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This booklet is for you, your family and friends if you have been referred for/or considering Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). It has been produced to try and allay your fears by providing pictorial information about the department and explain what will happen when you come for treatment.

This leaflet is for Edenwood at the Carleton Clinic in Cumbria - a unit for adults with learning disabilities who need specialist hospital care because of their behaviour and/or mental health.

This leaflet is for anyone who wants to know more about esketamine. It looks at what esketamine is, why it is used, who can benefit from it, its effects, side effects and other relevant information.

When a person needs the help of mental health services this will also have an impact on the lives of those who care about them. This may include a partner, relatives, close friends and important others. Family meetings offer a place where those who are concerned can talk together with a member of staff in a relaxed manner.

Family Therapists offer therapeutic support to individuals who are troubled by a mental health problem and to their relatives or others who are close to them (for instance, partners or close friends).

Information for patients wishing to use free Wi-Fi at outpatient clinics, including how to connect.

If you need urgent help, call 24 hours a day, 7 days week - for adults, children and young people and Deaf people.

Information about the assessment and treatments and support provided by the Gateshead Community Team Learning Disability. A service for people with a learning disability who have complex physical health needs, challenging behaviours or mental health needs.

This leaflet provides information about the Psychiatric Liaison Team provides assessment of mental health, and treatment of any mental health problems, to people attending a general hospital.

Information about how to stay steady and avoid falls - produced by Saga, The Chartered Society of Psysiotherapists and NHS England.