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High Concern

Welcome to the ‘High Concern’ page. High level concern is where you or your child are struggling with poor mental health and are in need of intensive supports to provide help that can ease and treat specific conditions. This area contains a range of services to further support you with this. Many of these services require a referral from a GP, teacher, school nurse or social worker.

On this page

CAMHS & Neurodevelopmental Services
Domestic Abuse & Violence
Drugs/alcohol/gambling 
Feeling anxious/worried
Feeling low/sad/depressed 
I need to speak to someone now
Ways to help my wellbeing

NOTE – Whilst aiming to provide the best quality information possible, we do not recommend or endorse any particular service which is listed, offer advice about choice of service and have no responsibility for any support provided.

CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)

Category:

  • CAMHS & Neurodevelopmental Services

Mental Health Support:

  • Gain an understanding of the mental health needs of the young person and their family then provide specialist skills matched to meet that need

Eligibility: 

  • Moderate to severe emotional, behavioural mental health difficulties

Age Range:

  • Birth to 18th birthday if the young person is still in high school education

Referral Route:

  • Written request from education or medical staff who have good knowledge of the child and the child/young person and parent/carer if appropriate have consented

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • NHS Lanarkshire

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • NHS Lanarkshire
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Accommodated Young People (CAYP)

Category:

  • CAMHS & Neurodevelopmental Services

Mental Health Support:

  • A direct therapeutic service to young people, carers and staff who are affected by care experience. The service aims to support and improve young people’s mental health. Education for staff and carers

Eligibility: 

  • Accommodated children and young people (N.B not kinship, adopted or looked after by private services)

Age Range:

  • 0 – 18 years

Referral Route:

  • Agency referral

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • NHS Lanarkshire

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • NHS Lanarkshire’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Intensive Treatment Team (CITT)

Category:

  • CAMHS & Neurodevelopmental Services

Mental Health Support:

  • Provide intensive support and treatment to young people who are already involved in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. Provide support and advice to parents or carers who are struggling with their child’s illness. CITT also provides support to inpatient paediatric wards at Wishaw General Hospital

Eligibility: 

  • Young people who require short intensive intervention

Age Range:

  • 0 – 18 years

Referral Route:

  • Referrals are accepted from other CAMHS services such as locality teams, Reach Out, CAMHS Learning Disability Service and CAYP (Care Accommodated Young People)

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • NHS Lanarkshire

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • NHS Lanarkshire’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Learning Disability Service

Category:

  • CAMHS & Neurodevelopmental Services

Mental Health Support:

  • Specialist mental health care and consultations with health professionals, education and social work to improve the wellbeing of a child

Eligibility: 

  • Young people with moderate, severe or profound learning disability with suspected additional mental health issues

Age Range:

  • 5 – 18 years

Referral Route:

  • Written request from education or medical staff who have good knowledge of the child and the child/young person and parent/carer if appropriate have consented

Website:

Contact Details:

  • North Base
    Coathill Hospital
    Hospital Street
    Coatbridge
    ML5 4DN
    Call 01698 753804
  • South Base
    Udston Hospital
    Farm Road
    Hamilton
    ML3 9LA

Lead Agency:

  • NHS Lanarkshire

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • NHS Lanarkshire’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Paediatric Psychology Service

Category:

  • CAMHS & Neurodevelopmental Services

Mental Health Support:

  • Provides direct clinical support and treatment to children and young people with a range of medical conditions

Eligibility: 

  • Young person has to have a paediatrician

Age Range:

  • 0 – 18 years

Referral Route:

  • Referrals are accepted from other health professionals

Website:

Contact Details:

  • Glenshirra Building
    Coathill Hospital
    Hospital Street
    Coatbridge
    ML5 4DN
    Call 01698 753804

Lead Agency:

  • NHS Lanarkshire

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • NHS Lanarkshire’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Reach Out

Category:

  • CAMHS & Neurodevelopmental Services

Mental Health Support:

  • Provides specialist mental health support to infants, children, young people and their families who are affected by parental mental ill-health. Provides specialist support and training to other professionals

Eligibility: 

  • Infants, children, young people who are affected by parental mental ill health

Age Range:

  • 0 – 16 years and 16 – 18 years if still in secondary education

Referral Route:

  • Written request from education or medical staff who have good knowledge of the child and the child/young person and parent/carer if appropriate have consented

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • NHS Lanarkshire

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • NHS Lanarkshire’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
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Assist

Category:

  • Domestic Abuse and Violence

Mental Health Support:

  • Specialist domestic abuse advocacy and support service focused on reducing risk to and improving the safety of victims of domestic abuse. Aim to ensure that all victims of domestic abuse – women, children and men – are safe, informed and supported throughout their involvement with the criminal justice system

Eligibility: 

  • Victim in a domestic abuse case going through court

Age Range:

  • All

Referral Route:

  • Primarily police but can also be referred by self or agency

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector
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Aura

Category:

  • Domestic Abuse and Violence

Mental Health Support:

  • Provide support for people affected by domestic abuse

Eligibility: 

  • Families affected by domestic abuse

Age Range:

  • 16+

Referral Route:

  • Self or agency referral

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • North Lanarkshire Council

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • North Lanarkshire Council
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Lanarkshire Rape Crisis

Category:

  • Domestic Abuse and Violence

Mental Health Support:

  • Support for people who have been raped or sexually assaulted at any time in their lives.

Eligibility: 

  • Living in Lanarkshire

Age Range:

  • 12+

Referral Route:

  • Self referral or agency referral

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Rape Crisis Lanarkshire

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Rape Crisis Lanarkshire
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Women’s Aid: Motherwell/Cumbernauld/Monklands

Category:

  • Domestic Abuse and Violence

Mental Health Support:

  • Provide support for women and children affected by domestic abuse

Eligibility: 

  • Woman or children affected by domestic abuse

Age Range:

  • All

Referral Route:

  • Self or agency referral

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • NHS Lanarkshire

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • NHS Lanarkshire
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Circle Scotland

Category:

  • Drugs/Alcohol/Gambling

Mental Health Support:

  • Whole family support service to promote children’s healthy development

Eligibility: 

  • Families affected by substance misuse

Age Range:

  • All

Referral Route:

  • Self or agency referral

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • NHS Lanarkshire

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • NHS Lanarkshire
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Infant Mental Health

Category:

  • Feeling anxious/ worried

Mental Health Support:

  • The new service is dedicated to developing an infant-centred specialist service and provide support

Eligibility: 

  • There are concerns about a baby’s emotional development and well-being. There are concerns about a baby’s relationship with the parent and their relationship with their baby.

Age Range:

  • 0-3 years

Referral Route:

  • Via Health Visitors

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Lanarkshire Health & Social Care Partnership/ Lifelinks

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • North Lanarkshire: Lifelink
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Education Resources Psychological Service

Category:

  • Feeling anxious/ worried

Mental Health Support:

  • Provide support to parents and carers, teachers and other professionals in their attempts to meet children’s educational, social and emotional needs.
    There are concerns about a baby’s emotional development and well-being. There are concerns about a baby’s relationship with the parent and their relationship with their baby.
    Provide children and young people (aged 0 – 19) with the support and encouragement they need to do their best at school. Provide advice to North Lanarkshire Education Resources and other professional colleagues, on how everyone can work together to achieve the best outcomes for every child.
    Provide consultation and advice to colleges, Skills Development Scotland and other agencies working with young people aged 19-24 years

Eligibility: 

  • Delayed development, speech, language and/or communication difficulties. Significant difficulties in learning, or with school work. Emotional barriers which significantly interfere with learning or behaviour. Behaviour which may be causing serious problems at home and/or at school. Physical difficulty providing a significant obstacle to learning

Age Range:

  • 0-19 years

Referral Route:

  • Ed-Psychology The Educational Psychology Service involvement is normally negotiated through the link Educational Psychologists and the Named Person in educational establishments (normally the Head Teacher or Depute Head Teacher in Primary Schools or the Head of Establishment in a pre-school provision)

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Glasgow City Council

Locality:

  • Lanarkshire (and wider)

Delivering Organisation:

  • Glasgow City Council
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Perinatal Mental Health

Category:

  • Feeling anxious/ worried

Mental Health Support:

  • This specialist service is to support existing provision in identifying and managing women with mental health problems in relation to childbearing, which we have defined as pregnancy and up to 12 months postnatal. We will also offer preconception advice for those women at risk

Eligibility: 

  • For women with mental health problems in relation to childbearing, which we have defined as pregnancy and up to 12 months postnatal

Age Range:

  • Perinatal

Referral Route:

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • North Lanarkshire Council /Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector
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Perinatal Mental Health

Category:

  • Feeling anxious/ worried

Mental Health Support:

  • This specialist service is to support existing provision in identifying and managing women with mental health problems in relation to childbearing, which we have defined as pregnancy and up to 12 months postnatal. We will also offer preconception advice for those women at risk

Eligibility: 

  • For women with mental health problems in relation to childbearing, which we have defined as pregnancy and up to 12 months postnatal

Age Range:

  • Perinatal

Referral Route:

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • North Lanarkshire Council /Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector
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DBI (Distress Brief Intervention)

Category:

  • I need to speak to someone now

Mental Health Support:

  • DBI is a non-clinical intervention, consisting of two interrelated parts. Level 1 sees trained front-line staff such as health, police, ambulance and primary care staff help ease the person’s distress, provide a compassionate response and where appropriate, involves an offer of a seamless referral, with confidence and clarity to a DBI Level 2 service. Level 2 is provided by commissioned and trained third sector staff who contact the person within 24-hours of referral and provide community-based problem solving support, wellness and distress management planning, supported connections and signposting. North Lanarkshire the 3rd sector partner is Lifelink and South Lanarkshire the 3rd sector partners are LAMH and The Richmond Fellowship.

Eligibility: 

  • Support for those with an emotional  distress presenting to frontline services including A&E, Police, Ambulance, GP, and NHS 24

Age Range:

  • Schools can refer pupils from S3 and upwards. C&YP not in education can be referred by trained staff from frontline services.

Referral Route:

  • Within North Lanarkshire the schools are: Bellshill Academy, Kilsyth Academy, Airdrie Academy and Coltness High. Within South Lanarkshire the schools who can refer include: Strathaven Academy, Larkhall Academy, St Andrews and St Brides and Stonelaw Academy.  Frontline services with appropriate DBI level 1 training such as GPs, NHS 24, Police Scotland, Scottish Ambulance Service and Lanarkshire Emergency Departments

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector
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CMHT (Community Mental Health Teams)

Category:

  • Ways to help my wellbeing

Mental Health Support:

  • Provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment and care management service for individuals and their families, inclusive of treatment, care, support and information

Eligibility:

  • Mental health difficulty and complex needs

Age Range:

  • 18+ (16+ if not in education)

Referral Route:

  • Doctor or other health or social care professional

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Education

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Education
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