Community

The Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Service provides diagnostic assessment and ongoing medical management of ADHD. This is for people over the age of 18 who are living in the Norfolk and Waveney area.

Address:

The Adult Community Mental Health Service delivers a secondary care mental health service for adults between the ages of 25 and 75. Our team provides a service for people with severe and enduring mental health problems. It offers a range of specialist, evidence-based treatments and interventions.  We have Adult Community Mental Health Service teams across Norfolk. They cover North Norfolk and Norwich City.

Address:

Our Adult Community Mental Health Service in West Norfolk offers treatment for people with mental ill health and associated risks. People who use this service will be living with the following conditions: • Schizophrenia, • Bipolar disorder, • Personality disorder, • Severe depression with other associated symptoms, • Severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, • Other psychological conditions with a significant negative impact on their ability to live normally, • Mental ill health where there is associated risk to themselves or others.

Address:

The Adult Community Mental Health Services in Great Yarmouth and Waveney is a health and social care community team providing assessment, treatment and support for people over the age of 25 who are experiencing mental health issues. The Adult Community Mental Health Services in Great Yarmouth and Waveney follows the principles of recovery and social inclusion and works closely with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory. It incorporates the teams formerly known as the Eastern Recovery Team (now Great Yarmouth CMHT) and the Waveney Recovery Team (now Waveney CMHT).

Address:

The Adult Learning Disability Community Service in Waveney offers specialist interventions to people aged 25 years or over who have a learning disability.  The team’s range of professionals can cover physical health, mental health, behaviour, communication, physiotherapy and daily living skills.

Address:

Our Autism Diagnostic Service provides assessments to identify if a person has autism or not. We have a youth team who provide assessments for young people between the ages of 11 and 18. We have an adult team who provide assessments for those aged 18 and over. If we diagnose somebody with autism, we offer advice and short term limited support to help them, and their family, to understand their diagnosis. Our team will explore ways that might help manage difficulties or challenges faced at home, work or in education.

Address:

The CAMHS Learning Disability Community Service in East and West Suffolk is a community-based specialist mental health service for children and young people who have a learning disability and are under 18 years old.

Address:

Our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provide care pathways for children and young people in Norfolk with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. This is for children 14 years of age and under. CAMHS provide a range of therapeutic interventions. This includes art therapy, systemic family therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and play therapy. The service hosts a Looked After Children's team and a neurodevelopmental pathway for those with complex developmental disorders.

Address:

The Child and Family service in East Suffolk is a secondary mental health service. The team supports children (0 to 14 years of age) and their families in East Suffolk. This is where the child has a significant drop in their functioning and where there is evidence of a mental health issue.

Address:

Our Suffolk county-wide Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) service offers specialist assessments. The team also offers diagnosis and treatment for symptoms of ADHD in children and young people where appropriate. Our aim is to get to the root of the young person’s difficulties. We then help resolve them with appropriate evidence based ethical treatment and intervention.

Address:

Many people experience problems with declining memory. The effects will vary from person to person and may occur for different reasons. The Community Memory Assessment Service (CMAS) is for people of any age who live in East Suffolk and have been referred by their GP due to concerns about their memory. The primary aim is to confirm or exclude a diagnosis of dementia.

Address:

The Compass Schools are a specialist education provision based across Norfolk, offering an individualised therapeutic package.

Address:

The Connect Service in Suffolk provides specialist psychotherapy services for young people up to the age of 18 in Suffolk. The service is for young people who are adopted, looked after or in Special Guardianship, Child Arrangement or Kinship Care arrangements. The service also supports carers and families.

Address:

Our Crisis Assessment and Intensive Support Team (CAIST) provides intensive support to young people in the community who are open to our core services. CAIST carries out emergency assessments for those who attend Accident and Emergency departments in Norfolk under the age of 18 years.

Address:

Our Central Norfolk Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT) provide support for adults. People who use this service are from the North Norfolk, South Norfolk and Norwich areas. They will be experiencing a mental health crisis. This service also works with other service providers to support young people outside normal office hours.

Address:

Our Great Yarmouth Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT) provides support for people who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

Address:

Our West Norfolk Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT) provide support for people who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

Address:

DISTE is a specialist dementia service in east Suffolk. The service works with people with dementia (or suspected dementia) and their families in the event of a dementia related crisis, to avoid acute hospital admission. Such a crisis may involve either a recent change in behaviour that is cause for concern, or carers needing more support to manage their caring role to prevent care breakdown. Either situation may otherwise result in an unnecessary hospital admission.

Address:

The Early Intervention in Psychosis Service supports people between the ages of 14 and 65 in Suffolk who are experiencing symptoms of a first episode of psychosis. This service supports people for up to a three-year period and provides intervention to reduce the impact of the symptoms and support social recovery. The Early Intervention in Psychosis Service aims to help people who use the service, and their family, to understand more about the symptoms of psychosis and what treatments are available.

Address:

The Early Intervention in Psychosis Service supports people between the ages of 14 and 65 in Norfolk and Waveney who are experiencing symptoms of a first episode of psychosis. This service supports people for up to a three-year period and provides intervention to reduce the impact of the symptoms and support social recovery. The Early Intervention in Psychosis Service aims to help people who use the service, and their family, to understand more about the symptoms of psychosis and what treatments are available.

Address: