Child and adolescent mental health treatments in London

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Treating mental health issues among young people requires a specialist approach

It also requires in depth knowledge of the challenges and stresses facing younger people in today’s society and how these can impact upon their mental health.

Peer pressure, the perceived demands of society and fashion, low self esteem and experimentation with drugs and alcohol, can all combine with family history and physiological conditions to trigger the early onset of many conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and addiction.

The Grove

The Grove is the specialist Child and Adolescent Psychiatry unit at Capio Nightingale. It is an inpatient unit that assesses and treats young people between the ages of 12 to 18, who are experiencing a range of mental health, emotional or behavioural problems.

The Grove operates as a community, all the activities and everyday events aim at building confidence, self esteem and social skills. Our multidisciplinary team of dedicated professionals encourage openess, understanding, honesty, and believe in promoting mutual respect.

We recognise and understand that young people may find it hard to build relationships or manage difficult emotions, thought and feelings.

We believe that by providing a safe and supportive environment we can work with young people to recognise their potential, understand the effect they might have on others and take responsibility for their behaviours.

All activities are led by the multidisciplinary staff team with additional input where required from external experts in drama, music and art.

Many of the young people who come to The Grove are from London, some will come from other parts of the UK. We also accept overseas patients.

Therapeutic Programme

Young people using The Grove experience a range of mental health problems including bi-polar disorder, psychotic illnesses, depressive illnesses and anxiety.

In some cases mental illness is treated together with other problems such as substance misuse, and personality or developmental difficulties. Other young people may have care and treatment needs related to complex family histories including physical and sexual abuse, eating disorders and self harm.

Capio Nightingale have a well established reputation for providing excellent therapy services. The therapeutic work at The Grove is based around group work and community planning meetings with staff and young people. Individual therapeutic programmes are devised for young people during their stay and include individual sessions with therapists as well as family therapy.

Capio Nightingale works closely with families and provides family assessment and ongoing therapy post-discharge where appropriate.

Referrals

Referrals to The Grove are accepted from GPs, NHS child and adolescent mental health services, social services and in some cases, parents.

All referrals are considered on an individual basis and admission is determined by the multidisciplinary team. We aim to give a decision on referrals within a matter of hours providing we have sufficient clinical information.

Capio Nightingale can offer an early opinion about diagnosis and treatment options where required.

If you want more information about our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry services or if you would like to make a referral please call us on 0800 783 0594 or email enquiries@nightingalehospital.co.uk.