Psychosocial Approaches in CAMHS

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Chapter 19 - Psychosocial Approaches in CAMHS

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 October 2025

Samantha Todd and

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Shermin Imran: Affiliation:
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Psychosocial treatments are central to effective delivery of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), with a strong evidence base for a range of interventions targeting many of the common and complex mental health presentations in children and young people. Practitioner knowledge of the range of psychosocial interventions offered by CAMHS is fundamental to making informed, shared decisions with children, young people and families about their care. In addition knowledge of how psychosocial interventions need to be adapted to meet the needs of diverse populations is central to ensuring equity of access.Demand for services will continue to increase, along with increasing complexity and severity for many children and young people, and services must ensure that they continue to offer a range of psychosocial interventions, tailored to individual need and choice, delivered by a well-trained workforce, with effective means to demonstrate outcomes. Transformation models such as THRIVE will be instrumental in ensuring that access to psychosocial intervention is broadened beyond existing services, supporting others in community and education settings to offer earlier intervention, greater choice and diversity and ensure that CAMHS is able to deliver specialist treatments to those who can benefit the most.

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psychosocial treatments Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)interventions practitioner knowledge diversity equity of access demand for services transformation models THRIVE outcomes

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Information: Seminars in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , pp. 296 - 312

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009110266.019 [Opens in a new window]

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