Please note: the service is currently only accepting email referrals. See below for more information.

Set of services for children, young people (up to 18 years), their families, parents and carers who are experiencing emotional, behavioural and mental health problems:

• advice and support for parents
• counselling and therapy for children
• therapeutic work with the whole family
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Service

The average treatment length is six months to a year, working with schools, GP practices, health centres and the Tavistock Centre.

Referrals are managed as a single point of access for mental health support via Brandon Centre, MOSAIC, Royal Free CAMHS, and Camden Open Minded CAMHS at Camden CAMHS services at Tavistock & Portman.

As part of CAMHS intake, our role includes offering tailored advice and signposting to young people and families to the most appropriate support, including specialist services such as bereavement, early help, substance misuse or eating‑disorder pathways when these are a better fit for their needs.

The Waiting Room can be accessed for information on mental health services and self-management services. 

If a child or young person is in crisis and needs same-day CAMHS input, clinicians should contact the NCL CAMHS Crisis Team.

This may avoid an unnecessary long wait in A&E as some cases can be seen in a CAMHS crisis hub or managed remotely by their crisis team. 

Crisis line: Please call NHS 111, Option 2 for Mental Health Support (this operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in case urgent support is needed in evenings and weekends. If you are a young person/parent/carer known and open to our (Camden CAMHS) services, please continue to contact the service between Monday-Friday, 9-5pm).

GP referrals must be sent via our Integrated Front Door (IFD), designed to enable quicker and easier access to support. IFD is a partnership between CAMHS and the Children and Families Contact Service, LB Camden's multi-agency team that incorporates the Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) team and the First Stop Early Help team.

The Contact service is responsible for:

• processing all referrals and requests for children's social care services and Early Help support
• making decisions on the most suitable response based on the child's needs and the level of risk
• passing on referrals to the most appropriate service.

IFD referrals will be reviewed by both the Contact Service and CAMHS. This process means we can offer families community support alongside/ instead of mental health support if this will be useful to them without the need for a second referral.

Please ensure the referred young person and/or family are aware of this when you make a referral. If consent is denied, we will be happy to facilitate alternative referral in- contact CAMHS directly to make a request.

Non-urgent consultation/queries about cases can still be requested via email: tpn-tr.cyaf-intake@nhs.net or telephone: 020 8938 2241. 

Access the NCL Children Young People Mental Health Crisis Pathway for urgent mental health crisis advice.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

We see children and young people up the age of 18 who are looking for help with:

• anxiety
• panic
• fears and phobias
• difficulties adjusting to new situations
• depression
• mood swings
• bereavement
• aggression 
• challenging behaviour
• hyperactivity
• eating problems
• severe mental health problems, including psychosis

Exclusions

• over 18

How to Refer