Search our resources library for self help guides, patient information leaflets, mental health and wellbeing information that you may find useful.
The Regional Affective Disorders Service provides a specialist service to people with difficult to treat mood disorders. e.g bipolar or depressive illness. The inpatient unit is based at Gibside, St Nicholas, Gosforth
Helping people to improve communication in daily life - using their own abilities and new technology to build a better ‘total communication’ system with communication aids.
Information on psychoanalytic therapies on offer which include psychoanalytic, psychodynamic and group psychotherapy. Each therapy will differ slightly in the setting and technique but are talking-therapy treatments, helpful for a wide range of people with emotional and relationship difficulties.
The Regional Disability Team offers a range of services for people with long term neurological disabilities aged from 16 years onwards. It is based at Walkergate Park.
This leaflet provides you with information about the Regional Environmental Control Systems Service. The Regional Environmental Control Systems Service assists people with physical disabilities to operate a wide range of equipment and/or appliances within their desired environment.
Audio files of relaxation techniques that can help relieve stress and gain a sense of well-being. Available in both male and female voices.
A leaflet for anyone who wants to know more about rTMS (repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation), a treatment for depression. It looks at how rTMS works, why it is used, its effects and side effects, as well as alternative treatments.
Information on research and how it is used in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust. Research is a process to gain new knowledge. Research aims to improve services and benefit patients. Research results are used to influence future NHS practice.
The Richardson Eating Disorder Intensive Day Service is a specialist service based at Benfield House, Walkergate Park Hospital, which provides comprehensive assessment and treatment for eating disorders. The service is for men and women aged 18 and over living in the northern and southern part of the North East of England.
These guidelines are designed to give more information on what is encouraged during a stay on ward 31A, in order for the individual to meet the nutritional requirements and be able to manage eating in a more normal way.
