{"id":4125,"date":"2022-05-03T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthadult\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:16:31","slug":"mentalhealthadult","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthadult\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health (Adult)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Page updated without specialty input<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mental health services are complex, with each of Lothian\u2019s four Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) developing its own approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This mental health page outlines the referral management of the major mental health conditions, where there is generally a Lothian-wide approach and gives details of psychiatry and emergency services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also has a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthadult\/mentalhealthlocalityservicesadult\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LOCALITY SECTION<\/a>&nbsp;summarising the mental health services in each HSCP (Edinburgh, East, Mid- and West Lothian).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a separate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/guidelines\/mentalhealthadult\/mentalhealthpsychologyotherservices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mental Health page for Psychology and Psychosocial Interventions<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 including<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cCBT and CBT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Psychotherapy and Psychological Therapies services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Counselling and other psychological approaches (Guided Self Help, Positive Mental Health)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical activity to improve mental health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Services for specific groups e.g. hearing impaired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>C.M &#8211; 4-8-26<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Page updated without specialty input Mental health services are complex, with each of Lothian&rsquo;s four Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) developing its own approaches. This mental health page outlines the referral management of the major mental health conditions, where there is generally a Lothian-wide approach and gives details of psychiatry and emergency services. It<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":3664,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"class_list":["post-4125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-mentalhealthadult"],"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\/mentalhealthadult\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mental Health (Adult)<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Page updated without specialty input Mental health services are complex, with each of Lothian&rsquo;s four Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) developing its own approaches. This mental health page outlines the referral management of the major mental health conditions, where there is generally a Lothian-wide approach and gives details of psychiatry and emergency services. It","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4125","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=4125"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29332,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4125\/revisions\/29332"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}