Contact details: What help will be offered?

The PCMHS team will work with individuals to help them providing mental health support to improve their mental health services across:

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The team will help build Primary Care Mental Health Specialist Team Swale, South Coast, community support networks Invicta Health CIC and Coastal, Ashford Offices 3 & 4 – First Floor and reduce social isolation Innovation House Road

The team will support Sandwich individuals to manage their Kent

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distressing thoughts and offer treatment and support either Referrals to this service are via your GP or through 1:1 work or group health and social care professional.

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Help is also available through onward referral to other

organisations such as Live Well

Kent, IAPT, Counselling support or other organisations

Who will provide my What happens if I become What is the Primary Care treatment and support? unwell? Mental Health Specialist Service?

It is a service for people A Primary Care Mental Health We will work with you to identify experiencing mental health Specialist (PCMHS) is a registered relapse triggers and to help difficulties who may benefit from health professional either a Nurse identify early warning signs that additional support alongside their or an Occupational Therapist who will help to manage or prevent GP. is trained to help people to future relapses.

understand, cope with and The service also aims to support If you are becoming unwell, we overcome mental health and people who are planning their will increase the level of support emotional problems. PCMHS are discharge from Secondary Mental for a short period of time qualified to offer a range of Health Services such as however we may need to refer assessments and evidence-based Community Mental Health Teams you to the Mental Health Trust interventions. The PCMHS are and are in need of short term (Kent and NHS) if we feel not doctors, do not prescribe support. that you are becoming seriously medication and are not able to unwell and are in need of more The PCMHS support individuals to admit people to hospital. We are intensive support. access mental health treatment a health provider offering support

and support within their local with mental health. Social care area to help prevent relapse, support on issues such as benefits improve mental health and and housing should be sought wellbeing and reduce isolation. through other providers such as Live Well Kent or Social Services.