What is a Community Mental Health Team?
In the United Kingdom mental health professionals often work together within a Community Mental Health Team – CMHT. Generally the team is made up of a doctor (psychiatrist), who works with several Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs), an Occupational Therapist (OT), Psychologist and a Social Worker. All of these individuals work together to assess and plan an individuals care. Not every patient will need the full team to be involved in his or her care, and in many cases the individual may only need to be seen by one member of the team. If more than one member of the team is involved, in the United Kingdom a Care Programme Meeting will often take place at regular intervals. This is a joint meeting between yourself and the various health care practitioners you are seeing in order to make sure that everyone is clear about who is doing what, and that you agree with the treatment plan that is being offered. This can also be an opportunity to have relatives or carers present. The following su
