What is it?
- Service for CYP (5-18) with mental health problems.
- Offers assessments, treatment & support.
- Helps with emotional & behavioral difficulties.
- Accepts referrals from professionals & self-referrals.
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We have a range of pathways to help in our service which offer:
- Assessment of children and young people’s mental health and emotional well-being needs.
- A range of treatment, from medication prescribing and monitoring to therapeutic support provided by a range of professionals, such as
Art Psychotherapists ,Child Psychotherapists ,Family Therapists andClinical Psychologists andEducational Psychotherapists . - Consultation, advice and support to professionals from a wide range of children’s services, parents and carers.
- Who is the service for?
The service is for children and young people aged from 5-18 years and their families. This may include children and young people with a wide range of mental health problems, disorders and illnesses, who require the help of a multi-disciplinary mental health service.
The types of problems we help with include:
- Emotional difficulties such as anxiety, depression, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder and school refusal.
- Difficulties such as inattention, impulsivity, defiance or aggression.
- Severe psychiatric illness such as psychosis.
- Self-harm or risk of self-harm (please note that all those who have taken overdoses should be taken to the local A& E department).
- Trauma including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma following abuse.
- Referral information
All SEMH / CAMHS referrals are processed through our single point of access.
For more information or to make a referral, please visit our SEMH page.
- Resources
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Contact information
SEMH front door (new referrals and general enquiries): 020 7527 3355
Central CAMHS Enquiries (open referrals): 020 3316 1824
If it is out of hours and you have a serious concern about the psychological wellbeing of your child in relation to their safety or the safety of others, we advise that you take them to Accident and Emergency.
Recommended by Islington CAMHS Therapies Team (CTT)
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