The mental health legislation sometimes applies differently to children.

See also

Related Mental Health Act 2007 amendments:

• 16- or 17-year-old with capacity cannot be detained on basis of parental consent 1/1/08

• New requirements for age-appropriate accommodation for children (April 2010)

External links

From DH website:

• Improving access to child and adolescent mental health services - 4/8/09 - "This joint DH/DCSF guide states how the 18 weeks referral to treatment standard, (NHS Operating Framework for 2009/10) applies to non-emergency consultant-led CAMHS services and pathways. This guide does not set any new standards or targets. It shows how accessible low-wait CAMHS can be achieved and provides good practice examples."

From Dept for Children, Schools and Familes website:

• Keeping Children and Young People in Mind: The Government’s full response to the independent review of CAMHS - January 2010

The CSIP website is dead but the following documents were taken from there:

• [www.rethink.org/document.rm?id=7666 The Mental Health Act: Essential information for parents and carers] - published by Rethink/NIMHE, February 2009 (Rethink website)

• Children and Young People: Legal Aspects of Care and Treatment Professionals Guide - published by NIMHE 16/1/09 (NHS Evidence website)

• Royal College of Psychiatrists Tool: Safe and Appropriate Care for Young People on Adult Mental Health Wards - published by NIMHE 15/1/09 (RCPsych website)

• Pilot Programme: Safe and Appropriate Care for Young People on Adult Mental Health Wards - published by NIMHE 6/1/09

Links taken from CSIP website:

• Systems Model for Planning the Implementation of the Age Appropriate Environment - February 2009

• Updated Headspace Toolkit for young people who are inpatients - February 2009

Ofsted:

• An evaluation of the provision of mental health services for looked after young people over the age of 16 accommodated in residential settings - 18/2/10