Pebble Lodge is a specialist adolescent inpatient unit in Bournemouth providing 24-hour assessment, treatment and care for children and young people with severe mental health problems and those who pose a risk to themselves, others or their environment.  It treats young people from across Dorset, diagnosed with illnesses such as psychosis, personality disorders, phobias, depression, anxieties, obsessive-compulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress, self-harm, and Tourette’s syndrome.

The care is tailored to each young person’s specific needs and can include individual therapy, group therapy and family therapy, as well as supporting their educational needs.

Pebble Lodge is staffed by friendly, skilled professionals, including two consultant psychiatrists, learning disability nurses, mental health nurses, mental health support workers, psychologists, an occupational therapist, family therapist and art therapist. The team also includes young person’s peer specialists from Dorset Mental Health Forum. Staff are all dedicated to ensuring young people return to their families/carers and community settings as safely and smoothly as possible.

To be referred to Pebble Lodge you will need to meet the CAMHS DORSET team first.