{"id":15693,"date":"2023-06-19T15:07:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/?page_id=15693"},"modified":"2024-11-29T15:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T15:06:53","slug":"west-lothian-mental-health-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthadult\/mentalhealthlocalityservicesadult\/west-lothian-mental-health-services\/","title":{"rendered":"West Lothian Mental Health Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All West Lothian mental health services are managed by the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), including the 3 inpatient wards. The services are 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. Those with milder mental health issues will benefit from self-management and there are extensive resources on the <a href=\"https:\/\/westspace.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Space website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Services are stratified according to severity, matched to the level of need and illness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/West-Lothian-MH-Services-1024x580.png\" alt=\"West Lothian MH Services\" class=\"wp-image-15694\" style=\"width:968px;height:548px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/West-Lothian-MH-Services-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/West-Lothian-MH-Services-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/West-Lothian-MH-Services-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/West-Lothian-MH-Services-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/West-Lothian-MH-Services-2048x1159.png 2048w, https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/West-Lothian-MH-Services-1520x860.png 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"media-credit\">NHS Lothian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Please also see the main Mental Health RefHelp page for<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthadult\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Details of conditions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Details of <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthpsychologyotherservices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">psychological and behavioural services<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-accent-green-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Self-Management<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patients can use the extensive resources of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS Inform<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westspace.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Space<\/a>. West Space is West Lothian HSCP\u2019s site for mental health and wellbeing services and is maintained by Health in Mind. There are also resources available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/stressemotionalcrises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stress and Emotional Difficulties page<\/a> of RefHelp, and patients can access <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/wellbeingselfreferrals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on-line wellbeing self-referrals<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-hazard-yellow-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>GP services for Mild to Moderate<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most will benefit from self-management resources. GPs can also refer to Community Wellbeing Hubs, sited at Bathgate and St John\u2019s \u2013 please see here for further information (link to follow). Details of the Community Health Team (CMHT) service are below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-alert-red-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Specialist Services<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are for people with moderate mental health problems not responding to GP management and those with severe mental illness requiring specialist support. Please refer via SCI Gateway to secondary care CMHT services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The West Lothian CMHTs are based at Strathbrock (East) and Bathgate (West) with catchment areas corresponding to locality boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Indications for referral include<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Patients with known or suspected psychotic illness requiring diagnosis\/follow-up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patients with severe depression not responding to treatment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phobias<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OCD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Severe Self harm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Severe distress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Severe personality disorder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adult ADHD and ASD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other patients with chronic mental health problems on complex medication regimes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please also see details for <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/emergenciesmentalhealthadults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency care<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>C.M &amp; D. McG. 25-11-24<\/strong><\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/Mental-Health-West-Lothian-Adult-MH-From-Old-RefHelp.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/files\/sites\/2\/Mental-Health-West-Lothian-Adult-MH-From-Old-RefHelp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mental-Health-West-Lothian-Adult-MH-From-Old-RefHelp.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All West Lothian mental health services are managed by the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), including the 3 inpatient wards. The services are 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. Those with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":4127,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[941],"class_list":["post-15693","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-https-apps-nhslothian-scot-refhelp-west-lothian-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-west-lothian-mental-health-services\/\" rel=\"tag\">West Lothian Mental Health Services<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"All West Lothian mental health services are managed by the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP), including the 3 inpatient wards. The services are 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. 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