The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Ayrshire and Arran currently has three teams:
- Specialist Community CAMHS (CAMHS),
- CAMHS Urgent Assessment & Intensive Treatment (CUAIT) and
- Neurodiverse CAMHS (N-CAMHS).
All of our services can support young people from age 5 up to 18.
Interventions and support can vary from short term treatments to more complex treatments for children and young people experiencing more severe problems.
Specialist Community CAMHS (CAMHS)
This team covers the assessment, care and treatment of children and young people experiencing serious mental health problems e.g. low mood, anxiety, suicidal ideation.
Referrals should be made through either the child/young person’s school or education services, social work, or the child/young person’s doctor (GP).
This team has clinics in North, South and East Ayrshire and can be contacted Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm.
Telephone Number: 01294 323 425
CAMHS Urgent Assessment & Intensive Treatment (CUAIT)
This newly set up team respond to the urgent needs of young people who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
This is a 7 day a week service currently operating between 9am and 5pm.
Access to the service is via the Emergency Departments at Crosshouse and Ayr hospitals.
Neurodiverse CAMHS (N-CAMHS)
This team provides multi-disciplinary neurodevelopmental assessments to support children and young people accessing mental health services to gain an understanding of their strengths and challenges they face. This can help them to reach their full potential.
Neurodevelopmental assessments may provide a diagnosis of:
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD), Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), Intellectual Disability (ID), Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) and Tourette’s / Tics.
Referrals should be made through the child / young person’s school or doctor (GP).
You will be seen by the Specialist Community CAMHS Team for an initial assessment before being seen by N-CAMHS for a Neuro Assessment.
The team can be contacted Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm.
Telephone Number: 01294 322 046
Neurodiverse CAMHS Frequently Asked Questions
Useful Websites
- Things To Try www.nhsfife.org/camhs-thingstotry Things to try is a collection of resources to help support children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, put together by Fife CAMHS. Some are aimed at children and young people, some are more for parents and carers, and some are designed for professionals who work with children and young people. Have a look, try some out, and see if there’s something that helps you.
- Young Minds http://www.youngminds.org.uk
- NEST nest.scot | Empowering Ayrshire’s Neurodiverse Communities | Home
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Feedback
Our team is working hard behind the scenes to improve every family’s experience of our CAMHS service. If you have any feedback around what has worked well for you, what we could do better, or ideas for this website please get in touch with our Participation Officer by scanning the QR code or via email: rachel.mckechnie@aapct.scot.nhs.ukThis email account is for feedback and engagement purposes only and is not monitored outside normal working hours. Please use the relevant team’s telephone number or your usual method of communication for all other enquiries.
