Camhs Goes Wild Penarc The paper in bjpsych open by mcnicholas et al, reference mcnicholas, kelleher, hedderman, lynch, healy and thornton 2 describes how government lockdown measures and restrictions during the covid 19 pandemic in 2020 affected referral rates to camhs in the republic of ireland. the authors observed an initial drop in referrals in the months of. Abstract. the covid 19 pandemic and government lockdown restrictions have had an impact on children and young people worldwide. in this editorial, we explore how and why referrals to uk children and adolescent mental health services (camhs) have changed during the pandemic and summarise the emerging data on the potential reasons behind this.
Child And Adolescent Mental Health Services Research Inspired By A higher proportion of patients referred to camhs during covid 19 were deemed urgent, and increased numbers were in need of onward referral from camhs to other specialist services, which included in patient and hospital based paediatric liaison psychiatry services. This piece reflects on and examines various questions issues which have arisen for our camhs in co clare, in the first 4 weeks of the nationwide covid 19 pandemic lockdown. given the considerable uncertainty in current times, it is intended to highlight some preliminary views, with the aim of re visiting issues in post pandemic times. A correspondingly high rate of covid‐19 related worry was also observed in the camhs workforce. the level of covid‐19 worry and adverse wellbeing are unsurprising given the high mortality rate of the virus, saturation in the global media, and the perceived threat the virus poses to clinicians' health, loved ones, and wider society. 1. recommended routine infection prevention and control (ipc) practices during the covid 19 pandemic. encourage everyone to remain up to date with all recommended covid 19 vaccine doses. hcp, patients, and visitors should be offered resources and counseling about the importance of receiving the covid 19 vaccine.
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