Mental Health Services - Carers

Healthy Minds professional psychiatrists provide detailed psychiatric reports with comprehensive developmental assessments, socio-psychological needs assessments and practical recommendations for community or hospital care plans.

We provide Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) and Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD) assessments for children, adolescents and adults. Children with these undiagnosed or misdiagnosed developmental conditions may be labelled as difficult, expelled from school, or become involved with legal services due to anti-social, aggressive or violent behaviour. They may also become vulnerable to the use of illicit substances. In adulthood, the affected individuals may find it difficult to keep a job, can be subject to frequent employment disputes, have difficulties developing relationships, or find it difficult to cope with intimate relationship and living with their partners. The affected individuals may also become vulnerable in their communities and society and become a subject of bullying and harassment.

At Healthy Minds we can help patients with any or all of the above manners.

• Developmental conditions such as ASD, ADHD, ADD for children, adolescents and adults.
• Recommendation for care plans in the community and support by the multi-agencies involved with the care of the individual.
• Recommendations for educational services, PCT and social services.
• Comprehensive socio-psychological needs and risks assessment and recommendations.
• Detailed psychiatric reports for Mental Health Tribunals and managerial hearings.
• Replacement near home for out of area placement individuals, and long term private placements.
• Court reports for fitness to plead and mental health needs.
• Psychiatric reports for Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBO).
• Assessments for misuse of illicit substances and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD).
• Employment disputes
• Effects of bullying and harassment

• Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• Learning disability and challenging behaviour
• Learning disability and mental illness
• Alcohol Use Disorders Interview Test (AUDIT) and alcohol misuse education
• Rights of individuals affected by mental illness, intellectual disability and developmental conditions
• Understanding and encouraging mental hygiene
• Burnout Syndrome in the workplace
• Dealing with conflict effectively:
  1. How stress may become a symptom and lead to conflicts
  2. Conflict and mental health problems
  3. Effective conflict solving (problem solving)
• Problem solving for individuals with mental illness
• Coping skills: developing a positive personality