Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service- Information for GPs

Welcome to the Division of Mental Health (CAMHS) page for GPs and other medical specialists who work with CAMHS services, such as Paediatricians. This page has been set up in collaboration between the Division of Mental Health at the Women's and Children's Hospital, with Southern CAMHS through the Division of Mental Health at Flinders Medical Centre and the South Australian Division of GPs (SADI) as a key reference point on information on CAMHS Services. If you have feedback or suggestions on how these pages could further assist your practice please contact Sandy Terry on Ph: 8723 3749.

Referral Information

If you wish to make a referral to CAMHS you can do so by contacting the nearest CAMHS Service. The referral process to CAMHS is the same as any other medical speciality with the exception that in addition to your referral we require the parents to make contact with our service to activate the referral. The reason for this is to reduce the rate of Do Not Attend appointments.

Information for Young People

Information for young people is available at the Headroom website. The site has been developed by young people with the assistance of mental health professionals. The site is divided into a number of rooms, including the Kitchen in which you will find information for GPs on a range of mental health topics. This information has been checked for relevance by focus groups of GPs. Information for young people (12-18 years) is available in the the Lounge. This information can also be printed out as handouts in your surgery if this is more helpful. Other rooms include the Family Room, which is designed for parents and the Cubby House which is designed for children aged 6-12 years.

Pamphlets on CAMHS Services

All CAMHS Pamphlets are available online for your convenience. They can be printed out for information of yourself or patients.

Clinical Attachments

All CAMHS Units offer half day attachments.The aim of the attachments is to provide you with an orientation to a CAMHS service of your choosing. Attachments are available across the full continuum of care from inpatient services, day patient programmes, to community and country services. Please contact Pauline McEntee on Ph: 8161 7198 for further information about attachments within the Division of Mental Health (Northern CAMHS), Women's and Children's Hospital or Clive Skene on Ph: 8204 5412 for further information about attachments with the Division of Mental Health (Southern CAMHS), Flinders Medical Centre.

Case Conferencing

GPs can now be involved in case conferencing and be paid for that involvement through the Enhanced Primary Care Programme (EPC). Case Conferencing is a specific item number. GPs can be paid for a case conference for every inpatient discharge and up to five case conferences per year for community sessions. Pro-formas and other resources for GPs are also available for downloading. Two checklists will also assist you depending on whether you are arranging a community or hospital discharge case conference. The Division of Mental Health would be pleased to be involved in working with GPs to develop  Enhanced Primary Health Care Plans for appropriate patients.

HeadStart - training in child and adolescent mental health for GPs

HeadStart was a Level 1 training program run through SADI. The training program is no longer running but access to information on the program and handouts can be found at the HeadStart website.

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