Gender: Male
Age: 18+
Beds: 12
Roxeth Ward is is an acute service for men and is based at Cygnet Hospital Harrow. The service provides a safe and stabilising environment for individuals who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require an emergency admission.
With high staffing levels the service aims to help individuals stabilise and enable them to safely return to the community, or the least restrictive environment for them, as quickly as possible.
The service is able to accept referrals which may be complex and can work successfully and robustly with individuals who experience a high level of need and challenges.
Our service user profile:
- Men, aged 18+ years
- May be informal or detained under the Mental Health Act
- Experiencing an acute episode of mental illness requiring a crisis admission
- Diagnoses may include:
- Acute mental illness
- Acute depressive illness
- Psychosis
- Schizophrenia
- Bi-polar disorder
- Personality disorder
- Dual diagnosis
- May present with co-morbid presentations:
- Self-harm
- Substance misuse issues
- Complex needs
