Stories from: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
We want to make sure that people’s stories of receiving or requesting support from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are heard.
As part of our Truth Project, we’re hearing and sharing people’s real experiences of receiving support from CAMHS, or supporting others to do so.
We know that telling difficult stories in a safe place can be part of healing. And it’s only through hearing people’s actual lived experiences that we can more fully understand what it looks like to ask for help. From these stories, we can start to see what’s working well, and what needs to change.
These stories help shape the things we call for as a charity, and are a source of information for anyone looking to create or change services and projects. The experiences you read here can help shape change.
If you’d like to share your own story, please see the survey link below.
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Survey: Experiences of CAMHS
We want to make sure that people’s stories of receiving or requesting support from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are heard.
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My story (anonymous)
"The CAMHS nurse on the call was lovely – but there would be no support for six months."
Content warning: references to suicide
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My son’s story
“It’s been impossible to access the right support as he doesn’t seem to fit the mould.”
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My daughter’s story
"They make you feel listened to, and that you’re not “abnormal”. I didn’t feel like we were struggling alone."
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Libby’s story
“I felt the dietitian cared. But a lot of the professionals I saw didn’t treat me with respect."
Content warnings: self-harm, eating-related mental health difficulties
