In an emergency, you should contact your GP, NHS24 on 08454 24 24 24 or phone the Royal Edinburgh Hospital switchboard on 0131 537 6000 and ask to be put through to the on call Specialist Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the Mental Health Assessment Service.
What is CAMHS?
CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. These services work with children and young people and their parents or carers.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Teams are based at:
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
9 Sciennes Road, Edinburgh EH9 1LF
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Morningside Place, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
St John's Hospital at Howden
Howden Road West, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6PP
CAMHS Midlothian
Eastfield Medical Centre
Eastfield Farm Road
Penicuik
Midlothian
EH26 8EZ
CAMHS East Lothian
Edenhall Hospital
Pinkieburn Road
Musselburgh
EH21 7TZ
For further information please see:
www.depressioninteenagers.co.uk
www.stressandanxietyinteenagers.co.uk
www.eastlothian.gov.uk/downloads/CHILD_Book_List_-_recommenders_pack.pdf