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Aims Addiction services in Essex are provided as a collaborative by NHS run Essex STaRS, Open Roads, SHARP and ARC provide psychosocial care. YPDAS supports the young people. Observed gap: Pregnant women with addiction problems were running from pillar to post to receive care and support needed during this challenging phase of their life. The one stop clinic provided an all-encompassing care pathway to fill the above need and improving outcomes for mothers and babies. Methods Description: The new pathway was setup in 2019 on a hub & spoke model. The one stop clinic was at centre, comprising Substance Misuse, Midwifery and Obstetrics. The spokes included Perinatal-mental health, Neonatal, Adult, Child Social services, CMHTS, Police, Criminal Justice and primary care. Simple entry criteria: 1. Substance Dependence 2. Positive pregnancy test with referral taken from any service. Patients receive comprehensive initial assessment covering addictions, mental health, social circumstances, obstetric history and physical health evaluation including foetal US scanning. Led by a team of psychiatrist, midwife, obstetrician and substance worker. Evaluation identifies risks from mental, physical health, safeguarding, support needs and formulates an initial engagement and management plan. Referral into all necessary organisations. A staggered follow up plan per every trimester agreed. Commencement or planned reduction of Opiate Substitution Therapy (OST), medication rationalisation, nutritional advice, enhanced antenatal monitoring. The regular follow-up via fortnightly midwife, drugs worker review. Monthly medial review in the clinic. The support from perinatal psychiatry teams, CMHTS, Social services, Criminal Justice safeguarding teams is roped in when needed. Child protection, safeguarding issues are addressed. Clear multi-directional communication is maintained at all times. A safe delivery plan along good neonatal management ensured with appropriate outcomes for mother & baby are achieved. Results Since 2019, this initiated 16 patients with various complexities. 12 women left hospital with their baby in their care. 1 left the area during the pregnancy. 2 babies were removed into care. 1 had a miscarriage, 1 had a false positive test. All women received contraceptive advice, one got tubectomy and many on long-term contraception. No significant mental health relapses or admissions. All managed to stabilize or reduce their opiates issues. Conclusion This One Stop Clinic has effectively addressed the complex needs of perinatal addiction patients. Centralised provision of care, duplication avoided, clear communication was a welcome relief for patients. Clinic has won a quality award.

Background: Body mapping is a creative therapeutic tool that brings together bodily experience and visual artistic expression. Initially, it was used by health and safety for detecting unspoken injuries in workforce, musicians to improve posture and coordination while decreasing injury. Its effectiveness in improving communication was exploited by allied health bodies for talking about sensitive sexual health issues and improve health awareness in Uganda, Kenya, India and Thailand. The technique involves patients to represent psychosomatic symptoms, body images, aches and pains, onto a chart (body map) using colours, pictures, symbols and words to represent various experiences. This is akin to a psychological enquiry where the clinician exploits the exercise to develop an understanding of the patient's psychopathology as well as foster a relationship. Case description: The author reports a case of middle aged man of Afro Caribbean origin with psychotic illness who was successfully treated by utilizing the concepts of body-mind mapping. This paper highlights the benefits of using body mapping in psychiatric practice by way of improved communication between patient and therapist to explore psychosomatic as well as builds therapeutic relationship. Discussion: Body mapping has been used by therapists in diverse areas like eating disorder, trauma etc. It helps to externalise somatic-emotional experience, to make meaning through the creative process of symbolization. This technique may be useful in cases of the chronic illnesses to aid engagement, compliance and insight. The wide prevalence of psychosomatic complaints across the world indicates the necessity for alternative models of interactive communication other than a language based psychiatric interview in all situations. Conclusion: Body mapping can be a useful clinical communication tool. When used appropriately, it has the potential to improve insight and compliance in psychiatric patients.