Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Providing support and treatment to children and young people with mental health problems
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Grianagh Court
Noble's Hospital Site
Douglas
IM4 4RJ
Please note, this service is available by referral only *
Operational hours
Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. We provide mental health assessment and treatment for children, young people (aged 0-18) and their families.
As CAMHS is a specialist service, children and young people need to be referred by another professional, for example, a Doctor, Health Visitor, School Nurse, Teacher or Social Worker.
We're not a hospital and we don't have beds, but we do have many different specialists who are experts in children's and young people's emotional and mental health.
For more information about CAMHS, visit our CAMHS webpages:
Service development and delivery are being undertaken in partnership with children, young people and their families and with colleagues from across children's services including the Diverse Minds Community.
CAMHS is undergoing this development and expansion in line with the wider Strategic Plan for Mental Health and Wellbeing, IOM 2015 – 2025 and as part of the Transformation of health and social care services initiative.
More about child and adolescent mental health
Child and adolescent wellbeing is everyone’s business and not the sole preserve of specialist mental health services such as Isle of Man CAMHS. Children and young people with mental health problems require help and support from a wide range of professionals in partner agencies, schools and primary care services.
We are defined as a specialist multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working within the iTHRIVE framework with our chief focus being Getting More Help and Risk Support. For more information please see the National i-THRIVE Programme page.
CAMHS assesses and treats children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties (including mental illness) using evidenced-based treatments that are consistent with NICE guidance and best practice.
We aim to provide the appropriate level of support for the child and their family in the right way at the right time. On occasion we do this by providing consultation to universal services and via the commissioned TALK service who focus on early psychological intervention in the Getting Help category but who also provide a Single Point of Access function – they will signpost the child and family to other services when this is more appropriate.
For more information
For more information about child and adolescent mental health, click the images below or see our related links section on the right hand side of this page.
Royal College of Psychiatrists - RCP is a leading professional medical body providing information and advice aiming to improve the outcomes of people with mental health problems.
My Mind - My Mind is an NHS website developed by the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. It has some great content, resources and tools for anyone interested in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Young Minds - Young Minds is a UK charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people.
Isle Listen support children and young people up to the age of 25 via their educational programme in schools and one-to-one therapeutic support. They also provide a suite of wellbeing solutions to businesses and community groups to support a variety of issues
CRUSE is a bereavement support charity that provides information and support to children, young people and adults on the Isle of Man
Happy Maps is a one-stop hub of information on young people's mental health for Parents, Professionals and Young People
Diverse Minds - Diverse Minds provides peer support for parents of neurodiverse children on the Isle of Man.
