{"id":11471,"date":"2022-10-18T15:36:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/?page_id=11471"},"modified":"2024-08-06T15:55:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:55:31","slug":"edinburgh-mental-health-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthadult\/mentalhealthlocalityservicesadult\/edinburgh-mental-health-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Mental Health Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Edinburgh Adult Mental Health Services \u2013 Community Mental Health Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The service aims to assess and treat people aged 18-64 who have mental health issues of at least moderate severity which impact on their ability to function and their quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs\" data-active-tab=\"0\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-links\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Referral Guidelines<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p>Please refer via SCI Gateway and see <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/MentalHealthAdult\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mental Health (Adult) (nhslothian.scot)<\/a> for details of individual conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Timescale for Referrals<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Routine<\/strong> &#8211; no urgent requirement for patient to be seen within 5 days. If a person\u2019s clinical needs mean that their referral, while not urgent, should be considered as a priority please make that clear in the SCI Gateway referral and explain the clinical reason for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Urgent <\/strong>&#8211; within 5 working days. The service aims to see first episode psychosis within 3 days. Please refer via SCI Gateway, but PLEASE FIRST CALL THE APPROPRIATE SECTOR TEAM TO DISCUSS.&nbsp; This is because there is usually helpful advice that can be given about suitability and interim management and sometimes the date\/time of any appointment. Factors suggesting urgency include increasing risk, rapid deterioration or first-episode \/ relapse of psychosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North East: 0131 537 4530<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North West: 0131 315 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South East: 0131 374 2204<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South West: 0131 537 8650<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emergency &#8211; <\/strong>emergency referrals requiring same day input, please call MHAS (Mental Health Assessment Service) to discuss: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/MentalHealthAdult\/EmergenciesMentalHealthAdult\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emergencies Mental Health (Adults) (nhslothian.scot)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Primary Care Management<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Resources and Links<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh Adult Mental Health Services &ndash; Community Mental Health Team The service aims to assess and treat people aged 18-64 who have mental health issues of at least moderate severity which impact on their ability to function and their quality of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":4127,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[851],"class_list":["post-11471","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-https-apps-nhslothian-scot-refhelp-guidelines-edinburgh-mental-health-services"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"heatherlevy","author_link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/author\/heatherlevy\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":" <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/category\/mental-health-locality-services-adult\/https-apps-nhslothian-scot-refhelp-guidelines-edinburgh-mental-health-services\/\" rel=\"tag\">Edinburgh Mental Health Services<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Edinburgh Adult Mental Health Services &ndash; Community Mental Health Team The service aims to assess and treat people aged 18-64 who have mental health issues of at least moderate severity which impact on their ability to function and their quality of life.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11471"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20335,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11471\/revisions\/20335"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}