Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Hampshire

About

Hampshire CAMHS is an NHS specialist service for young people aged 5-18 years and their families who are experiencing difficulties with their mental and emotional health, and includes the Specialist Eating Disorders Service. The Hampshire CAMHS web-site and social media pages contains useful links and self-help resources to explain a wide range of mental and emotional health issues to children and young people. The web-site also explains the process to make a referral/self-referral.

Hampshire CAHMS regularly run events aimed at parents, carers and professionals - please check the web-site for more details of events coming up across the county.

Details about the nearest locations in North Hampshire where appointments may take place are below.

About Hampshire CAMHS (Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services)

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are an NHS service, that aims to help young people up to the age of 18 who are finding it hard to manage their emotional, psychological and mental health. CAMHS have community teams of staff across the Hampshire area who are able to support young people and families if needed, and there is likely to be a clinic near to where you live.

It is important to know that everyone has mental health and that we can all experience tough times and this can cause our mental health to suffer. CAMHS work with young people, their families and other important organisations (such as schools) to achieve the following:

Assess and diagnose mental health and neurodevelopmental difficulties
Identify realistic goals or changes that you would like to make
Identify and build on your strengths
Improve self-esteem and confidence to cope with difficulties
Learn emotional coping techniques to help manage difficult or upsetting thoughts, feelings, urges or experiences
Empower you to identify, express and communicate your needs, take responsibility for your health and wellbeing and feel confident in knowing where and how to get additional support if necessary