The HVE Mental Health Team provides multidisciplinary treatment for individuals 18 years of age and older, who struggle with serious mental disorders. The team includes a psychiatrist, a doctor, a psychologist, a psychotherapist and a user representative. There are also mental health groups operated by the team which is every Monday at 14:00 in Akranes.

References

References should be made through the health care doctors. In special cases, midwives in maternity, infant and small children’s care can also send a reference to the team, as well as social workers. The same applies to the psychiatric ward at Landspítali, if it is a direct continuation of admission. It is important that other resources have been tried before referring to the mental health team.

Location and area

The mental health team’s services cover all municipalities and residents in West Iceland, but mostly take place in Akranes. However, efforts are made to meet the needs of residents everywhere in the region, as much as possible, both by location interviews and electronic solutions.

Cooperation

The mental health team of HVE works in collaboration with other mental health teams and institutions as needed. These can be the reception psychiatric units and the emergency department of the mental health department at Landspítali. The team also works with social services of municipalities or other institutions involved in the social or health services of clients. The mental health team also refers cases elsewhere if more specialized treatment outside of the institution is considered to be more effective.

Contact

You can contact the team via the team's e-mail. The Health Care Service in Akranes also receives calls and sends messages. The HVE in Akranes telephone number is 432-1000.

If you have suggestions, complaints or praise regarding the operation, we would like to hear from you - this will help us improve the service.

Other

The mental health team at HVE does not perform active substance abuse, ADHD or autism diagnosis, diagnostic tests, neuropsychiatric assessment or developmental assessment. The mental health team at the Healthcare Center of the Capital Region handles ADHD diagnosis for the whole country. You can get referral to the healthcare center. The autism association also provides advice on where to go for autism diagnosis in adulthood.

No fee is paid for the time of arrival at the team’s therapists.

Renewals of certificates are carried out through health care.