The service has a full Multidisciplinary team (MDT) including consultant psychiatrists, doctors, a therapy team including group and activities coordinators and nursing therapists. There are a range of therapies available and all service users can access a minimum of 25 hours’ therapy a week. There is a comprehensive programme of both group and individual therapies available in:

• Alcohol abuse
• Coping mechanisms
• Anger management
• Stress reducing techniques

“Thank you for all your hard work and patience with me. If it wasn’t for the kind-hearted people at Cygnet, I could have taken my own life. Now I’m leaving and want to live the best life possible”Service user, Cygnet Hospital Harrogate

Where a person is not able to leave the ward to attend therapy sessions or a structured group, activity coordinators are based on the ward and can support individuals to engage in ward-based activities.

Our team work closely and collaboratively with service users, their families and the referrer to provide a seamless pathway from referral to discharge.

Our service user profile:

• Men, aged 18+
• May be informal or detained under the Mental Health Act
• Experiencing an acute episode of mental illness requiring a crisis admission
• Diagnoses may include:
  • Acute mental illness
  • Acute depressive illness
  • Psychosis
  • Schizophrenia
  • Bi-polar disorder
  • Personality disorder
  • Dual diagnosis
• May present with co-morbid presentations:
  • Self-harm
  • Substance misuse issues
  • Complex needs