Priory Hospital Burgess Hill provides critical/psychiatric acute care for males with complex mental illnesses.

The hospital is split across two units:

• Elizabeth Anderson – male psychiatric Intensive care
• Edith Cavell – acute male-only service

Our aim is to help patients to live a happier, more independent life.

Focus on Safety

Our absolute priority is to make sure we operate safe and effective services 24/7 and that all staff understand what is required of them to make that happen. Click here to read more.

Our approach

Our expertise enables us to support patients with a high level of risk and challenging behaviours including individuals with high risks of self-harming behaviour and people who may require a period of stabilisation achieved through high dependency care or acute care, depending on their diagnosis.

Our clinical programmes focus on:

• Working collaboratively with the discharge teams to ensure a smooth transition to further support, back into existing community services, or to an individual’s home were possible.
• Restore our patients’ quality of life by providing the therapeutic techniques and coping strategies that are most appropriate.
• Building skills to increase independence to promote people stepping down to care in the least restrictive setting, appropriate to their health
• Substance misuse and addictions treatment support

Therapeutic techniques and coping strategies may include but are not limited to:

• Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)
• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Trauma treatment
• Family therapy and support
• Physical healthcare programme and education
• Creative activity as therapy
• Compassion focused therapy (CFT)
• Mindfulness
• Coping skills group
• Offence related therapy (arson, sexualised behaviour)
• Relapse prevention
• Problem solving
• Art psychotherapy