Gender: Male
Age: 18+
Beds: 18
West Ward is Cygnet Hospital Harrow’s new 18 bed acute service for men. The service will provide 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 will be able to accept referrals which may be complex and the team are experienced working successfully and robustly with individuals who experience a high level of need and challenges.
Our service user profile:
- Men, aged 18+ years
- Detained under the Mental Health Act or informal
- Experiencing difficulties that present a risk to the well-being of themselves or others that cannot be treated in an open environment
- 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
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