Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is a name for NHS-provided services for children in the mental health arena in the UK. In the UK they are often organised around a 4 Tiers system. Tier 3 services are typically multidisciplinary in nature and the staff come from a range of professional background. There may be a considerable overlap between the skills and competencies of staff working in the specialist services. Tier 4 are highly specialist services for young people. These are typically inpatient units for young people who require admission into hospital, but also include a range of other Tier 4 provision. There are about 90 adolescent units in England and Wales.
The service includes:
- psychiatry
- clinical psychology
- psychiatric nursing
- social worker interface
- psychotherapy
- language development
for the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents, generally until school-leaving age. However many services cease at the age of sixteen, whereas the continuing service would be provided by Adult Mental Health at the age of eighteen.
The organisation of CAMHS services in the UK is complex. There is a programme coordinated by National Institute Mental Health England [NIHME] to look at changing the way the workforce works. This New Ways of working [NWW] includes CAMHS. The national Workforce Lead for CAMHS is Barry Nixon and Project Lead for NWW CAMHS is Tim Morris.
See also
- Child psychopathology for US terminology
External links
- Resources for CAMHS
- Child Mental Health - Addresses mental disorders, behavioral disorders, child abuse, trauma, disaster and medication issues
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Information resource for young people, parents and professionals
- Adolescentunit.com
- New Ways of Working for Everyone [1]Template:Med-org-stub
