The Camden Early Intervention Service (EIS) is dedicated to the assessment and management of people who have presented to specialist mental health services with a first episode of psychosis. We are welcoming as we understand that visiting our service for the first time can be daunting. We aim to give people the best chance of recovery after a first episode of psychosis and to reduce the severity of relapses. We also support and educate carers to involve them in as fully as possible in patients' care.
14-65
People aged 14 to 65 who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
Your referral to the service will be screened within 24 hours of it being received. If you are eligible, you will be offered an initial assessment within 14 working days.
Following this, you will take part in an eight-week comprehensive assessment, co-ordinated by a named worker. At the end of the assessment, you will be accepted for up to three years of treatment or signposted to appropriate services.
Rapid response time to referrals
Highly skilled and experienced multi-disciplinary team
The team has a strong research ethic, and has taken a lead role in innovative research studies
Camden Early Intervention Service (EIS)
The Camden Early Intervention Service (EIS) is dedicated to the assessment and management of people who have presented to specialist mental health services with a first episode of psychosis. We are welcoming as we understand that visiting our service for the first time can be daunting. We aim to give people the best chance of recovery after a first episode of psychosis and to reduce the severity of relapses. We also support and educate carers to involve them in as fully as possible in patients' care.
14-65 People aged 14 to 65 who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis. Your referral to the service will be screened within 24 hours of it being received. If you are eligible, you will be offered an initial assessment within 14 working days. Following this, you will take part in an eight-week comprehensive assessment, co-ordinated by a named worker. At the end of the assessment, you will be accepted for up to three years of treatment or signposted to appropriate services.