crisis mental health
My child experienced a severe bout of depression, the challenges and barriers we experienced to access CAMHS service was appalling and very worrying as a parent. Referral methods were limited to GP referral whereas any professional should of been able to do so. My child's treatment was delayed by 8 weeks and this time delay was significant in terms of keeping my child safe and other family members. This time delay caused our family into crisis mode. If my child had broken their leg, then health services would undertake a course of treatment immediately ,the same attitude needs to apply to mental health. Staff members rarely returned phone calls. The whole service needs to be reassessed cause it is failing young people and their families. Early intervention with any course of treatment proves higher success rates and this needs to be applied to this service.