"Crisis team assessment"

About: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust / Adult mental health

(as a service user),

I saw the crisis team nurse consultant during an episode of worsening mental health earlier this year. I felt that I wasn't listened to, and later on found out that they wrote to my GP suggesting I had symptoms of EUPD (a diagnosis I did not have, nor did they explore any longer term history sufficiently to suggest a personality disorder). Myself and my regular psychiatry team do not agree with this as a diagnosis.

I have since been diagnosed with ADHD (which obviously was not picked up by the crisis team and was labelled as a personality disorder trait), and realise in retrospect that I was in a really bad burnout at the time, and I had suicidal thoughts accompanying this.

I have concerns about how mental health services functions as a whole, when there are significant blind spots such as neurodiversity and its presentation. I have concerns with this nurse consultant and their assessment of the situation. I think that suggesting a personality disorder diagnosis without completing a complete history is pretty negligent. 

I honestly don't think this is a fit to function service, especially with staff who do not seem to care - not only about patients, but proper process of diagnosis.

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Response from Sam Marshall, Head of Patient Experience, Leeds and York NHS Partnership NHS Foundation Trust last month
Sam Marshall
Head of Patient Experience,
Leeds and York NHS Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 26/11/2024 at 20:04
Published on Care Opinion at 20:04


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Hello

My name is Sam Marshall and I am the Head of Patient Experience at the Trust. Firstly, thank you for sharing your experience with us. I am so sorry to hear that you did not receive the support you needed during your contact with the Trust and that this left you feeling unheard. Your feedback is very important to us as it will help us to learn and improve. Learning from experience is invaluable to ensure that others do not experience the same. If you feel comfortable in doing so, it would be really helpful if you could contact our PALS team so we can gain some more information and discuss you concerns in greater detail, our PALS team can be contacted on:

Tel: 0800 052 5790 or Email: pals.lypft@nhs.net

Kind regards

Sam

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