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What is CAMHS?
What is CAMHS?
CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
These services work with children and young people (from age 5 to their 18th birthday), and their parents or carers.
NHS Lothian CAMHS provides specialist assessment/intervention as part of a tiered system, which can include consultation and advice prior to referral, and assessment appointment to establish clinical need and priority status.
Children and young people aged 0-18 years are referred to CAMHS if there are significant concerns about their mental health or wellbeing and when their difficulties are impacting upon their day to-day life.
Check out Maja's experience of CAMHS.
Check out Maja's experience of CAMHS.
What was going on for Maja
How was Maja referred?
What was it like?
Maja's journey
How to Get Support
How to Get Support
Making a referral
Making a referral
Referrals usually come from general practitioners, health visitors, social workers or from schools. They need to ask your permission before contacting CAMHS. You can also ask your family doctor or school doctor if you would like your child to be referred to CAMHS.
Consultation service
Consultation service
CAMHS Clinicians are available for telephone consultation and advice. The purpose of telephone consultation is to make information on children’s mental health accessible to all professionals working with children within Lothian. CAMHS will accept calls from ALL child care professionals including, Guidance Teachers, Head Teachers, Public Health Nurses, Family Support Workers, Social Workers, Voluntary Organisations etc.
The telephone consultation offers advice, guidance and can provide access to our resources gathered to work with children. It is NOT an emergency or crisis line, nor is it there to discuss aspects of child protection. The telephone consultation does not accept referrals, but may advise if a referral is needed. There is also scope for subsequent email discussion, where indicated.
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