged over 18, who have mental health problems and learning disabilities and live in the London Borough of Lewisham. We care for adults with mental health problems and learning disabilities who may have emotional, behavioural, and social, communication or physical difficulties. We provide care for people with mental health problems and complex needs including behaviours that challenge.

We are a multi-professional team including psychologists, behavioural support specialists, nurses and psychiatrists. We work with other health and social care teams as part of the Mental Health Learning Disability Service (MHLD) Neurodevelopment Division.

We provide mental health assessments, therapy and advice on services and treatment options to help people with learning disabilities maintain their health and independence.

How to make a referral to our service

Please complete the referral form and return this form via email to referralsmhld@slam.nhs.uk .

Or alternatively by post to:

Team Leader Lewisham MHLD
19-21 Brownhill Road
Catford
London
SE6 2HG

Brownhill Road...

Address: 19-21 Brownhill Road
Catford, London, SE6 2HG

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

We provide psychiatric assessment and review for patients aged 65 and over (not active to working age mental health care services) who have been admitted to Lewisham Hospital. We work jointly with our general liaison psychiatry colleagues providing mental health input to older patients presenting to Emergency Department.

LOACaL...

Address: 4th Floor Ladywell Unit
University Hospital Lewisham
Lewisham High Street
Lewisham, London, SE13 6LW

Category: Mental Health of Older Adults

The Community Mental Health Team is a service providing care and treatment for service users with severe or complex mental health difficulties, including but not limited to psychotic illnesses, mood and personality disorders, and other co-morbid disorders. We are a multidisciplinary service with a range of professionals, including social workers, nurses, doctors, psychologists, occupational therapists, and specialist workers, providing employment support, benefits advice, and social inclusion. We provide a broad range of medical, psychological, and social treatments and interventions. We work closely with acute and crisis services and mental health services in primary care to ensure that service users receive the right care at the right time. The service is provided in alliance with Bromley Lewisham and Greenwich MIND, Lewisham Adult Social Care, One Health Lewisham, and Lewisham Clinical Commissioning Group.

Address: 1 Southbrook Road
Lee, London, SE12 8LH

Category: Community assessment and brief intervention

Lewisham Liaison team is for people, aged 18-65, the service provide a comprehensive assessment and liaison service to people who are experiencing mental health difficulties who attend the Emergency Department (ED) and who are admitted to the Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) of UHL.

It provide assessment and advice on treatment of people who have been admitted to the medical, surgical and obstetric wards at UHL who are experiencing mental health difficulties.

Liaison also provide assessments to people who present with co-morbid presentations of either substance misuse or physical issues, and mental health difficulties in the ED and wards with severe mental illness.

Lewisham Liaison team...

Address: Ladywell Unit
University Hospital Lewisham
Lewisham High Street
Lewisham, London, SE13 6LW

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Crisis)

**Currently based at outpatients currently supporting the Senior Psychiatry Liaison Nurse role as needed (temporary). Also helping HTT with feds assessments and crisis line follow ups via the ARC**

Rapid Response service for GPs within Lewisham Borough...

Address: Via Acute referral centre,  Maudsley main line,  , , , ,

Category: Over the phone and face to face service working for the acute referrals centre at the Maudsley

We offer crisis and peer support groups for adults in Lewisham with emotional and relationship difficulties.

What is SUN?

Lewisham Service User Network (SUN) is a community-based support group for adults experiencing difficulties with complex emotional needs. SUN aims to empower people to problem solve their current struggles – emotional, relational, social, and practical.

Who can join SUN?

You can refer yourself to Lewisham SUN Project if you are an adult who lives in Lewisham, or if you are registered with a Lewisham GP. We welcome people from all sorts of backgrounds to learn from each other’s experiences.

How the group works

Each group runs for two-and-a-half hours with breaks. We offer a mixture of online and in-person groups. You can attend Lewisham SUN groups as often or as little as you wish. SUN groups offer peer support. Members both offer and receive support at different times. Two health professionals facilitate the group. All of the support provided by Lewisham SUN Project happens within the groups themselves, in a confidential and safe space. New members are helped to complete a Crisis and Support Plan (CASP). A CASP sets out the steps you take to cope with stress and any challenges in life, so that the group knows how best to support you in times of crisis.

Address: Groups are held online and in-person in Lewisham,

The Lewisham Young People's Service (LYPS)is part of Lewisham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). We provide assessment and treatment for children and young people, up to the age of 18, registered with a GP in Lewisham.

Our service is for children and young people who have ongoing severe and complex problems for some time that significantly affect their daily life.

We also offer an early intervention service to young people who are experiencing psychosis. A person with a psychotic illness will experience a different view of reality compared to how others see it. This can affect how they think, feel, things they hear and things they see Ð often with symptoms of hallucinations and delusions.

Our team members

Our team is made up of a number of people from different backgrounds. This may include child and adolescent psychiatrists, social workers, clinical psychologists, community psychiatric nurses, child psychotherapists, occupational therapists, as well as art, music and drama therapists.

Address: 78 Lewisham Park,  London, , , , SE13 6QJ

Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (local)

Address: 332 Brixton Road,  London, , , , SW9 7AA

Luther King Ward is in Lambeth Hospital. We provide care for men with acute mental illness who live in the London Borough of Lambeth. Acute illnesses start quickly and have distressing symptoms.

We provide psychiatric assessment, treatment and care for men who require hospital treatment. We help to reduce the risk of harm to self and others.

We work with other community-based services to ensure that when a person leaves hospital they are well supported and that their health is maintained.

Address: Oak House,  Lambeth Hospital,  108 Landor Road, London, , SW9 9NT

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

The Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) is renowned worldwide for the psychological treatments it offers to children and adolescents with eating and feeding disorders.

Our team combines a highly specialist knowledge in eating disorders with expertise in evidence-based treatments which support families to use their strengths and skills to support their child overcome an eating disorder.

Our services:

The Eating Disorders Clinic
The Eating Disorders Clinic serves children and teens who live locally, and are registered to a GP in Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham or Southwark. It offers treatment for all eating disorders except ARFID and feeding disorders, which are treated in our other clinics.

Our outpatient service is accessible and responsive. If you think you need help you can simply make a self-referral , or if you are a family member you can refer a loved one . If you are a professional (e.g. school nurse or GP) please refer here . You can also call us during our office hours (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) on 020 3228 2545.

We aim to see all routine referrals within 28 days, urgent referrals within 7 days, and emergency referrals within 24 hours. If in doubt, please do not hesitate to refer.

Intensive Treatment Programme:
The Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP) is a day programme for young people who are already in treatment for an eating disorder, but need a bit of extra support.

At ITP, we see under 18s living in England who have an eating disorder and feel like their treatment is not progressing despite everyone's best efforts. ITP is a day programme so young people and family members need to be able to commute daily to ITP.

If you have not been treated for an eating disorder before, we always suggest contacting your local specialist service before even thinking about ITP. For most people, this is more than enough.

If you are already in treatment and still feel that you need more support, ITP might be for you. Just ask your practitioner to get in touch with us.

The ARFID Clinic
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, or ARFID, is very different from anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders. The ARFID and Related Disorders Clinic offers targeted treatment for ARFID and other feeding disorders. We provide detailed assessments and specialised therapy for children and teens with various avoidant or restrictive eating behaviours.

We know that different people struggle with their food intake for different reasons. At the ARFID clinic, we pay close attention to your individual situation, so that we can carefully select the treatments that will be most effective for you.

Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Service (Maudsley Hospital)...

Address: Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Young People,  Maudsley Hospital,  De Crespigny Park, London, , SE5 8AZ

Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (National and Specialist)

Croydon Medication Support Service- (CMSS) plays a key part in the Recovery Pathway and works in close collaboration with the Promoting Recovery Teams and Primary Care Mental Health Support Service within the Promoting Recovery Pathway.

Cohort Ð adults from 18-65

CMSS provides a Borough wide service to support individuals with severe and enduring mental illness with a primary diagnosis of psychosis who require professional support to manage their wellbeing. Service users fall into the cohort of people who are stable and at low risk of relapse. However, this group cannot move back to primary care because of the complexity of their medications.

Referrals to the service will be primarily via community teams within the Psychosis CAG or exceptionally, people with bipolar from the MAP CAG

Medication support/interventions includes:

• Recovery interventions, fostering independence and autonomy including interventions such as coaching, problem solving, motivational interview, etc.
• Early signs and symptoms recognition and management of symptoms
• Clozapine Initiation
• Psycho-education for Service Users and Carers
• Social support: working with service users to support them with accessing community resources, social and leisure activities
• Monitoring and ensuring physical health needs are addressed
• Appropriate Medication review and management
• Identifying substance use issues and signposting/liaising with relevant services/agencies
• Assistance/signposting to access suitable accommodation
• Signposting regarding information about Direct Payments or Advocacy Services
• Compulsory interventions using the Mental Health Act 1983
• Vocational support/signposting: assistance in accessing agencies that offer training and development opportunities such as college courses
• Carers Assessments if appropriate and support and advice for carers

CMSS...

Address: Jeanette Wallace House,  No 1 Edridge Road,  Croydon, Surrey, , CR0 1FE

Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)

**Offering remote assessments and consultations via video or phone call due to Covid**

The Croydon Memory Service is based in Heavers Resource Centre. We provide early assessment, treatment and care for people over the age of 18 who have memory problems that may be associated with dementia.

We help people with the first sign of memory problems to maintain their health and their independence.

Address: Heavers Resource Centre,  122 Selhurst Road,  London, , , SE25 6LL

Category: Mental Health of Older Adults

The Southwark and Lambeth Integrated Memory Service (SLIMS) offers comprehensive assessment, treatment and support options to anyone over the age of 18 with mild to moderate memory problems likely to indicate dementia.

Our multidisciplinary team, work in collaboration with the Alzheimer's Society. We offer a comprehensive assessment package based on the principles of recovery and are committed to supporting carers of people with dementia.

Following assessment, we coordinate individualised care planning. This may include prescribing medication if appropriate, post diagnostic support and signposting, problem solving strategies, and individual or group therapy which is offered for both clients and carers. We can also organise for continuous follow up though our dementia advisors.

We work with the memory clinics at St Thomas, King's College and Guy's hospitals to provide high quality specialist care.

Address: 151 Blackfriars Road,  London, , , , SE1 8EL

Category: Memory Services