Mental Health Service for Children and Young People

To refer, please use their external referral form here.

Newham CAMHS is a multi-agency specialist mental health service for children and young people with complex, severe or persistent emotional, behavioral or developmental problems.

Services include:

• Specialist multi-disciplinary clinics for adolescents, early childhood, learning disabilities / autistic spectrum disorder, children with severe conduct disorder, ADHD sufferers, therapies, counselling, medication
• Multi-disciplinary assessment of all new referrals
• Emergency assessment of children and adolescents experiencing a severe mental health episode
• A rapid response service to the paediatric ward at Newham University
• Hospital to assess young people who have self harmed

Referrals to CAMHS can be made by contacting your GP, teacher or other health professional who can make a referral on your behalf if you are over 16 or with the consent of an adult you trust.  

By contacting your GP or other professional to make the referral, they will be able to collect all the details required on your behalf to make sure that the CAMHS team can get you help as quickly as possible.  

Clinical teams will assess referrals and feedback to families & referrers directly.

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