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A Community Practice Nurse (CPN), or any other third
party, can refer you, or you can refer yourself.
Once you have been referred, the CMHT will then make
arrangements to assess you.
Getting an assessment
This will usually involve a visit to the CMHT office and an
in-depth discussion with a mental health professional, usually a
nurse or a social worker.
The professional carrying out the assessment will then discuss with
their colleagues, including a psychiatrist, how best to help.
The help may be:
- Advice to your doctor about what medication to
prescribe
- Access to psychological treatments
- Advice and assistance with social problems such as
isolation, housing, etc.
- Ongoing support form a CMHT worker
If you need longer-term support in managing your mental
health problems, you will be allocated to a CMHT worker who will
devise a care plan for you. This care plan will be periodically
reviewed.
Carers
The mental health service recognises the vital role carers have in
supporting people with mental health problems.
Carers can refer direct to the service although the service cannot
intervene, except in circumstances of great risk, without the
agreement of the individual concerned.
Where a person is allocated long term support the CMHT will offer
the carer a
carer's
assessment which will discuss what support the carer needs in
their own right to enable them to carry on their supporting
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