Scottish Mental Health Service for Deaf People

The Scottish Mental Health Service for Deaf People is a national service hosted by NHS Lothian. We provide specialist support for deaf people with mental health problems across Scotland.

We provide a high quality service for people with hearing impairment suffering from a mental disorder. Predominantly, we are a consultancy and liaison service providing the following:

• Advice on local management of deaf people with moderate or severe mental health problems which present challenges in assessment and/or treatment
• Assessment and/or treatment of patients at request of or in liaison with local clinicians on an outreach basis
• Advice/assessment of the possible requirement for specialist inpatient treatment
• Provision of training in deaf awareness and deaf mental health issues for mental health professionals

Referrals can be made in writing and referral forms can be obtained by calling or emailing, or downloading from our website.

Telephone calls to discuss possible referrals are always welcome.