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Full Government response to the independent review of CAMHS (07 January 2010)
The Government’s full response to the final report of the child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) review has been published. To find out more, and access the documents, see the DCSF Review of CAMHS page. Further information is also available on the the Review of CAMHS page.
Promoting the emotional health of children and young people: Guidance for Children’s Trusts partnerships, including how to deliver NI50 (January 2010)
This guidance contains a detailed service specification (using evidence-based approaches) that sets out the core support and services for children, young people and families. This will support Children’s Trusts in developing a comprehensive, strategic approach to promoting emotional health.
Commissioning early intervention support services: Guidance for commissioners
This guidance for commissioners provides information on the requirements of PSA 12, indicator 4, 4th proxy measure.
Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) promote the mental health and psychological well-being of children and young people, and provide high quality, multi-disciplinary mental health services to all children and young people with mental health problems and disorders to ensure effective assessment, treatment and support, for them and their families.
Context
The term CAMHS tends to be used in two different ways. It is commonly used as a broad concept that embraces all those services that contribute to the mental health care of children and young people, whether provided by health, education, social services or other agencies.
As well as specialist services, this definition also includes universal services whose primary function is not mental health care, such as GPs and schools. This explicitly acknowledges that supporting children and young people with mental health problems is not the responsibility of specialist services alone.
However, the term is sometimes used more narrowly to refer only to specialist CAMHS (in other words, services operating at Tiers 2, 3 and 4 of the four-tier strategic framework).
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Improving the psychological wellbeing and mental health of children and young people
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Last updated on 07/01/2010
