Mental Health Emergency

Where To Go For Help

If you have a WRAP plan or an Advance Directive use that to help you decide what to do.

If you don't have a WRAP plan or Advance Directive you can:

• make an emergency appointment with your GP or call your GP's After Hours service if the emergency is at night or the weekend
• call your mental health worker if you have one
• call your local mental health crisis team
• go to the accident and emergency department at your local hospital

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Mental Health Crisis Team

Most regions have a mental health crisis team. These teams are called different things in different areas - Some are called Crisis Assessment and Treatment Teams (CATT), Psychiatric Emergency Teams/Services (PET/PES). These teams are made up of Community Mental Health Nurses, psychiatrists, social workers and administration staff.

These teams:

• are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• carry out assessments under the Mental Health Act
• provide consultation and liaison with health services in the community
• provide support and short-term help until another team is available or the help is no longer needed

* These numbers may take you to the main switchboard, if so, ask to be put through to the Mental Health Crisis Team.

Note: Some of these 0800 numbers will only work in the specific region. If you are concerned about a person in another region and you can not get through to the Mental Health Crisis Team in their area, call the team nearest you for advice.

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