About Us
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are a comprehensive range of local and regional services that are available to provide advice, help and treatment to children and young people, who are experiencing emotional or behavioural difficulties, or mental health problems. Support for children and young poeple with mental health problems can be provided by many organisations including the health service, social work services, education, criminal justice and the voluntary and community sector.
CAMHS delivers services in a a four-tier strategic framework. For more information about the CAMHS model please go to http://www.wales.nhs.uk/publications/men-health-e.pdf.
Tier 1 - Primary/Universal Services
Health visitors
Please search this HeadZone website directory for more details about these services
Tier 2 - Specialist Support
Child development team
Educational psychology casework
Some clinical psychology casework
Tier 3 - Multi-disciplinary Teams
Ty Bryn NHS Day Hospital for adolescents
Specialist early disorder team
Some child psychiatry casework
Tier 4 - Specialist Teams
Regional specialising in patient care for South Wales