Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS): providing services for children and young people with learning disabilities

Abstract

Targets set in 2005 by the Department of Health in the form of a public service agreement (PSA, 2003‐2006) standard require the development of comprehensive CAMHS, which provide services for children and young people with learning disabilities (LD). This standard presents particular challenges to the existing national CAMHS workforce.This paper reports on a specific project to undertake a northwest regional audit regarding capacity and capability of staff working in CAMHS to care for children and young people with learning disabilities.

Citation

Nixon, B., Hooton, S. and Jones, A. (2008), "Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS): providing services for children and young people with learning disabilities", The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 39-52. https://doi.org/10.1108/17556228200800020