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Mental health in young children

Posted By Worried2011

"Mental health in young children"

About: Children's Specialist Health Services / Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) General practices in Lanarkshire

(as a parent/guardian),

My son has autism and suffers with his mental health and anxiety. Since COVID he has suffered terribly with it. Recently he has gotten worse. He now no longer attends school, doesn't leave the house, doesn't sleep, talks to no one and is very withdrawn. GP won't help, phoned countless clinics, education is non existent, forms not been handed in on time (by school), MSP has been emailed. 

The GP said to go to A&E, they won't even have a face to face appointment with him. 

CAMHS did talking therapy, he is autistic and this done nothing for him but since the course is only 6 weeks long he is discharged.

Given medication for sleep, it's not helping, so told that's the highest he can get. So he has to just suffer.

School said they would be there for support and get him into another school that would be able to support his needs. Forms didn't go in on time. Took months for them to actually fill out and then told I had to refer him myself for a different school.

I never thought that in this day and age we would be letting our children suffer like this. I am completely disappointed in our healthcare and educational systems

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I'm at my wits end with worry and getting no support.
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Response from Jane Killin, Interim Clinical Manager North CAMHS, Children & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire last week
Jane Killin
Interim Clinical Manager North CAMHS, Children & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS),
Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire

Submitted on 18/04/2024 at 19:43
Published on Care Opinion on 19/04/2024 at 08:22

Dear Parent,

I am sorry to hear of the difficulties you and your son have had and the concerns you raise about accessing appropriate support. You mention that you have now been discharged from CAMHS but you also mention a number of concerns you have in relation to your son.

I would be happy for you to contact me so I can look into this further to see if there are any resources or supports that would be helpful to consider.

Kind regards,

Jane Killin

Clinical/Operational Manager CAMHS

Udston Hospital

01698 754514

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Response from Jennifer Montgomery, Improvement Coordinator, Quality Directorate, NHS Lanarkshire last week
Jennifer Montgomery
Improvement Coordinator, Quality Directorate,
NHS Lanarkshire

Operational Lead for Care Opinion in NHS Lanarkshire

Submitted on 22/04/2024 at 23:12
Published on Care Opinion at 23:12

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Dear Worried2011,

Thank you for sharing your experience on Care Opinion.

I am sorry to hear the problems you have been having with getting an appointment face to face for your son to be seen and get further assistance.

GP’s are independent contractors and are responsible for investigating and responding to any concerns a person may have about the service; they are not registered to respond directly to feedback through Care Opinion. Can I please invite you to contact the Practice Manager if you would like a direct response about the service or you can also contact Primary Care Patient Affairs for advice only. I have included their contact details.

PatientAffairs.Primarycare@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Tel no. 01698 752800 Option 2

Kind Regards,

Jenni

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