IMPROVING ACCESS TO PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

As a result of additional funding from the Department of Health, Portsmouth has been expanding its psychological services in order to give people a choice of services for common mental health problems and to allow them to access these quickly and efficiently. The IAPT service in Portsmouth is called Talking Change. (Find out more about IAPT at www.iapt.nhs.uk)
 

COMMON MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

One in four of us will have some sort of mental health problem in our lifetime. This means there are millions of people in Britain who are either having problems themselves, or know someone else who is experiencing them. These conditions, which range from very mild to quite severe, can occur at any age and many people have to cope with a mixture of problems. It is very common, for example, to experience both depression and anxiety.
 

TALKING CHANGE

Talking Change is a new self-help and talking therapies service for people with common mental health problems run by the Portsmouth City Primary Care Psychologies Service as a result of the IAPT initiative.
 

HOW CAN WE HELP?

Different treatments are recommended for different problems. Talking therapy, self-help approaches, medication and exercise tend to be most commonly recommended interventions for common mental health problems such as anxiety or depression. We offer psychological interventions that include talking therapies and self-help programmes.
 

EMPLOYMENT

We will also help you access other support services that may help you find work or change your job if this is something that would be helpful to you.