How our service can help you
We specialise in the treatment of antenatal and postnatal illnesses. Our
service is for women who develop a mental illness or have a relapse of
serious mental illness during pregnancy, and women who have developed
postnatal depression, post partum psychosis or have had a relapse of
serious mental illness following the birth of their baby.
We support the mother in developing a relationship with her infant in
order to reduce the impact of the mother's illness on the child. We
offer a holistic treatment programme, and encourage the involvement of
fathers or partners in the process. We admit with babies where it is the
wish of the mother and it is clinically safe to do so. We are also able
to take mothers without their babies, and offer a programme of gradual
reintroduction to the mother on the ward. We also have an inpatient
parenting assessment service, providing a unique and highly specialised
service to local and national authorities across the United Kingdom. We
undertake assessment of women or couples and their infant, where there
is potential risk or safeguarding issues arising from the parents'
mental health problems.
Our team is committed to providing cost-effective, evidence based
treatments that reduce risk, establish a relationship between mother and
baby, and prepares them for a lasting return to the community. We work
closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, where there is a perinatal
section headed by a world renowned expert psychiatrist, who leads many
of our staff in carrying out research of international significance.
- Service Type: Adult Mental Health Services (National) Service Borough Covers: National (Adult services) Treatment type: Inpatient
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Contact the service
Site Location: Bethlem Royal Hospital Phone Number: 020 3228 4901 Fax Number: 020 3228 4265 or 020 3228 4255 -
Disabled Access:
Yes
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Address:
Fitzmary House
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road,Beckenham, BR3 3BX -
Business Hours/Visiting Hours:
OPENING TIMES: 24 hrs for inpatient and 09.00 to 17.00hrs Mon – Fri outpatients.
VISITING TIMES: 09.00 to 21.00 hrs – inpatients.
- Conditions: Addictions, Anxiety, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Autism, Bipolar disorder, Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), Childhood degenerative disorders, Conduct disorder, Dementia, Depression, Dissociative disorders, Eating disorders, Learning disabilities, Neuropsychiatry, Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Perinatal disorders, Persistent physical symptoms, Personality disorders, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Psychosexual, Psychosis, Self-harm