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Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service

The IAPT service aims to improve access to psychological therapy and provides evidence based treatments for common mental health problems.

Support offered

• Assessment of mental health needs
• Signposting to voluntary sector organisations and other services in order to meet people’s needs
• Psychoeducational groups to manage stress, anxiety and low mood
• Guided self-help
• cCBT – an online computer programme for common mental health problems
• Self-help materials
• Counselling for depression
• Couples therapy for depression
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Cognitive behaviour therapy groups for trauma, depression, anxiety and low mood
• The IAPT service offer is provided in Barnsley College for students
• Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Intensive Care Unit department has commissioned a cognitive behaviour therapist to provide trauma focused cognitive behaviour therapy within the department

Accessing the service

• Tel: 01226 644900
• Web: (External) barnsleyiapt.co.uk

Patients can self refer via the IAPT website www.barnsleyiapt.co.uk self refer is at the top of the first page 

Referral guidelines

Carers/family, CMHTs, Consultants, GPs, Hospital staff, Other Trust services.

The person being referred must be aware and in agreement with the referral. 

We also accept self-referrals.

Who should be referred

Issues IAPT can help with: 

• General Anxiety Disorder
• Panic
• Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) 
• Mild - Severe Depression with mild -moderate functional impairment 
• Health Anxiety
• Social Anxiety
• Single event trauma resulting in Post Traumatic Stress 
• Phobia
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder (with mild functional impairment)
• Work Related Stress

Issues that could delay referral until addressed: 

• Homelessness
• Benefits crisis
• Loneliness
• Domestic Abuse
• Child or Adult Safeguarding
• Unstable alcohol or substance misuse impacting on wellbeing and functioning 
• Childhood history of oppositional defiant disorder or behavioural problems
• Convictions for multiple violent offences

IAPT is not able suitable for people with the any of the following :

• Multiple event or prolonged
• Psychosis / Schizophrenia
• Bipolar Disorder
• Borderline or Emotionally unstable
• Personality Disorder
• Anti-social Personality Disorder
• Eating Disorders
• Anger Management 
• People with moderate to severe cognitive impairment 

Related Patient information sheets

• CNS: Anxiety - A self help Guide - NTW Resources
• CNS: Depression - A Self Help Guide
• CNS: Depression - A Self Help Guide- NTW Resources
• CNS: Mental health - Self Help Guides - Northumberland Tyne and Wear Resources
• CNS: Mental Health Self Help Guides : Moodjuice
• CNS: Moodjuice - Anxiety
• CNS: OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - A Self Help Guide - NTW Resources
• CNS: OCD- obsessive compulsive disorder - A Self Help Guide - Moodjuice
• CNS: Panic Disorders - A Self Help Guide - NTW Resources
• CNS: Panic Disorders - A Self Help Guide- Moodjuice
• CNS: Stress - A Self Help Guide - MoodJuice
• CNS: Stress: A self help guide - NTW Resources

• Clinical support group
  Brain and mental health
  
• Clinical support area
  Mental Health
  
• Service type
  Mental health
  
• Condition or indicators
  
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  
  
• Provider
  South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - Mental Health Services
  
• Fax number
  
• Email address
  
  
• Website
  barnsleyiapt.co.uk
  
• Clinical support by body system
  Mental Health
  
• Link
  
  
• Bypass detail page
  No
  
• Bypass detail page and
  

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