Specialist EUPD & Disordered Eating Service

 
 

Supporting adults with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) and co-existing disordered eating within a specialist therapeutic environment

About Southern Hill Hospital

Southern Hill Hospital provides specialist inpatient care and treatment for adults with a range of complex mental health needs. Set within a large, spacious site in a rural setting, the hospital is arranged across separate buildings and wards, enabling different areas of the hospital to provide environments specifically designed around the needs of the people they support.

Within Southern Hill Hospital, Adler Ward is a dedicated eight-bed specialist service for adults with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) whose presentation includes disordered eating alongside complex mental health needs. The smaller ward environment enables the team to provide highly individualised care and treatment within a structured and supportive therapeutic setting.

Why Choose Southern Hill?

  • Specialist EUPD & Disordered Eating Pathway

  • Trauma-Informed Care

  • Experienced Multidisciplinary Team

  • Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies

  • Individualised Treatment & Recovery Planning

  • Focus on Progression & Greater Independence

Who We Support

Southern Hill supports adults whose primary mental health needs include Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) alongside disordered eating.

Individuals may also experience other associated difficulties, including:

  • Emotional dysregulation

  • Trauma-related difficulties

  • Self-harm and risk-taking behaviours

  • Difficulties maintaining relationships

  • Low self-esteem and difficulties with identity

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Dissociation

  • Substance misuse

  • Other complex mental health needs

Every referral is considered individually to understand the person's presentation, risks, physical and mental health needs and treatment goals.

Our Therapeutic Approach

Treatment is based around an individual understanding of each person's experiences, strengths, difficulties and aspirations.

Our therapeutic approach draws on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy and trauma-informed approaches, alongside Occupational Therapy, tailored to the needs of each individual.

The multidisciplinary team works collaboratively with each individual to develop a personalised treatment plan, with a focus on understanding the relationship between emotions, thoughts, behaviours and disordered eating.

Individuals are supported to develop practical strategies for managing distress, regulating emotions and reducing reliance on behaviours that may previously have helped them cope.

Disordered Eating Support

Our approach recognises that disordered eating is rarely experienced in isolation. For someone living with EUPD, their relationship with food and eating may become closely connected with emotional regulation, control, self-worth, identity, trauma or other forms of emotional distress.

Treatment therefore considers both the disordered eating and the wider emotional and psychological needs of the individual. Support helps people explore the patterns and triggers associated with their eating behaviours, understand how these may have developed as ways of coping, and identify healthier and more sustainable strategies for managing difficult thoughts and feelings.

Alongside psychological and therapeutic support, the team considers the individual's physical health and nutritional wellbeing, ensuring these remain an integral part of their overall treatment and recovery.

Our person-centred and trauma-informed approach focuses on helping each individual develop greater emotional stability, healthier coping strategies and a more positive relationship with themselves, food and everyday life.

Multidisciplinary Care

Individuals are supported by an experienced Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), bringing together the different professional perspectives required to understand and respond to complex needs.

The team can include:

  • Consultant Psychiatrist

  • Doctors

  • Registered Mental Health and General Nurses

  • Psychologists

  • Occupational Therapists

  • Healthcare and support colleagues

The MDT regularly reviews progress, risk and treatment goals, adapting the individual's care and therapeutic programme as their needs change.

Occupational Therapy & Meaningful Activity

Recovery also means developing the confidence and practical skills needed for life beyond hospital.

Occupational Therapy supports individuals to establish meaningful routines, develop practical coping strategies and participate in activities that reflect their interests and goals.

This can include developing everyday living skills, vocational activity, community engagement and rebuilding confidence in activities that may have become difficult because of their mental health.

Working Towards Recovery

From admission, we work with each individual to identify and agree personal recovery goals, reflecting what they want to achieve during their time with us. Progress towards these goals is regularly reviewed using standardised outcome measures, helping both the individual and the team recognise achievements and identify the next steps in their recovery.

Our aim is to support each person towards a life that feels safer, more stable, independent and meaningful.

Treatment can focus on:

  • Developing emotional regulation skills

  • Understanding triggers and patterns of behaviour

  • Reducing harmful coping strategies

  • Developing a healthier relationship with food and eating

  • Building confidence and self-esteem

  • Developing and maintaining relationships

  • Increasing independence and everyday living skills

  • Managing risk more positively

  • Preparing for greater independence and community living

Progress is regularly reviewed with the individual using standardised outcome measures, providing clear evidence of progress towards their agreed recovery goals. This ensures that discharge and the next stage of their pathway remain an active part of treatment from the outset, with a clear focus on what they are working towards and the steps needed to achieve it.

Families, Professionals & Future Planning

Where appropriate and with the individual's involvement and consent, the team works closely with families, carers, commissioners and community professionals.

Planning for the future begins early, helping ensure that progress made during admission can be maintained beyond hospital and that appropriate support is identified for the next stage of the person's recovery.

Referrals

We welcome referrals and enquiries from NHS commissioners, Integrated Care Boards, mental health teams and other health and social care professionals.

Each referral is assessed individually by the clinical team to determine whether Southern Hill Hospital can safely and appropriately meet the person's needs and treatment goals.

Contact Us

 

Referrals: 0330 236 8231 
Email: referrals@ihcm.co.uk

Southern Hill Hospital

Cooks Hill
Gimingham
Mundesley
Norfolk
NR11 8ET

W: southernhill.co.uk
T: 0330 159 6158

 
 
 

Southern Hill Hospital is a part of IHCM

Integrated Health Care Management Group (IHCM) is a UK-based health and social care management organisation. IHCM operates and manages a network of hospitals, residential and care homes and supported living services, providing governance, clinical oversight and strategic leadership across the Group. Individual services are registered and regulated through their respective provider organisations, with IHCM providing the management infrastructure and support to deliver safe, high-quality and compassionate care.