Mental health for children and young people

Get help for children and young people up to the age of 18 who have mental health problems or development difficulties. Lambeth child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are provided by the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We believe that every child has a right to be healthy.

How we help

Lambeth CAMHS specialise in providing help and treatment for children and young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties, for example:

ADHD
anxiety
autistic spectrum disorders
depression
eating disorders
mood disorders
neurodevelopmental disorders
psychosis.
self-harm
suicidal thinking
trauma.

Working with you and your child

We offer individual and family interventions psychological therapies, including talking and creative therapies, and medication management in line with NICE guidelines.

The help we give is very individual to each child or young person and is decided after very careful assessments. We are committed to partnership working with you and your family.

We are part of the national network of mental health support for children and young people and provide in-patient health care for children and young people in four locations and provide an Accident and Emergency (A&E) team at St Thomas’ Hospital and Kings College Hospital.