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Question Time Event Details
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Event Date
15-11-2022
Guest Service
Children and Young People Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service ( LPFT)
Guest Name
Amy Butler
Guest Role
Amy is the Head of Service for the Children and Young People Mental Health Services.
The Services range from school based emotional wellbeing services (Healthy Minds Lincolnshire) for young people up to 19 years old (25 years if SEND or Leaving Care ) to more specialist mental health services (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services – CAMHS).
If you have any general questions for Amy (not personal issues) please add them to the question time.
Thank you.
The Services range from school based emotional wellbeing services (Healthy Minds Lincolnshire) for young people up to 19 years old (25 years if SEND or Leaving Care ) to more specialist mental health services (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services – CAMHS).
If you have any general questions for Amy (not personal issues) please add them to the question time.
Thank you.
Audio File
Video File
00:01:25
I understand that parents can self-refer for Mental Health issues and they are then triaged for CAMHS or Healthy Minds etc. Where do I find this webpage?
00:03:03
00:05:49
00:08:51
00:10:19
Can SENCO in schools refer to CAMHS as at the moment they are the only professional we are working with despite having a genetic diagnosis.
00:11:47
00:13:24
00:14:41
Which support groups etc. do Lincolnshire’s Mental Health services recommend parents / children use and do any of them have specialities e.g. age related, SEND related etc?
00:17:23
When a teenager doesn't want to talk to specialists /counsellor /GP about how they are feeling how do you show them, it's for their mental wellbeing?
00:22:54
Can young people (under 18) utilise right to choose to seek diagnosis, and does the CCG have to approve referral?
00:25:04
How do young people access CAMHS support when their struggles are unhelpfully blamed on their additional needs? As if they cannot have additional needs AND mental health difficulties requiring specific mental health support?
00:28:47
Why is it so hard to get your child seen by mental health services? Why does it have to get so bad that you have to hear your child doesn’t want to be here before someone will listen. Here for you line I waited 1.57mins. School are dismissive. Referral to CAMHS twice rejected. My child is struggling and no one will listen but me
00:36:12
Is the parent carer peer support using generic support strategies or do they also have alternatives that are more suitable for parent carers that also have additional needs themselves? i.e., autistic, adhd, etc?
00:37:23
00:39:30
Is support only open to parents of children suffering with mental illness? Is there any support like this available for parents of children with learning difficulties but not mental health illness?
00:40:40
What happens when you have done every self-care thing possible or we have done everything possible with our child? I do meditation, yoga, worry boxes, breathing technics, I literally have a library or self-help, anxiety, building a better mental health books to assist with my daughter’s mental health…but still professionals decline the referral?
00:42:51
My son has been diagnosed with dyslexia and recently autism. He cannot explain how feelings feel, he has anxiety, low self-esteem and exhaustion with school. My question is, I am unsure how to help him to improve his mental health?
00:45:50
Are you actively recruiting specialising therapists in subjects such as art, drama and animal therapies to help children with developmelntal trauma, social & emotional well-being?
00:48:01