Pathway Development Service - Yorkshire and Humberside

Referral Criteria

We accept referrals from individuals or teams who are working with people:

• Aged 16 and older (with no upper age limit).
• With a diagnosis of, or difficulties consistent with personality disorder. This could include challenges in relationships or struggles with managing / understanding emotions.
• Currently in secure care or at significant risk of escalation into secure care (including those in acute/Psychiatric Intensive Care Service (PICU)/rehabilitation inpatient services, or the community), with the exception of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service cases who are not required to be at risk of entering secure care.

Exclusion Criteria

If an individual meets any of the criteria below, they are likely to be more appropriately served by an alternative service.

• Individuals whose primary needs relate to mental health conditions, which are better addressed by other specialist services (for example psychosis).
• Individuals with significant developmental disorders or acquired brain injuries.
• Individuals who are currently within the prison service.

Referral process

We discuss all referrals on a Wednesday morning. Following this, key professionals involved in the referral will be invited to 30-minute meeting we call Referrals: Live! This is an innovative video triage, the aim of which is to transform the traditional, paper-based referral process into a real-time, relational space that fosters meaningful collaboration between services. The process hopes to offer teams a psychologically safe space to pause, reflect, and receive validation and for our team to identify the most effective way we can support you.

Download our referral form