Adult mental health services include early intervention, acute and intensive care, crisis resolution and home treatment and personality disorder services. Specialist eating disorders services include acute in-patient care, community and day care.

What to do in a mental health crisis

Call 111 and press option 2 for the First Response Service - a 24-hour service for people in a mental health crisis. This service is for anyone, of any age, who is registered with a GP  in Cambridgeshire or Peterborough. Specially-trained mental health staff will speak to you and discuss with you your mental health care needs – instead of you having to go to accident and emergency departments of local acute hospitals.

You might be in crisis if:

• You are thinking of hurting yourself or suicide seems the only option
• Someone you know has made threats to hurt you or someone else.
• You are experiencing extreme distress that seems overwhelming.

You can also find some useful tips in our mental health leaflets.

More information about mental health advice and support including information on the Mental Health Act can be found by clicking here. 

If you are a family member or carer for someone receiving adult mental health services, you can contact us directly with any questions or concerns you have by emailing the team at ASMHfeedback@cpft.nhs.uk

Take part in research

We offer opportunities for patients, families and the public to volunteer for research with the Trust, to learn more about mental and physical health and improve treatments. If you would like to take part in studies for adult and specialist mental health, please contact the Windsor Research Unit on 01223 219516 or email wru@cpft.nhs.uk. Find out more about research.

How the adults' services teams can help you

Mental ill health is something that 1 in 4 adults will experience in their lifetime. For some people this might be a single episode of difficulties. For others it may be something they experience more often. Like any other health condition, mental health can vary in its severity and complexity, but for the individual it is personal and unique. 

In the first instance, it is important that you contact your GP. He or she will talk with you about the difficulties you are experiencing and the ways that you can be helped. This might include: self-help guidance, medication, counselling, advice on a healthy lifestyle, or a referral to our Psychological Wellbeing Service (IAPT).

The Keep Your Head website www.keep-your-head.com is a ‘one-stop shop’ for information on wellbeing and mental health for people of all ages across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The Keep Your Head website has dedicated areas providing information targeted at children and young people and at adults including older people. You don’t need to be a service user to access the site as the information is available to anyone who feels that they need some support with their mental health. 

Your GP may decide that you require further support for your mental health and refer you to our adult mental health services.

CPFT provides a range of services to help and support people with mental health conditions. These services are organised around “pathways” which describe how someone might be helped with the difficulties they are experiencing, and what they can expect from CPFT at each stage of their journey.

The pathways that CPFT provides are listed below. For more information on the teams that deliver these pathways please click on the links on the left-hand side of the page.