#camhs — Public Fediverse posts

Our #MentalHealth system fails children with #DualDiagnosis of #autism and #MentalIllness, #disability, substance use or non-conforming #GenderIdentity.

"#Cork TD & #SocialDemocrats leader #HollyCairns said there are currently 854 young people #waiting for #CAMHS services in Cork... over 300 waiting more than a year."

There is "total #gatekeeping at the mention of #autism or #addiction in addition to mental health issues".

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41397205.html

Committee Report: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/committee/dail/33/joint_committee_on_children_equality_disability_integration_and_youth/reports/2024/2024-05-14_report-on-camhs-and-dual-diagnosis_en.pdf

*New research*

Can we develop new methods to measure parent-adolescent interaction? In this paper we discuss our work developing a novel task utilizing head cams to capture first-person perspectives. This opens the possibility of AI coding, which we are exploring first through coding of facial expressions.

Paper:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frcha.2023.1214890/full

News story:
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wearable-headcams-provide-insight-complex-teen-emotions

#AI
#FamilyTherapy
#parenting
#camhs
#adolescence
#MentalHealth

Care failings may have contributed to transgender boy’s death, inquest concludes
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/care-failings-may-have-contributed-to-transgender-boy-s-death-inquest-concludes/ar-BB1lwoQq?ei=7

#Trans
#Care
#MentalHealth
#SelfHarm
#Suicide
#GIDS
#CAMHS
#Police
#SussexPolice
#NHS
#BexhillCollege

What’s behind the UK’s increase in autism diagnoses? | Autism | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/04/uk-increase-autism-diagnoses-neurodiversity

#Autism
#WideningOfDiagnosticCriteria
#Overdiagnosis
#Neurodiversity
#AdultAutistics
#UnderRecognitionOfAutisticAdults
#LearningDisabilities
#Aspergers
#MentalHealth
#PoorMentalHealth
#PoorPhysicalHealth
#PoorHealth
#Health
#Unemployment
#UnderEmployment
#Victimisation
#SocialIsolation
#PrematureDeath
#CAMHS
#Suicide
#SupportNeeds
#Ableism

For those interested in ARFID: check out our blog about our recent scoping review on psychological interventions. Co-written with first author Emma Willmott for the UK Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) blog.

#ARFID
#EatingDisorders
#CBTworks
#FamilyTherapy
#CAMHS
#MentalHealth

https://www.acamh.org/blog/psychological-interventions-arfid-restrictive-food-intake-disorder/

"How can #CAMHS claim to be inclusive when they won't work with #autistic kids?"

CAMHS exclusion criteria:
- high levels of #disorganisation
- #IntellectualDisability #ID
- #DevelopmentalDisorders like #dyslexia
- #educational needs
- #ChildProtection or #welfare issues
- #autistic children
- children who live in #UnsafeHousing.

"I’m left wondering who the hell do they actually see? Children who are doing reasonably well?"

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-41238688.html

Emma Dalmayne shared an update on Stop Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services Denying Support For Autistic Kids
Emergent Divergence: The neurodivergent ramblings of David Gray-Hammond has created an open letter to the UKs Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

This can be signed by anyone, no matter where you live.

https://emergentdivergence.com/camhs-crisis/3/?fbclid=IwAR1pyFrKgNwTHxGCjUDHAuxgvVxPbWzg2QUCrpX4nNMh-ThWes4XboVZMY0#openlettergoing

#CAMHS #NeuroDivergent #support #autism

Recycled wetsuits used to help children with mental health struggles

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/recycled-wetsuits-used-help-children-8698482

#MentalHealth #CAMHS #Recycling #Newquay #Cornwall #TheWaveProject #Suez #CornwallCouncil #Surf

How CAMHS tier system obstructs Autistic young people from accessing support.

'Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) have, for a long time, failed to provide support to Autistic children and young people. When it comes to autism, there is perhaps no service more infamous for it’s failures than CAMHS. Despite this, every year more and more Autistic people try in vain to access the support they are legally entitled to.

https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/08/14/how-camhs-tier-system-obstructs-autistic-young-people-from-accessing-support/

#CAMHS #NeuroDivergent #HealthCare

The CAMHS Tier System.

'Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) have, for a long time, failed to provide support to Autistic children and young people. When it comes to autism, there is perhaps no service more infamous for it’s failures than CAMHS.

Petition:

https://chng.it/6yqSq7C9LK

#CAMHS #Autism #MentalHealth #children #HealthCare

Stop Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services Denying Support For Autistic Kids

CAMHS misdiagnosed my Autistic burnout and it endangered my safety

For anyone who has been following my writing recently, you will be aware that there is an ongoing campaign regarding the failings of Child and Adolescent Mental health Services (CAMHS).

https://click.e.change.org/f/a/kbd-_rEe6Avzohk3sEF9sg~~/AANj1QA~/RgRmsN4iP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9lbWVyZ2VudGRpdmVyZ2VuY2UuY29tLzIwMjMvMDgvMDUvY2FtaHMtbWlzZGlhZ25vc2VkLW15LWF1dGlzdGljLWJ1cm5vdXQtYW5kLWl0LWVuZGFuZ2VyZWQtbXktc2FmZXR5L1cDc3BjQgpkySdZzmQNsCjyUhdib2IuamFtaWVzb243QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAg~~

Petition:

https://chng.it/JsYk7VXbB8

#autism #CAMHS #AutisticBurnout

Interested in child and adolescent mental health, and the transition to adulthood (and adult services)?

Come to a free, immersive performance of Hidden, produced by the amazing Made by Mortals.

Happening on Friday the 7th of July in Manchester, 1.30-3pm.

#MentalHealth
#CAMHS
#theatre
#Manchester
#FamilyTherapy

New figures uncovered by an #FOI from the Independent show at least 2,838 children needing mental health care were admitted to non-psychiatric hospitals last year.

Based on responses from 54 hospital trusts across England that was slightly down from 3,461 in 2021.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/children-mental-health-wards-hospital-b2328913.html

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism #MentalHealth #CAMHS

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/05/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-5-5-2023-foifriday/