Share your CAMHS experience
Mental Health Commission would like to hear your story about your CAMHS experience. The review is designed for Young People and Parents. Your participation is vital to finding valuable information that will be used in positive ways. Please, below you can find further information for Young People and Adults. The closing date for participating in this review is the 27th of May 2022.
Young People can apply here
Parents can apply here
FOR YOUNG ADULTS
My name is Susan Finnerty, and I am the Inspector of Mental Health Services. My job is to make sure that mental health services are safe, work well and respect peoples’ rights.
This year I am looking at mental health services for Young People, known as CAMHS. I want to see if they are providing a good service which helps and supports Young People.
I would very much like to chat with you and see what CAMHS has been like for you. I am interested in things like: did you have to wait long for an appointment? What was your treatment like while you were seeing people in CAMHS? Did going to CAMHS help you? What was good about CAMHS? What could be better?
There will only be two of us talking to you and it will be on Microsoft Teams or on Zoom, whichever you like. It would be for about 20 minutes, and you can leave any time before that if you want to.
We are talking to a lot of people about CAMHS, and we will write a report about what we find out. The report will probably be ready early next year. We will put the report on our website (mhcirl.ie). This will help the government to improve young peoples’ experience when they go to CAMHS, so it is very important that they hear what Young People have to say about what they want.
If you want to chat to us, nobody reading the report will know you talked to us. We won’t use your name and you do not even have to tell us your name if you don’t want to. Nor will we use any private details you tell us.
Thank you for reading this and if you do want to chat with us, we look forward to meeting you.
Susan
Contact Details
If You are a Young Person wanting to participate in the review please click HERE to complete the form outlining your basic details, and you will be contacted soon to participate in further steps. You can also contact the Mental Health Commission directly via this email [email protected]
FOR PARENTS
My name is Susan Finnerty, and I am the Inspector of Mental Health Services. As part of my role in 2022, I am reviewing the CAMHS services in Ireland.
I would very much like to talk with you about you and your child’s experience of CAMHS. I am interested in things like: did you have to wait long for an appointment? What was your child’s treatment like while in CAMHS? Did going to CAMHS help? Was adequate information provided to you? What was good about CAMHS? What could be better? What changes would you like to see?
We will have the meeting on Microsoft Teams or on Zoom and it would be for about 60 minutes.
We are also talking to young people, other agencies, the HSE and the CAMHS teams but it is very important that the voice of the people who use the services with their child are heard and reflected in the report.
We will be writing write a report about what our findings which will probably be ready early next year. We will publish the report on our website (mhcirl.ie). If you do want to chat to us, nobody reading the report will know you talked to us. We won’t use your name and you do not even have to tell us your name if you don’t want to. Nor will we use any private details you tell us.
Thank you for reading this and if you do want to chat with us, we look forward to meeting you.
Susan
Contact Details
If you are a Parent willing to take part in this review, please click HERE to submit the form with basic details, alternatively you can the Mental Health Commission directly please email [email protected]
ADHD Ireland 11/05/2022
