Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) support children and young people up to the age of 18 who are experiencing mental health problems and also provide training, advice and support to other professionals working with children, young people and their families. Our services include:
Our services are here to support children and young people to get help early. This may include listening to how you feel and what’s happening for you, and offering interventions, information and advice. We also offer support and advice to other professionals, such as GPs, Social Workers, or Teachers.
Within the local community, teams can provide mental health assessments and a variety of therapies to help with needs such as worries and fears, feeling low, trauma and other mental health problems. We sometimes signpost too if other services are best placed to meet mental health needs. We also offer support to young people as they transition to adult services if they need support after they turn 18 years.
The North Wales Adolescent Service (NWAS) provides care and treatment either in hospital or at home for children and young people aged between 12 – 18 years that require intensive support for their mental health.
We can offer urgent support to help children and young people through immediate crisis. We also work alongside others to offer liaison, consultation and training to partner agencies around care and treatment of children and young people experiencing crisis.