This information was last checked on 24-Jan-2024.
What is this service?
Helix is a specialist therapeutic service for women and birthing people who are experiencing emotional distress, or mental health difficulties following a perinatal loss.
Support may include:
- Suggesting services that partners or family members can access for individual therapy or other support
- Evidence-based psychological therapy, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Peer support either within the service or in the community
- Including partners and family members in care when this is helpful
- Liaising with other professionals who are providing care to the person
Criteria
People who have experienced:
- Pregnancy loss (this may include loss associated with fertility treatment, miscarriage that has occurred at any stage, or terminations including termination of pregnancy for foetal anomaly)
- A stillbirth or death of a baby
Helix recommends that people are not referred within the first 4 weeks of a loss, to allow body and mind some initial recovery time.
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How to refer
📧 Email → helixreferrals@slam.nhs.uk
Use the form on DXS: Helix Maternal Mental Health Referral Form
Rejections, DNAs & other Quirks
- If you are having any problem with the online referral form or you have not been contacted by the Helix Service within a week of submitting you referral, please email helixreferrals@slam.nhs.uk
- Helix arranges to meet the person within 4 weeks to schedule an initial appointment.
- If this isn’t the right service, Helix will make recommendations of other services that can help.
Contact info
☎️ 020 3228 6000
🏡 Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AB
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