CAMHS
Posted by Guest Writer on Fri, 12 Aug 2011.
Specialist CAMHS offer a range of Mental Health services for children and young people aged up to 18. Many young people at some point or another will have trouble in dealing with issues such as bereavement or parents separating. It is more uncommon however, for such young people to need psychiatric help. Many common problems associated with emotional distress, will resolve themselves over time with non-specialist help and support, but if problems carry on or become worse, or of a kind that interferer with someones ability to live their life , that can be when specialist CAMHS - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service can be important
Childrens mental health is everyone’s business, teachers, youth workers, GPs etc, but when problems become so severe as to be a mental illness then referral may be sent to the specialist CAMH team. This service consists of teams of nurses, doctors, psychologists, occupational therapists, psychotherapists and primary mental health workers, who are experts in mental health disorders, emotional and behavioural problems. They can provide help with conditions that have underlying psychological causes such as eating disorders, and can provide variety in the way they treat young people using specific methods such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Psychotherapy.
Access to CAMHS is usually through referral by your doctor. Occasionally, your social worker may be able to refer you as well.
CAMHS Leicester City are located at Westcotes House, Leicester. The County teams are based at the Valentine Centre, on the edge of Leicester. There are outpatient clinics run at The Hawthorn Centre in Coalville, The Orchard Resource Centre in Hinckley, the Rutland Memorial Hospital in Oakham, St Mary‘s Hospital in Melton and at a CAMHS base in Loughborough Hospital.
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