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Adult Mental Health

Posted By Sahba

"Adult Mental Health"

About: Community Mental Health Teams / Early Intervention Service (EIS)

(as a relative),

In the year 2024 my aunty sadly passed away from breast cancer leaving 2 of my cousins without their mother. The eldest suffers with her mental health and she's already been sectioned twice. The youngest doesn't really talk much and when he does talk it's only a mumble here or a mumble there. As a family we called a meeting to discuss this and we agreed to having the youngest assessed by the Early Intervention Team. As a result he was diagnosed with Pyschosis, which we were not prepared for. As a family we are going to make sure that both my cousins are going to get the help they need, we know it's going to be a long journey but we promised my aunty that we would look after her babies 😘

The team has been good and we are feeling hopeful.

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Response from Paul Reeves, Service Manager, Early Intervention Service. ARMS service, Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust 3 weeks ago
Paul Reeves
Service Manager, Early Intervention Service. ARMS service,
Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Submitted on 05/08/2026 at 16:19
Published on Care Opinion at 16:19

Hi Shaba.

Thank you for taking the time to share the trauma and difficulties your family has experienced. This must have been and continue to be a worrying time for all of you.

I am glad that he has managed to access the service and that your experience of the team gives you hope for the future.

Kind Regards

Paul

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Update posted by Sahba (a relative)

Thank you Paul for your kind words, it means a lot to both me and the family. You're right when you say it's a good thing that we have managed to access the Early Intervention Team because within the space of nearly a year, my cousin has come a long way and that is down to the team. So thanks again 😊

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