Our services
Within CAMHS Academy at Hampshire and Isle of Wight
There are a range of services available for people aged 5-18 across Hampshire and Isle of Wight as part of CAMHS. These services are available to help children and young people who are struggling with their emotional and mental health and whose difficulties are having a significant impact on their ability to participate in daily activities or keep themselves safe.
See below to find out more about the services we offer in CAMHS.
Specialist CAMHS
A multi-disciplinary team of professionals for children and young people who have significant and ongoing emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties. The team is made up of psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and psychologists, all with specialist training in mental health with children and young people who may have complex or severe difficulties and assesses them to treat and promote recovery, whilst also offering preventative mental health services and treatment.
Neurodevelopment pathway
The NDP team is a multi-disciplinary (MDT) services that assesses children and young people for neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Neurodevelopmental (ND) disorders influence how the brain functions and alters neurological development, causing difficulties in social, cognitive, and emotional functioning. A child with a neurodevelopmental disorder may have problems with perception, concentration, impulse control, communication, social interaction and emotional expression.
Paediatric liaison service
Our CAMHS paediatric liaison service helps young people in crisis who have attended the emergency department at hospital. They provide psychological assessment and support to young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties in relation to their physical health condition. This includes acute, chronic or life-limiting physical conditions. The team includes experts in psychiatry, nursing, clinical psychology, psychotherapy, and family therapy. The service uses a range of methods that, for example, might target the psychological barriers to physical care or help with the psychological management of physical symptoms, such as pain. Very rarely, some young people will need to be transferred to an inpatient adolescent psychiatric unit for further treatment.
Eating disorders service
The Eating Disorders Service provides assessment and treatment for people with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and some atypical eating. The service offers a person-centred approach to care, working with individuals to plan a treatment package that is best suited to their needs. Based on a philosophy of self-directed recovery, they encourage those in treatment to build a meaningful and fulfilling life beyond the confines of their eating disorder. The Eating Disorders Service consists of a multi-disciplinary team and aims to work closely and flexibly with individuals, their families and others that are important to them. The service works with primary care (GPs) and secondary mental health services, in order to provide a comprehensive package of care. The Eating Disorders Service also supports the process of admission and discharge for those needing an episode of inpatient care.
Crisis care
The CAMHS Crisis Care team provides mental health support to children and families regarding self-harm, suicidal ideation, and crisis presentations. The CAMHS teams provide specialist assessment and a range of evidence based, therapeutic interventions to individuals, groups, families/carers and wider support networks depending on need. The team are made up of a wide range of skills and qualifications and experience. The team includes psychologists, nurses, therapists, mental health practitioners, social workers, support workers and business support team.
Mental health support team in schools (MHST)
Mental Health Support Teams in schools provide early help services designed to improve access to psychological therapies for young people. They complement existing support provided in schools by providing a realm of expertise and resources to deliver quicker support to individuals who may not typically meet the CAMHS thresholds but would benefit from accessing early support. The team work with young people and parents to manage mild and moderate mental health difficulties using a range of low intensity and high intensity cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT). These mental health difficulties can include low mood, worry, phobias, PTSD, OCD, sleep difficulties or behavioural difficulties.
Closer to home
Closer to home is an intensive home treatment service that supports children and young people with acute mental health problems in their homes across Dorset and Hampshire.
We will work in partnership with you and your family or carer to deign the support you need. This is delivered as an intensive 12 to 14-week programme by our multi-disciplinary team, including consultant psychiatrists, mental health practitioners, community adolescent senior support workers, peer support workers and trainee nurse associates.
We will regularly review the care you are receiving to ensure that you have the appropriate support in place and will work closely with other services involved in your care to ensure that all services are contributing to your care in a joined-up way. Find out more here.
Learning disability team
The learning disability team aims to support people with learning disabilities and their families/carers in the decision-making process around the care and treatment that they receive. Like all children and young people, children with a learning disability will generally continue to progress and learn throughout their childhood – but more slowly. In some rare medical conditions, intellectual progress may be more uncertain. Children with a learning disability are likely to need extra support at school to help them to learn to the best of their ability.
A learning disability may be apparent to parents or professionals before formal assessment has taken place. However, a formal diagnosis of learning disability is made by trained personnel from specialist paediatric or neurodevelopmental services, for example a paediatrician or a clinical or educational psychologist, using standardised assessments that they have been trained to administer.
Inpatient CAMHS Wards
Our inpatient units offer mental care and treatment for children and young people that are experiencing issues that require an admission to a hospital bed. Support is provided in a safe and secure environment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Staff offer therapeutic interventions as part of a multi-disciplinary team, support activities of daily living, safe treatment, monitoring of prescribing on presentation and have the opportunities to build relationships often over a significant length of time.
Our sites
Our services are delivered from various sites across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. We also work with a number of local authorities and community centres.
Use the map to see some of the sites we use in CAMHS.
