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No wrong doors for young people

No wrong doors for young people. Raising Awareness about mental health and substance abuse issues across services in Redbridge. Who are we?. CAMHS – Child and Adolescent Mental Health This includes; Fusion Hear and Now CEIS ( Camhs early intervention in schools)

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No wrong doors for young people

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  1. No wrong doors for young people Raising Awareness about mental health and substance abuse issues across services in Redbridge.

  2. Who are we? • CAMHS – Child and Adolescent Mental Health • This includes; • Fusion • Hear and Now • CEIS ( Camhs early intervention in schools) • CFCS – ( Child and Family Consultation , Loxfor Hall) • These are community CAMHS, as distinct from inpatient CAMHS

  3. What do we do? • Fusion –"Fusion" to work with young people in relation to drugs and alcohol. Fusion provides support for young people using or at risk of using drugs and /or alcohol. • Fusion also Provides support to parents Hear and Now –is a confidential counselling service for all young people aged 11-17 or who study in the Redbridge Area. Young people cab refer to Hear and Now directly and referrals are also accepted from families, and professionals working with young people. Hear and Now are based in the Centre of Ilford but also provide Counselling in Barkingside, South Woodford and in secondary schools • CEIS – Has been commissioned to work in 18 schools and provides assessments and interventions with young people and families at an early stage in a problem , and works to build the capacity of schools to nurture and meet the needs of children. CEIS works in PRUs, two High Schools and 13 Primary Schools.

  4. CAMHS/CFCS Multi disciplinary Team; This includes • Psychiatrists , Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Family Therapists, and last but by no means least Social Workers • Interventions include; Assessment and diagnosis, Pharmacology, CBT, Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Parent Work, Parenting, EMDR, and MBT

  5. How to make a referral • Fusion • CFCS/ CAMHS Loxford Hall • Hear and Now • CEIS

  6. What happens next • Triage – • Criteria • Waiting times • Treatment pathways • Alternative pathways and signposting

  7. What is a mental Health Disorder? • The presence of abnormalities of behaviour emotions or relationships which are developmentally inappropriate and of sufficient severity to cause persistent suffering in the child ,or distress and disturbance in the family or community • Rutter et al 1970

  8. What is substance misuse

  9. What is a drug?

  10. Types of user

  11. What mental health disorders do you know?

  12. Mental Health presentations • Disorders and presentations in children fall under the categories of ;DEVELOPMENTAL • EMOTIONAL • BEHAVIOURAL,PSYCHIATRIC. • They include ;Autistic Spectrum Disorders, • School Refusal • Hyperactivity/ ADHD, • Psychosis • Tic Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • Conduct Disorder • Mood Disorders • Enuresis • Selective Mutism • Substance Abuse • Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder • Encopresis • Attachment Disorders • Preschool problems • Eating disorders • Psychosomatic Disorders • Reactions to Stress

  13. Questions • What makes a child or young person vulnerable to mental health problems • What is the role of drug or substance misuse • What are the barriers to talking about drug use

  14. Risk factors • Abuse and neglect • Family dysfunction • Disability • Parental illness or disability • Families with acute stress • Socially unacceptable behaviour • Low income • Absent parenting – parenting problems

  15. Risks from a substance misuse perspective • The same or different?

  16. Next steps • Mental Health and Substance Misuse Group • Vision; • To promote awareness of mental health and substance misuse issues across services in Redbridge. • Aims; • To empower agencies to have the confidence and competence to intervene in these issues at an early stage in a problem • To develop an awareness of the impact of these issues on young people their development and on parenting • Objective • To deliver training as a part of the regular programme provided through the LSCB • To establish a practice forum comprised of a multi-disciplinary Team of professionals who can provide consultation and guidance. • To promote the development of action learning sets across services to empower practitioners regarding tier own learning and the development of practice. • Mission • For services in Redbridge; to have an informed coherent co-ordinated and accessible approach to the issues of mental health and substance misuse across the range and breadth of services in the community.

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