If someone is at immediate risk of harming themselves or others (and/or requires immediate medical attention for example overdosing, severe cutting), the safest response is to dial 999 and ask for an ambulance.
The paramedics are trained to deal with crisis situations and can call other professionals as needed.

Individuals in crisis can access the Mental Health Crisis Team 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (for those registered with a Hull GP or East Riding GP).

Mental Health Crisis Team – Hull and East Riding
Patients - call 08001 380990
Professionals - call 01482 216624

To support young people call CAMHs crisis team 01482 335600

Rapid Response Service – North East Lincolnshire
They provide a wide range of health and care services.
This service can be contacted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Call 01472 256256 - choose option 3 for mental health

To support young people call CAMHs crisis team for North East Lincolnshire 01472 626100

• Supportive Psychotherapy
  Finding ways to deal with distressing emotions by reinforcing strengths and identifying ways to cope.
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  Changing the way we think and behave to have a positive impact on our feelings.
• Mindfulness
  Shifting our attention towards the present moment, rather than worrying about the future or dwelling on the past.
• Compassion-focused Therapy (CFT)
  Working with a member of staff to learn / re-learn to be compassionate towards ourselves and less critical of ourselves.
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  Developing our potential for a rich, full and meaningful life through working with, not against, the difficulties we have.
• Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)
  Using the minds' natural ability to heal itself. It can be used to relieve symptoms related to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other difficulties such as anxiety, depression and phobias.

We support you and your loved ones, whose lives have been affected by cancer. But we also offer practical help. And we'll give you information that you feel would be helpful. We can also give you access to various ‘self-help’ resources, such as specific types of guided relaxation and visualisation. We welcome you to discuss any matters that are troubling you and your family.

• Coping with the initial diagnosis of cancer
• Responding to impact of cancer-related treatments
• Dealing with changes and adjusting to life circumstances due to impact of cancer including; work, social life, and relationships
• Anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns relating to cancer
• Phobias related to cancer treatment
• Fear of cancer coming back
• Adjusting to life after cancer
• Maintaining quality of life during, after and beyond cancer treatment
• Coping with pain caused by cancer and / or cancer treatments
• Coping with palliative (end of life) care and end of life issues

When you get referred to our service, a healthcare professional will get in touch, and take details about your psychological concern. Their reason for contacting you is not to provide care. But they will present the information at our weekly multidisciplinary team meeting (MDT). At this meeting qualified professionals will discuss the kind of support you need from us. This makes sure that you get the most appropriate support, right from the start.

We will then contact you about your appointment. We may be able to offer telephone, video and face-to-face appointments, depending on your needs.
We may contact you to arrange a referral to another service if that is most appropriate.

Appointments for psychological therapy usually last 1 hour. How many appointments, and how often they are, will be agreed between you and your therapist to best meet your needs.

Everyone’s therapeutic journey is different. For some, the first appointment may meet your needs. For others, more appointments may be needed. You are not expected to do a set number of sessions. This is something you may want to discuss with your healthcare professional.

The first appointment is called an assessment, and it's generally about getting to know you and asking you to share some details about your cancer journey. During this assessment, the clinician and you can think about your needs and goals, whether therapy will be useful for you, or point / refer you to other services if they can better meet your needs.

We offer telephone, video and face-to-face appointments. The clinicians will do their best to offer appointments that are most convenient to you. However, certain therapies may work better in person and therefore you may be asked to come in for a face-to-face appointment.

We may write to your other healthcare professionals, such as your clinical nurse specialist, consultant, and GP to keep them updated about your wellbeing.

Confidentiality

Everything discussed is confidential. However, if you mention something that concerns your safety or safety of others, we will need to discuss that with the relevant professionals to keep you safe. If there is a risk of harm to you or others we would need to notify the relevant professionals but we would always try to talk to you first.

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