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The neuropsychiatry service manages the psychiatric complications of neurological and neurosurgical disorders, including epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, memory disorders, brain tumours and functional neurological disorders (FND) among others. The service is for adults aged 18+ who have complex needs and require specialist assessment and treatment.
- Service Type: Specialist Services
- Service Contact: NeuropsychiatryTeam@swlstg.nhs.uk
- Service Category: Community
- Disabled access: Yes
- Address: Neuropsychiatry Service, 2nd floor Grosvenor Wing, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London, SW17 0QT
- Reception hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm
- Reception phone number: 0208 725 3786
About our care
Treatment offered is evidence-based, patient-centred and collaborative. You will be seen for an initial assessment in a consultant-led clinic at St George's Hospital in Tooting.
Treatment consists of pharmacological and psychological therapies, supportive counselling, psychoeducational workshops, self-help strategies, problem solving and rehabilitative approaches.
The team's clinicians will establish links for clients with community and voluntary agencies and liaise with other disciplines such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy and neuropsychology in community and inpatient neurorehabilitation services to optimise treatment outcomes.
Who is this service for?
The Neuropsychiatry Service provides outpatient assessment and management advice for those with a range of neuropsychiatric conditions:
- A neurological disorder that is causing moderate to severe neuropsychiatric co-morbidity (cognitive, emotional, behavioural or other psychiatric symptoms)
- Functional neurological disorders such as dissociative seizures or conversion disorder
- A mental disorder with possible organic aetiology, e.g. psychosis related to undiagnosed epilepsy or encephalitis
- Neuropsychiatric sleep disorders or complex neurobehavioral disorders associated with acquired brain injury or severe neurological disorders
- Investigation for possible neuropsychiatric disorder
Referrals and access
Referrals are accepted from various clinicians working in the neurosciences centre, including neurologists and neurosurgeons.
Outpatient referrals are also received from various mental health professionals, including psychiatrists.
Referrals are accepted from GPs as long as they are appropriate and fulfil the criteria.
