First Contact Adult Mental Health Practitioners

Offering combination of First contact appointments and follow-up, reviews and brief intervention if indicated with a clear focus on acute presentations for same day or urgent appointment including:

  • Depression, anxiety
  • Low mood, stress, overwhelm, worrying about MH
  • Mood disorders e.g. Bipolar affective disorder
  • Psychosis- hallucinations, hearing voices, delusions, paranoia
  • Obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD)
  • Personality disorder or traits of personality disorder, complex emotional needs and complex PTSD
  • Trauma related presentations

Appointments

  • Telephone– 25 minutes (First contact calls) 
  • Face to face appointments– 45 minutes (first contact for MH, struggling to cope, risk to self, anxiety/depression problems, self- harm concerns, hallucinations/voices, addictions etc.
  • Review follow/up or brief intervention Only bookable by the adult MH practitioners initially to ensure they are used for higher need/risk patients.