Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Mental health problems in children are quite common. About one in ten children aged between five and sixteen are diagnosed with a problem every year and about 75% of mental illnesses are thought to start before the age of 25.
CAMHS Oxfordshire support children and young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties, for further information on services and referral within Oxfordshire see here
The following links provide further information and advice on supporting children and young people with mental health and wellbeing;
- Centre for Mental Health: Children & Young People’s Mental Health – The Facts
- The Children’s Society: Young People’s Mental Health
- The YoungMinds : support and information, the YM resources library is full of useful toolkits, publications, reports and policy information about children and young people’s mental health
- Charlie Waller Memorial Trust:
- Well-being action plan – A simple ever-evolving resource to keep yourself well and take appropriate action if things start to go less well
- Depression booklet – Depression and how to deal with it
- How can I ask for help – Tips for when its time to talk about your mental health, or if you want to help a friend
- Depression – warning signs poster
- Coping with low mood poster
- Place2Be – resources for schools, parents and carers
Oxfordshire’s Highfield Unit has produced a series of short films on young people’s mental health covering a range of specific topics as follows;