Men’s mental health
Specialist care for men with complex mental health needs
St Andrew’s Healthcare provides specialist mental health services for men with complex and enduring mental health needs who require a level of expertise, support or security beyond that available in mainstream mental healthcare services.
Our services span medium secure care, low secure care and specialist rehabilitation, supporting men at different stages of their recovery.
Across our services, multidisciplinary teams provide personalised care that combines clinical treatment, therapeutic support and meaningful activity with opportunities to develop confidence, skills and greater independence.
Our approach recognises that recovery is about more than symptom reduction. Where appropriate, we help people progress through their care pathway, safely manage ongoing risks and prepare for the next stage of their recovery, including a return to community living.
Our male services
Male medium secure services
Our medium secure services support men with complex mental health needs who require a secure environment alongside specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation.
Care is delivered by experienced multidisciplinary teams with expertise in complex and forensic mental health presentations. Alongside clinical treatment and risk management, patients are supported to develop greater stability, insight and independence, helping them progress towards a less restrictive setting when they are ready.
Our male medium secure wards:
- Edgbaston | Birmingham
- Hawkesley | Birmingham
Male low secure services
Our low secure services support men who continue to require a secure environment but are ready for greater opportunities to develop independence and safely manage risk.
Care focuses on continued recovery and rehabilitation, with patients supported to develop practical skills, confidence and strategies that can help them progress towards less restrictive care and, where appropriate, community living.
Our multidisciplinary approach combines specialist clinical care with meaningful activity, occupational therapy, psychological support, education and opportunities to develop everyday living skills.
Our male low secure wards:
- Hazelwell | Birmingham
- Hurst | Birmingham
- Lifford | Birmingham | Older adults
- Northfield | Birmingham
- Speedwell | Birmingham
- Danbury | Essex
Male specialist rehabilitation
Tiptree ward – St Andrew’s Healthcare Essex
Tiptree is a specialist low secure rehabilitation service for men with complex mental health needs who have progressed beyond acute or more intensive secure care but still require specialist support before returning to community living.
The service focuses on helping people build the skills, confidence and independence needed for life beyond hospital, while providing a secure environment in which ongoing risks can be understood and skill development safely tested.
Rehabilitation is personalised around each person's goals and can include developing daily living skills, managing finances and medication, accessing the community, building relationships, education and vocational opportunities, and preparing for discharge.
Tiptree offers fast-track intensive rehabilitation, personal life skills rehabilitation and longer-term quality-of-life rehabilitation, supported by a multidisciplinary team including psychiatry, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, social work, physical health, sport and exercise and vocational specialists.
The aim is not simply to move someone to a lower level of security, but to help them make meaningful and sustainable progress towards their next stage of recovery.
A specialist approach to recovery
Across our men's services, care is built around the individual and their goals. Our teams work collaboratively with patients to understand their needs, manage risk and identify the practical steps that can help them progress.
Depending on the service and individual needs, this can include:
- Specialist psychiatric and psychological care for complex mental health needs
- Individualised risk assessment and management, including opportunities for positive risk-taking where appropriate
- Occupational therapy to develop practical skills and independence
- Trauma-informed and psychologically informed approaches
- Education, vocational opportunities and meaningful activity
- Physical health, sport and exercise support
- Social work and discharge planning, including support to build community connections
- Patient involvement, helping people have a meaningful voice in their care and the communities in which they live
Supporting people to move forward
Our services provide different levels of specialist support so that people can progress when they are ready.
For some, this may mean achieving greater stability within a medium secure environment. For others, it may mean developing independence within low secure care or undertaking intensive rehabilitation before returning to the community.
The aim is always to provide the right level of care for the individual's needs while supporting meaningful progress towards their next stage of recovery.
Find the right service
If you are looking for specialist mental health care for a male with complex needs, our team can help you understand which service may be most appropriate and discuss referral options. Contact us here.
