Redburn is an inpatient general adolescent service with 10 beds providing specialist care and treatment to young people with severe and or complex mental disorders who cannot be adequately or safely treated within community children and young people’s services (CYPS). This includes young people with mild learning disability and autism spectrum disorders who do not need inpatient CAMHS learning disability services.
Mental disorders can include depression, psychoses, eating disorders, severe anxiety disorders and emerging personality disorder. Young people admitted to this service may or may not be subject to detention under the Mental Health Act.
Admissions will be through a specialist mental health service or following a GP referral to a consultant.
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Redburn is a specialist adolescent mental health service based in Prudhoe, Northumberland which provides a safe place to stay, with support from trained staff. The unit is open 24 hours a day and is run by trained nurses and support workers. There are also Doctors, Social Workers, Occupational Therapy, Psychologists, Activity Workers and Teachers.
This guide provides you with information that you will find useful during your stay at Ferndene, it tells you about the staff, the ward, the treatments and therapies available to you.
