Services

The Early Intervention Team supports people, aged 18-65, when they first begin to develop the symptoms of mental illness and before they reach 'crisis point'. We provide assistance to people who live in the London Borough of Southwark.
Our team includes health and social care professionals. We work with people to help manage their mental illness, encourage independent living and maintain their health. We aim to offer recovery for the long term.

Spring Ward is a forensic service in River House Medium Secure Unit at Bethlem Royal Hospital. We provide assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and care for women, aged over 18, who have a range of mental health problems.

We provide care for people who live in the London Boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth and Croydon.

A Medium Secure Service provides inpatient care and treatment in a secure unit for people with offending behaviour.

Treatment includes medication and psychological therapy. We provide therapeutic groups, including sport, arts, education, music and cooking.

The average length of stay at the unit is 12 to 18 months.

To learn more about our forensic services, visit our National Forensic Services page

We are a team of mental health professionals based at St Thomas' Hospital Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department. We assess people to determine if they need mental health care and treatment, and refer them to clinical services. We provide care for patients of St Thomas' Hospital.

As well as assessing and treating people who self-harm, we provide a 24 hour service to manage all psychiatric emergencies in A&E and inpatient wards. We also assess and treat those medical and surgical patients who have mental illnesses.

We work closely with community-based mental health and substance misuse services, the police, and local statutory and voluntary agencies to provide mental health care and treatment. This includes crisis care and brief therapy.

As well as working with our patients, we offer psychological care for families of people with mental illness.

The Staying Well Service offers time limited support for Southwark adult service users making the transition from community mental health services to GP based care in Southwark. Ideally, service users will have achieved a six month period of stability in clinical symptoms during his/her recovery pathway and are motivated to increase self management stills and independence by working collaboratively with a Staying Well Practitioner to develop a Staying Well, Recovery and Crisis Plan.

The Staying Well Practitioners use mental health recovery principles to guide the mental health care and support offered to service users. The service aims to actively involve family members, carers, friends, supportive organisations and primary care staff in the development of the Staying Well, Recovery and Crisis Plan which is a self management tool to assist service users to maintain his/her wellbeing after leaving secondary mental health services and provide guidance in the event of mental ill-health, distress or crisis in the future. Referrals to the service are made via the service users CPA care coordinator or community mental health team.

Support Engagement and Delivery in Schools (SEaDS) is a multi-disciplinary team, based within Croydon Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) that offers intervention within schools.

We provide assessment, intervention and therapeutic support to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and disorders.

SEaDS can offer help in a number ways within schools:

• One-to-one therapy sessions,
• Direct family support,
• Small group sessions on topics such as transition to secondary School, making friends, coping with exam stress
• School staff training on mental health related topics.

We work in partnership with primary and secondary schools across Croydon and Southwark to promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the school environment.

Our team members
Our service is made up of a number of professionals from different backgrounds who work together to provide care. This may include nurses, occupational therapists, family therapists and art psychotherapists.

The Supported Living Team provides a community mental health service to people who live in a variety of low and medium supported housing projects in Southwark.

Our aim is to promote the recovery of residents, helping them stabilise their health and maximise their use of the support available so that they can move towards independent living.

To do this we provide psychological, social, vocational and medical interventions to residents to support their recovery. We also support housing providers to maximise the quality of care and rehabilitation provided to their residents. We provide a flexible outreach service to the housing projects adapting to the needs of the staff and their residents. This includes regular drop in sessions, link working, and attending residents or staff meetings as required.

We work as a team of health and social care staff including nurses, social workers, doctors, psychologists, vocational and welfare rights advisers.

Our service was set up to help young people in the care of the local authority in Lewisham who are struggling with mental health difficulties, as well as adopted young people living in Lewisham.

The Symbol Therapy Team is part of Lewisham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). We offer assessment, therapeutic intervention and care for looked after and adopted children and young people, up to the age of 18, with moderate to severe emotional, behavioural and mental health problems.

This means that we see young people who are struggling with significant anxiety, depression, challenging behaviour and other mental health problems.

We are a Tier 3 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). This means that children and young people who have had severe and complex mental health problems for some time can be cared for by our team of mental health workers.

Croydon Talking Therapies is a free and confidential NHS talking therapies service. We offer a range of psychological therapies to adults 18 years and over, who are registered with a Croydon GP or live in the borough of Croydon. Our main offer of treatment is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) or treatments based on these principles. We are currently also expanding into couple therapy for depression and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT).

Our aim is to help improve the mental well-being of people experiencing difficulties such as:

• Low mood
• Feeling down due to unemployment or difficulties at work
• Sleep problems
• Low self-esteem
• Panic attacks
• Sadness that won't go away
• Excessive worrying or anxiety
• Relationship or family problems related to how you feel
• Low mood or anxiety related to a medical condition such as diabetes, Irritable bowel Syndrome and Fatigue
• Experience of a traumatic event
• Stress
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Phobias

We are available at many GP surgeries and other clinics around Croydon.

For more information visit: croydontalkingtherapies.nhs.uk

Lambeth Talking Therapies Service is a primary care mental health service available to anyone 18 years and older who is either a Lambeth resident or registered with a Lambeth GP.

We offer talking therapies for people experiencing depression, general anxiety and worry, health anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, traumatic memories and obsessive-compulsive disorder. We also offer help with other problems including living with a long-term health condition.

To get an appointment you can complete a self-referral to Lambeth Talking Therapies on our website, call 0203 228 6747 or ask your GP to complete a referral on your behalf.

Following an initial telephone consultation, we can provide a range of therapies including one to one Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), counselling, and group therapy, as well as employment support. We can offer this in person at one of our sites, through video and telephone appointments, or online self-help support programmes.

You can download a leaflet about our service here

For more information visit: lambethtalkingtherapies.nhs.uk

The Lewisham Talking Therapies Service is provided by the Lewisham Primary Care Psychological Therapy Service. We provide brief treatment, including self-help therapy for people, aged over 18, with depression or anxiety. Currently all treatments are offered remotely either video, digital or telephone consultations.

We also offer Employment Advice for people who are unemployed, or who are at risk of losing their job.

We provide care for people who are registered with a Lewisham GP.

For more information visit: lewishamtalkingtherapies.nhs.uk

At the Southwark Talking Therapies Service we help people, aged 18 and over, cope with depression and/or anxiety. We are based at the Maudsley Hospital. Our service is for people who live in the London Borough of Southwark and/or people registered with a Southwark GP.

We provide a range of therapies including one to one, group, and home-based online support programmes.

SPTS also provide advice on employment related issues for people coping with depression and/or anxiety.

We can be contacted directly, or your GP can contact us for you. Our service is provided in different locations, including GP surgeries, hospitals and local community centres.

For more information visit: talkingtherapiessouthwark.nhs.uk

Thames Ward is a medium secure, forensic acute admission ward in River House, at Bethlem Royal Hospital. Thames ward is where everyone is first admitted to at River House to determine what treatment and care they need within the unit.

As well as providing an in-house assessment and referral service, we provide inpatient care and treatment for men, aged 18-65, who have mental health problems and a history of offending behaviour, and who are acutely unwell or have challenging behaviour. Acute illnesses start quickly and have distressing symptoms.

We provide nurse-led group therapies and a designated, named worker, who co-ordinates the care of each person. Our health and social care professionals work with people, their families and carers, to develop care plans to help prevent relapses, and to help identify early warning signs, so that they know how to get help in a crisis.

To learn more about our forensic services, visit our National Forensic Services page.

Our unit is in Lambeth Hospital. We offer services for men, aged 18-65, who have been detained on Sections 3 or 37 under the Mental Health Act 1983. We care for people with treatment resistant psychosis, with or without mild personality disorders; drug and alcohol misuse; and challenging behaviour. Psychosis involves distorted perceptions of reality, thinking, feeling, hearing and seeing often with symptoms of hallucinations and delusions.

We provide care for people in our local community and from all over the UK

We provide assessment and rehabilitation in hospital. Our service brings together different health and social care professionals, including nurses, occupational therapists and psychiatrists.

We help people to maintain their health and move on to live more independently in their community.