Psychiatric Assessment For Adults
When you come for a Psychiatric Assessment, we make four promises (these are our core values):
- Your preferences, needs and values will guide our clinical decisions. This co-production enables our person-centred care.
- Working together/Co-production is important to us. We believe in your ability to face, experience, and survive the unknown, and that your experience can help us improve our service and aid others on their journeys. Click here to give us feedback.
- We offer Evidence-based treatment, while recognising the interconnectedness of mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Although we are led by experienced Consultant Psychiatrists, we work alongside therapists, counsellors, and other healthcare professionals to provide integrated care, fostering a holistic healing environment.
- We will always be frank: without openness and transparency, co-production cannot work.
How can we support you?
As a rainbow is diverse, so will be your care with Rainbow Medical. Your assessment and treatment planning can occur in the same appointment, but, likewise, you may want more time. In collaboration with your Psychiatrist/Counsellor, you lead the service you receive.
When you first come to see us, you will have an assessment. Co-production enables our person-centred care; your assessment will be comprehensive, and, most importantly, collaborative.
One of our core values is to provide you with a personable and personal service; we believe in your ability to face, experience, and survive the unknown, and that your experience can help us improve our service.
After the assessment, a comprehensive treatment plan will be discussed, which may include medication, psychotherapy or both. This could be a separate appointment or part of your assessment.
Your Psychiatrist and your Counsellor will meet to discuss a personalised treatment plan that may, but not always, include medication. Because Co-production and person-centred care are our core values, we will discuss, with you, non-pharmacological treatment in combination with medication. Medication will only be discussed with your Consultant Psychiatrist, not a Counsellor. Other therapeutic approaches will also be discussed, which may include cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
You will always have time to consider all your options. A costed treatment package will be offered to you and you will have a two-week cooling off period. You can cancel a treatment plan at any time.
Whether you are receiving CBT from a Counsellor or meeting your Psychiatrist, we believe in your ability to face, experience, and survive the unknown, and that your experience improves your own care. We will conduct reviews of your treatment plan together, in collaboration.
We will always be frank: without openness and transparency, co-production cannot work.; trialling medication and getting the right dosage level (which is also known as titration) typically involves more than one appointment.
‘Psychiatric assessment’ sounds daunting, because it is a daunting prospect. It involves courage and trust from you and your psychiatrist. A psychiatric assessment is about understanding. Understanding your symptoms, thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. An assessment is an opportunity to explore your strengths and weaknesses, goals and aspirations.
Dr. Josep Vilanova
Consultant Psychiatrist
A referral is not required initially. However, if a diagnosis is likely, we will let you know when to request a GP referral.
A Psychiatric assessment lasts approximately 1 hour and costs £420. You can find our full Fees and Cancellation policy by clicking here.
The first meeting with your Psychiatrist and the Diagnoses takes approximately 1 hour.
All assessments and meetings with your Psychiatrist will take place either over the internet or at our Leicester clinic. For talking therapies and your appointments with your therapist or counsellor, these can take place in Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Coventry and Edinburgh.