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Adult mental health

Community teams, and locations of other services.

Information in this section is mainly for people in the Highland HSCP area. For the Argyll and Bute HSCP area, read about How to access mental health services at Argyll and Bute Council.

Locations

New Craigs Psychiatric Hospital, Inverness

New Craigs Psychiatric Hospital on the outskirts of Inverness provides for:

  • adult mental health - inpatient facilities
  • learning disabilities - inpatient, assessment and treatment facilities

Osprey House, Inverness

A purpose-built centre which is a base for substance misuse services and is located in Zone 11 on the Raigmore Hospital site.

There are community psychiatric nurses for addictions across Highland. Referrals to this service can come from your GP or self-referral.

Psychiatry of old age

Beds can be found at: 

Community mental health

Community mental health teams that provide psychiatric, addiction and learning disability services are available across NHS Highland.

These enable many people to receive support and care in their home locality and in non-institutional settings.

If you have concerns about your mental health or depression, you can speak to your GP. All referrals to the community mental health team come through GPs.

Mental health

See also mental health and wellbeing support organisations outside NHS Highland.

Last updated: 2 July 2026

Next review date: 19 October 2026