The Priory Hospital Southampton (Marchwood previously) Child and Adolescent UNIT (CAMHS)
The Southampton Priory has two separate CAMHS units:
- General Adolescent 6 - 8 beds.
- High Dependency Unit 3 - 5 beds.
Both units have a dedicated multi-disciplinary team as well as access to the hospital school and education services.
The multi-disciplinary team includes:
- Consultant Psychiatrist
- Family Systemic Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Experienced nursing team
- Psychology and educational psychology
- Child psychotherapy including counselling, CBT, CAT and EMDR.
- Creative therapies including equine therapy and art/dance therapy.
The General Adolescent Unit:
Works with a wide range of presenting concerns including young people with:
- Eating Disorders
- Depression
- Self harming behaviours
- Obsessive-compulsive disorders
- Fatigue syndromes
- Trauma - related conditions
For young people with Eating Disorders:
The Adolescent Unit works in conjunction with the adult Eating Disorders Service and has access to specialist treatments including motivational interview, multiple family group therapy and naso-gastric feeding when required.
The High Dependency Unit:
Is for young people who present with a combination of significantly challenging behaviour as well as mental health difficulties requiring assessment and treatment. Young people often have typical multiple difficulties including:-
- Learning difficulties
- Developmental Disorders
- Severe ADHD
- Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Post-Traumatic difficulties
- Histories of severe abuse and neglect, often young people in care.
- Drug induced difficulties
- Major Psychotic illness