Adult services in England comprise usually of;
-Community mental health teams, for outpatient support of people with MH problems
-Inpatient units for acute and severe mental health problems that cannot be treated within the community
-Crisis and/or home treatment teams, which are designed to support people within a crisis to prevent an admission to hospital environments. They come to your home for visits and provide telephone support 24/7
-Eating disorder teams, for those with an eating disorder, some counties have their own inpatient unit for severe EDs, but many counties sadly have small outpatient teams only.
-Early intervention/psychosis service designed for people with a psychotic disorder
There can be other teams for people with specific diagnoses such as personality disorders but these are often only found in large cites.
The best thing to do is look on your county council website or google your county's name and adult mental health services and there should be a website that explains all the services your area offers, and what they do.
CPNs are psychiatric nurses that work within the community to support people under a community outpatient mental health team.
Support workers provide informal support to people under a community team and often support patients to go out, do shopping, get exercise for example.
Often CPNs and Support workers roles can overlap, it all depends on what your care plan states your needs as.
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