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ENFIELD
Council Mental Health NHS Trust

Private & Confidential Enfield Triage Service
To be opened by addressee only 25 Crown Lane
Dr Abidoye Southgate
Nightingale House Surgery 1-3 London
Nightingale Road London N9 8AJ N14 5SH

Tel: 0208 702 5000
Fax:0208 362 0489

GJ/r1058177
NHS No. 434 096 1671
18 March 2014
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Dear Dr. Abidoye
Re: Mr Simon CORDELL-DOB: 26 Jan 1981
109 Burncroft Avenue, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 7JQ
New Assessment
Dr Jarvis (ST5), Mr Cordell, Mr Cordell's mother.
Diagnosis
Adjustment reaction - predominantly anxiety
Medication
Nil

Plan
1. If Mr Cordell would like to try medication Sertraline starting at 50mg for one week then increasing up
to 100mg would be a good choice.
2. Crisis plan agreed with Mr Cordell if he feels like acting on his suicidal thoughts (call Crisis Team, or
Samaritans or an ambulance).
3. Discuss with team at MDT for advice around sources of support.
4. Mr Cordell to consider psychotherapy to address problems from the past.

Thank you for referring this 33-year-old man with low mood, suicidal thoughts and anxiety. He attended an
appointment at the Silver Street Clinic 11.03.14 with his mother Lorraine.

Mr Cordell explained to me that he is under a lot of stress at the moment due to a pending court case. He told
me he is accused of burglary, but that he had been wrongly accused and the police had falsified items on his
criminal record. He said that the record had led to the judge placing restrictive bail conditions including being
at home in his flat after 8 pm. This has meant Mr Cordell has not been able to work for the last nine months
(as he normally works as a DJ and party host with most work going on beyond that time). The bail conditions
have just been extended for a further six months. Mr Cordell feels that these restrictive conditions have made
him feel "a prisoner" in his own home.
Mr Cordell describes feeling anxious most days. He says he has a poor appetite and has lost "3 stone" in
weight over the last 9 months. He says he often finds his thoughts are over active and will not give him any
rest. Mr Cordell says he finds it difficult to get off to sleep, sometimes not until 5am, but then will stay in bed
until midday. His mother says she has noticed him become "more aggressive" and trying to isolate himself
from others.

Trust Chairman: Michael Fox
Trust Chief Executive: Maria Kane
Director of Community Housing and Adult Social Care: Ray James

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