Lead person for queries: Lindsay Royan - team manager
Tel: 0300 555 1014
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Referrals

Referrals will be accepted via the Adult access and assessment team.

Exclusions: People whose primary problem is substance misuse. People whose needs are best met within a specialist forensic service. People with anti-social behaviour in the absence of an underlying mental health problem.

Criteria: Aged 18 and over and living in Barking and Dagenham with presentation of severe depression and/or anxiety, including complex trauma; psychosis, including hearing voices; personality disorders; ASD for assessment and brief intervention; enduring psychological problems resulting in severe disruption to everyday functioning; severe mental health problems and substance misuse are also included (There is NELFT dual diagnosis service in Barking and Dagenham); cognitive impairment, particularly dementia (via the memory service).

Exclusions: None

Test results required at referral: None