Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: An Operational Handbook (Second edition)

Edited by Greg Richardson, Ian Partridge and Jonathan Barrett

---

Price: £30.00 College members' price: £27.00 Published: Feb 2010 Format: Paperback Number of pages: 352 ISBN: 9781904671800

Other ordering methods Are you a bookseller? Download sample chapter

---

This book explains in straightforward operational terms how child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) can best be delivered. That means services organised in ways that children, families and other agencies can understand, that are as local to the child and family as possible, that are helpful to educational, social, voluntary and other partner agencies and that allow clear commissioning processes. The operation of each of the four tiers of service provision is clearly described with specific examples at each tier.

Much has changed since the first edition in 2003. There have been many government initiatives aimed at the welfare of children that have been incorporated into this book, which has broadened its scope to cover more children with many different difficulties and in many different predicaments. Those providing, working with and commissioning CAMHS will find this book an indispensible guide.

• Straightforward, ‘how to’ guide
• Focus on inter-agency working within each tier of service
• Practical examples of service provision
• Geared towards all professionals working with CAMHS
• Fully revised and updated edition.

Readership:

Aimed at those responsible for commissioning and providing CAMHS, thus this book will be of interest to anyone working in CAMHS, whether psychiatrist or of a related healthcare profession.

About the editors:

Greg Richardson	- Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lime Trees CAMHS, York
Ian Partridge	- Social Worker, York
Jonathan Barrett	- Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cringlebar CAMHS, Leeds

---

"This second edition is a welcome arrival, it spans well-known problem areas such as multidisciplinary working, through to much more recent concerns including evidence-based practice. The handbook will be a valuable resource for all professionals working with children, young people and families. It's clear, concise, comprehensive, well laid out and easy to follow. If only we could acheive the same in how services are actually organised and delivered."

Children & Young People Now

---

Contents

1	Introduction	Ian Partridge and Greg Richardson
2	CAMHS in context	Greg Richardson and Ashley Wyatt
3	CAMHS and the law	Ian Partridge, Greg Richardson and Mary Mitchell
4	Structure, organisation and management of CAMHS	Ian Partridge and Greg Richardson
5	Evidence-based practice	Jonathan Barrett, Juliette Kennedy and Ian Partridge
6	Clinical governance	Greg Richardson
7	Education, supervision and workforce development	Margaret Bamforth, Sophie Roberts, Sarah Bryan and Nick Jones
8	Multidisciplinary working	Ian Partridge, Greg Richardson, Geraldine Casswell and Nick Jones
9	User and carer participation and advocacy	Jonathan Barrett
10	A comprehensive CAMHS	Clare Lamb and Ann York
11	Referral management	Sophie Roberts and Ian Partridge
12	Demand and capacity management	Ann York and Steve Kingsbury
13	Strategies for working with Tier 1	Greg Richardson, Ashley Wyatt and Ian Partridge
14	Structuring and managing treatment options	Barry Wright, Sarah Bryan, Ian Partridge, Nick Jones and Greg Richardson
15	CAMHS in the emergency department	Tony Kaplan
16	Paediatric liaison	Barry Wright, Sebastian Kraemer, Kate Wurr and Christine Williams
17	Self-harm	Sophie Roberts, Phil Lucas, Barry Wright and Greg Richardson
18	Learning disability services	Christine Williams and Barry Wright
19	Services for autism-spectrum conditions	Christine Williams and Barry Wright
20	Services for attentional problems	Sarah Bryan, Barry Wright and Christine Williams
21	Eating disorder teams	Ruth Norton, Ian Partridge and Greg Richardson
22	Bereavement services	Barry Wright, Ian Partridge and Nick Jones
23	CAMHS for refugees and recent immigrants	Matthew Hodes
24	CAMHS and looked-after children	Fiona Gospel, Jackie Johnson and Ian Partridge
25	Drug and alcohol teams	Norman Malcolm
26	Parenting risk assessment service	Ian Partridge, Geraldine Casswell and Greg Richardson
27	Court work	Greg Richardson and Geraldine Casswell
28	Tier 4 options	Tim McDougall, Anne Worrall-Davies, Lesley Hewson, Rosie Beer and Greg Richardson
29	In-patient psychiatric care	Angela Sergeant, Greg Richardson, Ian Partridge, Tim McDougall, Anne Worrall-Davies and Lesley Hewson
30	Forensic services	Sue Bailey and Enys Delmage
31	Neuropsychiatry and neuropsychology services	Tom Berney
32	Mental health provision for deaf children: study of a low-incidence service provision	Mandy Barker, Sophie Roberts and Barry Wright
00	Chief Executives – what do they want and how do they get it?	Chris Butler