Depression and anxiety disorders can have an impact on individuals, their families and society.

Core services provide treatment for people with the following mental health problems:

  • Depression and low mood
  • Panic disorder
  • Health anxiety and medically unexplained symptoms
  • Social phobia
  • Single incident trauma (PTSD)
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Adjustment disorder
  • Bereavement and loss
  • Insomnia
  • Low self-esteem
  • Post-natal anxiety/depression

West and Central Cheshire NHS Talking Therapies

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership provide a free Talking Therapies service in West and Central Cheshire for adults and older people aged 16 years and over, with mild, moderate, and moderate-to-severe symptoms of anxiety or depression, who are likely to benefit from brief psychological therapy.

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Community Mental Health Team

Mental health transformation sees the development of new ways of bringing together primary and secondary care with local communities, to support people with mental health conditions.

Community mental health services have long played a crucial yet under-recognised role in the delivery of mental health care, providing vital support to people with mental health problems closer to their homes and communities since the establishment of generic community mental health teams (CMHTs).