Specialised support
Supporting patients and avoiding relapses
Our acute and psychiatric intensive care services support patients to understand and treat their condition, using National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) approved interventions that help to recognise and prevent triggers for relapse. Our psychiatrists, therapists and other specialists encourage patients to fully engage with their treatment programme, and all care plans are flexible and designed to meet individual needs. Our approach includes:
- Medication reviews and interventions
- Psychological intervention
- Management of self-harm and hostility
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) interventions where appropriate
- Management of physical healthcare needs
- Formulating problems/diagnosis using a biopsychosocial model
- Crisis planning and relapse prevention
- Anxiety management
- Practical help with basics of daily living skills
- Problem solving
With an expert multidisciplinary team at all sites, we provide a swift and appropriate response to meet the needs of each individual.
Service overview
- Immediate focus on discharge planning for positive end goals
- Seamless transitions into higher dependency, community living, complex care services or back home, reflecting individual needs
- Highest quality of care for a wide range of mental health conditions
- Emergency placements 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Flexible treatment plans to meet individual needs
Acute services
At Priory we offer a nationwide network of acute services for the NHS with 24 hours a day, 7 days a week assistance in times of emergencies, to support individuals whenever needed. Our hospitals offer comfortable and caring environments, especially for patients with a range of mental health conditions, a risk of violence and aggression, those at risk of suicide and informal patients or those sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
Psychiatric intensive care services
Our psychiatric intensive care services are adept at dealing with patients in a severe phase of illness, who cannot be managed on an acute or high dependency service. Our staff teams have extensive experience in managing high levels of disturbance, allowing our psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) to admit patients from a variety of settings, including from other PICUs.