Families who have dealt with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services have called for urgent reform of the system.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. If your child is struggling with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties, your child’s school or GP may ...

NHS Tayside has stopped all new referrals for ADHD and autism to its Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) due to increased demand for assessments. The health board said the nationwide ...

Half of the referrals to a trust's children's mental health services resulted in no treatment last year, according to figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request. Children were ...

MORE than half the young people in the Cork/Kerry health region referred for mental health treatment during 2022 by their GPs were refused access to the CAMHS scheme, a new analysis has found. This ...

1. Take enough time. Speak with both the child and parent or guardian and try to gain an understanding of the complexity of the case and its context, and get a clear picture of any safeguarding issues ...

Exclusive A coroner has called for a review of a referral form for mental health service CAMHS after the death of a 15-year-old boy. Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been told to ...

Families for Reform of CAMHS call for urgent reform of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services at meeting of Oireachtas Committee on Health ...

SNP ministers have been accused of having “abandoned” children and young people after new statistics revealed a rise in the number of rejected mental health referrals. New analysis by Scottish Labour ...

Majority of councils report drop in budgets for young people's mental health services since 2010, with cuts forcing some providers to impose tighter restrictions on referrals Two-thirds of councils ...

If your child is struggling with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties, your child’s school or GP may discuss referring them to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). To ...