Diagnosis and health
Diagnosis and health
Diagnosis
Children and young people:
- Hampshire
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Where no mental health need is identified, health or education professionals refer directly to Psicon. If there is comorbid mental health need that meets CAMHS thresholds, health or education professionals refer to CAMHS.
Adults:
- Hampshire and Portsmouth (Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust)
- Southampton (Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust)
General health
NAS 'My Health Passport'
Designed to help autistic people to communicate their needs to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Local hospital support for autistic patients
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foiundation Trust (Winchester, Basingstoke and Andover)
How to make your GP practice autism friendly
Mental health
Hampshire Mental Health Charter for people on the autism spectrum
NHS Mental health and wellbeing information
Mind
Young Minds
Mental Health at work
Helplines and listening support services:
- Mind Infoline: 0300 1233393 for information and signposting (9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday)
- SANEline: 0300 304 7000 for anyone experiencing a mental health problem or supporting someone else (4.30pm to10.30pm, every day)
- Samaritans: 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org (24 hours a day)
- Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) – for men 0800 58 58 58, (5pm to midnight every day).