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The following pages in this section give details about
- how to make a referral (an appointment) with a mental health professional and
- the specific mental health conditions that they deal with.
This is an easy read page.
If you have a learning disability and a mental health problem this can be called a 'dual diagnosis'. A diagnosis is when a professional makes a decision about which condition (what sort) of mental ill health someone has.
Making a diagnosis of mental ill health when someone has a learning disability can be very difficult. There is information in this section about what people can do to help.
The pages give details of the information that these professionals will find very useful for any appointment
There are a number of different types of mental health problems that people can have. These conditions will have different forms of treatments that professionals can suggest.
These pages can only outline and give basic details for each condition but they should help. Many have links to other sources of information as well.
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