Services

The Lewisham Psychiatric Liaison team is for people aged 18-65. The service provides a comprehensive assessment and liaison service to people who are experiencing mental health difficulties who attend Lewisham University Hospital's (UHL) emergency department and who are admitted to the Clinical Decision Unit (CDU).

It provide assessment and advice on treatment of people who have been admitted to the medical, surgical and obstetric wards at UHL who are experiencing mental health difficulties.

The liaison team also provide assessments to people who present with co-morbid presentations of either substance misuse or physical issues, and mental health difficulties in the emergency department and wards with severe mental illness.

We offer crisis and peer support groups for adults in Lewisham with emotional and relationship difficulties.

What is SUN?

Lewisham Service User Network (SUN) is a community-based support group for adults experiencing difficulties with complex emotional needs. SUN aims to empower people to problem solve their current struggles – emotional, relational, social, and practical.

Who can join SUN?

You can refer yourself to Lewisham SUN Project if you are an adult who lives in Lewisham, or if you are registered with a Lewisham GP. We welcome people from all sorts of backgrounds to learn from each other’s experiences.

How the group works

Each group runs for two-and-a-half hours with breaks. We offer a mixture of online and in-person groups. You can attend Lewisham SUN groups as often or as little as you wish. SUN groups offer peer support. Members both offer and receive support at different times. Two health professionals facilitate the group. All of the support provided by Lewisham SUN Project happens within the groups themselves, in a confidential and safe space. New members are helped to complete a Crisis and Support Plan (CASP). A CASP sets out the steps you take to cope with stress and any challenges in life, so that the group knows how best to support you in times of crisis.
 

The Lewisham Young People's Service (LYPS)is part of Lewisham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). We provide assessment and treatment for children and young people, up to the age of 18, registered with a GP in Lewisham.

Our service is for children and young people who have ongoing severe and complex problems for some time that significantly affect their daily life.

We also offer an early intervention service to young people who are experiencing psychosis. A person with a psychotic illness will experience a different view of reality compared to how others see it. This can affect how they think, feel, things they hear and things they see Ð often with symptoms of hallucinations and delusions.

Our team members

Our team is made up of a number of people from different backgrounds. This may include child and adolescent psychiatrists, social workers, clinical psychologists, community psychiatric nurses, child psychotherapists, occupational therapists, as well as art, music and drama therapists.

Luther King Ward is in Lambeth Hospital. We provide care for men with acute mental illness who live in the London Borough of Lambeth. Acute illnesses start quickly and have distressing symptoms.

We offer services for men, with acute mental health problems. Acute illnesses start quickly and have distressing symptoms. We provide inpatient psychiatric assessment, treatment and care to help reduce the risk of harm to self and others. We bring together different professionals, including psychiatrists, nurses and social carers who work with the patient and their carers. We help people to maintain their health and move on to live more independently in their communities