Overview

The VMHS is a registered charity, serving the mental health needs of people from Vietnam in the UK, services provided are:

• Working in partnership with mainstream health/social care to provide treatment, care and support to Vietnamese users and their families
• Outreach and counselling services
• Drop-in day centres
• Support for carers and children of mentally ill parents
• Supported accommodation for Vietnamese single man users
• Supporting Vietnamese community organisations outside London to develop local mental health services
• Training workers and interpreters on medical and psychiatry terminology
• Training/education about mental health issues; health/social care systems to people from Vietnam
• Training/information about Vietnamese culture and beliefs in mental health to health/social care professionals
• Publishing booklets/leaflets in Vietnamese and Chinese on health/mental health issues, and bimonthly Health Newsletter.

Drop-in day centres are provided in 3 different places in London and offer an informal therapeutic climate where service users/carers can socialise and provide mutual support.

Staff members are at hand to provide information, support and informal counselling. Staff and service users/carers jointly plan and organise activities such as English classes, craftwork teaching, leisure activities and outings.

All centres open from 11am to 3pm, provide hot lunches and refreshments; Vietnamese/Chinese magazines, newspaper and video music.  Charge £2.00 per session.

Day centre drop in:

Every Wednesday and Friday at Tower Bridge:
Vietnamese Mental Health Services
25 Fair Street, London SE1 2XF
Telephone: 020 7234 0601

Also publish booklets and leaflets in Vietnamese on mental health and health issues.  Provide supported accommodation for single men.
You can self-refer and referrals can be made by GPs, CMHTs, Hospitals and voluntary and community organisations.