Mayo Mental Health Services provide inpatient and community services. There are also a variety of specialist multidisciplinary teams in the areas of Psychiatry of Later Life, Rehabilitation and Recovery and Mental Health and Intellectual Disability. Psychiatry of Later Life is a recognised speciality which is concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental disorders arising for the first time over the age of 65 years.
The service is community orientated, assessing, diagnosing and treating people in their own homes, nursing homes and District hospitals.
The Unit is for both assessment and treatment. Rehabilitation and Recovery team is a community based 24 hour service. It aims for collaboration to enhance the strengths of its service users and to minimise disability.
This includes persons with a diagnosis of moderate, severe and profound intellectual disability. Specifically, the MHID service offers: Multi-disciplinary assessment, formulation and interventions that are person-centred, recovery focused and based on bio-psycho-social model. The MHID service is typically provided in the community with outpatient clinics, as well as home and service visits offered as appropriate.
The Consultation Liaison team complete a thorough Psychiatric assessment in the Emergency Department. Psychiatric intervention is provided when indicated. Recommendations for follow-up are made when indicated. If the assessment warrants it, the person will be admitted to the in-patient psychiatric unit. The Consultation Liaison team also complete a thorough Psychiatric assessment on patients admitted to MUH medical, surgical and obstetric wards.
