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Chelsham House is part of Bethlem Royal Hospital. We provide inpatient assessment, treatment and care for people aged over 65 with acute mental illness or under 65 for people who have dementia.
We care for older adults who are admitted to hospital in a crisis. We support them back into the community.
Address: Chelsham House, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Greater London, BR3 3BX
Category: Mental Health of Older Adults
**Due to Covid this service is now primarily delivered remotely**
The clinic is an NHS service run by Lambeth Drug and Alcohol team. The
team is made up of doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, drug
workers and counsellors.
All staff have experience and an interest in working with gay/msm
using party drugs/chems.
The service is open to anyone living in the London Borough of Lambeth.
Who we work with:
The clinic offers treatment to all Lambeth residents aged 18yrs or
over. We provide assessments to those:
*our needle exchange is open to everyone.
Treatment we offer:
An initial appointment is always offered to assess individual
needs, this will take up to 2 hours. You will be assessed by one of
the clinic nurses or social workers.
Sometimes people require a medical or psychiatric assessment on
this day too.
Once assessed you will be allocated a keyworker who will work in
partnership with you to facilitate treatment, through 1:1 key work
sessions. Treatment may include:
Sexual health screens:
Our nurses can offer a sexual health screen on assessment and
on Fridays we offer appointments with a Sexual Health Dr (Consultant).
A 60 second finger prick HIV test is available.
Needle exchange:
Operates on a drop in basis 9 - 4:30pm Monday - Friday
offering needles, syringes, sterets and sharp boxes. A return service
for sealed sharp boxes. Assessment of injecting sites Ð advice and
information Ð harm minimisation.
How to access treatment:
We offer assessments every morning Monday Ð Friday at our
Brixton site (Lorraine Hewitt House). We are able to see the first
four people who present at 9am.
We can also offer a limited amount of appointments at other times
which can be arranged by clicking
here to email us.
Address: Lorraine Hewitt House
12-14 Brighton Terrace
Brixton, London, SW9 8DG
Category: Substance Misuse community service
We provide a specialist service for children and young people who are
fostered or adopted and who are experiencing difficulties.
Adopted children and children who are in, or have been in, the care
system can have a wide range of mental health problem as well as
difficulties in school, at home and with peers. We offer a highly
specialist assessment of a child or young person's mental health and
well-being across all these aspects of functioning, and then make recommendations.
These difficulties may relate to issues that are specific to adopted
children (attachment, trauma, life story, placement difficulties, degree
of contact with siblings or birth family, permanency planning), as well
as other aspects of mental health, including neurodevelopmental
disorders, mood disorders, behavioural problems. We always consider a
child or young person's particular circumstances of being adopted,
fostered or under Special Guardianship Orders.
Our services:
We accept referrals from:
Address: The Michael Rutter Centre
Maudsley Hospital
De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ
Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (National and Specialist)
The Autism and Related Disorders (ARD) Team is a multidisciplinary assessment and intervention service for children and young people up to the age of 18 years old, who present with a neurodevelopmental or mental health conditions. The ARD Team offers second opinions on diagnoses, consultation to families and professionals and developing and implementing care plans for intervention.
Address: Michael Rutter Centre
Maudsley Hospital
De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ
Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (National and Specialist)
Our service provides assessment and treatment for young people with Body
Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).
We provide a range of evidence-based care packages, tailored to meet
the needs of the young person and their parents or carers.
Many of the young people we see are offered individual CBT, which may
involve parents or carers and other family members.
We have an active research programme and are committed to increasing
knowledge and understanding of the disorders we treat, and developing
our treatments to help improve the outcomes for young people with BDD.
We also offer an extensive programme of training and consultancy in
the assessment, treatment and management of different aspects of BDD
through seminars, workshops, individual case supervision and research
project supervision.
All service users referred to our service will be expected to maintain
contact with their local CAMHS or GP service. These services will
receive correspondence from our team throughout treatment.
Address: Michael Rutter Centre
Maudsley Hospital
De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ
Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (National and Specialist)
We provide specialist forensic services, treating complex and high-risk
cases. Many of the young people we work with are vulnerable, and present
with severe psychopathology.
Young people referred to us may be involved with the criminal justice
system or be at high risk of being so in the future. They are likely to
present with behavioural problems like violence and aggression towards
others, harming themselves, fire setting or engaging in sexually
inappropriate behaviour.
We aim to provide a fast-track service for cases requiring an urgent
response because of the nature of the presenting problem or, in some
cases, the time limits imposed by criminal proceedings. We conduct home
and community assessments where appropriate.
Address: Michael Rutter Centre
Maudsley Hospital
De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ
Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (National and Specialist)
The Mental Health of Intellectual Disability Service (MHID) is service
for young people of up to 18 years of age. Our service assesses young
people with recognised intellectual disabilities (also referred to as
learning disabilities or global developmental delay), and associated
behavioural or mental health problems, including autism spectrum
disorders (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
obsessive compulsive disorder, psychosis, depression, post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), feeding disorders, offending behaviours and
sleep disorders.
Address: Michael Rutter Centre
Maudsley Hospital
De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ
Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (National and Specialist)
We offer assessment, interventions, consultation and second opinions
about neuropsychiatric disorders. We have close links with other teams
within the Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, and have clinical and
research expertise at an international level.
Address: Michael Rutter Centre
Maudsley Hospital
De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ
Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (National and Specialist)
Our service provides assessment and treatment for young people with
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related conditions, including
BDD, tic disorders, Tourette’s syndrome, anxiety and habit disorders,
including trichotillomania. We also assess and treat OCD related anxiety
disorders in young people with a developmental disorder, e.g. autism
spectrum disorders or neurological conditions.
We provide a range of evidence-based care packages, tailored to meet
the needs of the young person and their parents or carers.
Many of the young people we see are offered individual Cognitive
Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which may involve parents or carers and other
family members.
The video below shows young people and their family’s stories about
engaging with CBT and their recovery.
We have an active research programme and are committed to increasing
knowledge and understanding of the disorders we treat, and developing
our treatments to help improve the outcomes for young people with OCD.
We also offer an extensive programme of training and consultancy in
the assessment, treatment and management of different aspects of OCD
through seminars, workshops, individual case supervision and research
project supervision.
All service users referred to our service will be expected to
maintain contact with their local CAMHS or GP service. These services
will receive correspondence from our team throughout treatment.
Address: Michael Rutter Centre
Maudsley Hospital
De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ
Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (National and Specialist)
We are a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for adolescents between
the ages of 12 to 18 years old. Our unit is part of the South London
Partnership, and is located within the heart of south London at the
Bethlem Royal hospital.
The CAMHS Adolescent PICU is an 8-bedded mixed-sex unit for young
people with an acute mental health illness who cannot be safely cared
for on a general adolescent unit.
The unit offers access to PICU beds to the local population of South London, however will also offer access to those young people from all other areas if the admission criteria is met and beds are available.
Our unit provides short, focused admissions (six to eight weeks) to
decrease the level of risk so that the young person may be transferred
back to a less restrictive environment.
We treat young people experiencing severe mental health problems, and
who require a hospital admission within a more intensive and secure
setting. All of the young people admitted to our unit will be detained
under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Should the young person's level of risks exceed that which can be
safely managed on a PICU, or their level of risk is continuing beyond a
reasonable period, they may be transferred to a low or medium secure
unit for on-going treatment.
We offer a broad range of treatments, including medication, cognitive
behaviour therapy, group work, psycho educational family work, systemic
family work and art psychotherapy. Our multi-disciplinary team is made
up of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, teachers, occupational
therapists, social workers and other therapists.
A 24-hour, seven day a week emergency admission service is offered for
both new presentations to services via A&E, the police, or for those
requiring transfer from general adolescent units within the South London Partnership.
We maintain close links with the person's referring team to ensure
they experience a smooth transition back to the local General Adolescent
unit or in some cases straight to the community. Our ward is part of the
larger CAMHS inpatient care pathway across the South London Partnership,
which includes crisis care, generic adolescent inpatient care and a
supported discharge service.
The South London Partnership (SLP) is a collaboration between South
London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
and South West London and St George's NHS Foundation Trust. The SLP aims
to provide a local Tier 4 CAMHS provision across South London to avoid
admissions out of area to private hospitals.
CAMHS PICU...
Address: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Denis Hill Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BX
Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (South London Partnership)
Our service is for children and adolescents with difficulties arising
from exposure to traumatic and severely stressful events.
We offer assessment and treatment to children and adolescents who
experience severe and/or treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders and unipolar depression. We also
provide second opinion assessments for the diagnosis and treatment of
complex trauma, anxiety and/or depression.
We deliver clinical training and offer clinical supervision to local
teams and schools. We collaborate with the UK government and local
commissioning groups to set up and manage public health initiatives
related to disasters and emergencies.
We lead in research on ways of improving and disseminating
evidence-based treatments for traumatised young people and their
families. People seen in our clinic are often invited to participate in
ongoing research projects.
We also provide training in the assessment and treatment of
post-traumatic responses in young people and families.
Trauma, Anxiety and Depression (TAD) Clinic...
Address: Michael Rutter Centre
Maudsley Hospital
De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ
Category: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (National and Specialist)
This is a specialist service, available to people from across the UK.
Our service provides assessment and treatment programmes for people with
chronic fatigue syndrome. We offer evidence-based treatments that are
routinely evaluated. Our goal is to increase the person's functioning
and reduce the severity of their fatigue.
We also offer assessment and treatment to people with fatigue
associated with a chronic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple
sclerosis and HIV. Our team is at the forefront of research, continually
testing new treatments and new ways of delivering them.
Address: Mapother House
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ
Category: Adult Mental Health Services (National)
Clare Ward is in the Ladywell Unit at University Hospital Lewisham. We
provide services for men and women, aged 18-65, with acute psychiatric
illnesses. Acute illnesses start quickly and have distressing symptoms.
We provide care for people who live in the London Borough of Lewisham.
Address: Ladywell Unit
University Hospital Lewisham
Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LW
Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)
Croydon Community Forensic Team based at Queens Resource Centre, Queens
Road, who care for people who have a permanent address in the London
Borough of Croydon and provide community-based assessment, treatment and
care for people, aged 18-65.
A Forensic community team provide care for people with offending
histories who, with appropriate care and treatment, pose a low risk to
the public. They may also be subject to Home Office restrictions,
Probation Orders or have judicial proceedings outstanding.
The team is made up of psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses,
social workers Psychologists and occupational therapists.
Who work closely with the police, the public protection unit and the
local Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) team to support
people in the community.
Address: Queens Resource Centre
66a Queens Road
Croydon, London, CR0 2PR
Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)
Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) provide care and treatment for people with serious mental health difficulties, including but not limited to psychotic illnesses, mood and personality disorders, and other disorders. Southwark has four Community Mental Health Teams covering different parts of Southwark:
Referrals to the CMHT should be made via the Primary Care Mental Health Team for North Southwark. People will be allocated to a community mental health team based on where their GP practice is, or if they don’t have a GP, we will use their address to find their nearest CMHT. We are a multi-disciplinary service with 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.
Address: Chaucer Resource Centre
13 Ann Moss Way
Rotherhithe, London, SE16 2TH
Category: Adult Mental Health Services (Local)