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Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing

This theme supports the effective commissioning and delivery of children's psychological health, emotional wellbeing and mental health services. It signposts information resources, initiatives and organisations to keep you up to date with current policy and good practice. It is aimed at professionals from health, local authority and the voluntary sector. Developed with the National CAMHS Support Service (NCSS) until it ceased working on 31 March 2011, this theme is now supported by YoungMinds.

We do not provide direct services to families. If you are a parent/carer or a young person seeking support or information, or if you want to know about help available in your area, please contact the YoungMinds free Parents Helpline or Childline.

Tackling Stigma ToolkitAre you a commissioner looking for guidance and tools to help ensure that services are sustainable, high quality, efficient and grounded in the best available evidence? Use this essential resource from NCSS:


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Featured resources

Access to ChiMat's free tools and data - to support CAMHS improvement. Including:

  • Outcomes versus Expenditure Tool - CAMHS
  • Needs Assessment Report - CAMHS
  • Data Atlas
  • Service Snapshot - CAMHS
  • Self Assessment Tool - CAMHS
  • Self Assessment Tool - Young People's Mental Health Transitions

New resources to help commissioners and practitioners improve the outcomes and process of mental health transition for young people.

Puzzledout.com is an online participation tool which helps young people, commissioners and service providers work together to transform mental health services. It gives young people an accessible platform to speak about their experience of using services.

Use the new CAMHS workforce hub to help you find essential workforce planning resources. Includes the Comprehensive CAMHS Integrated Workforce Planning Tool.

Tackling Stigma Toolkit Tackling Stigma: a practical toolkit brings together best practice examples, case studies, resources and literature to help tackle the stigma associated with children's and young people's mental health.

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