Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

CAMHS are specialist mental health services for children and adolescents up to the age of 18yrs and their families. 

They provide priority access for: 

  • Children, adolescents and families at highest risk for current or future impairment.
  • People with the greatest need for specialist intensive and/or long-term mental  health interventions.
  • People who have been exposed to multiple risk factors for mental health problems.

CAMHS services vary in each Area Health Service. Services provided include:

  • Specialist community based services for children and adolescents and their families
  • Specialist community based support for Children of Parents with a Mental Illness
  • Specialist day programs for more intensive treatment
  • Specialist acute and non-acute inpatient services for children and adolescents
  • Specialist outreach services (e.g. telepsychiatry program to increase support in rural communities)
  • Forensic services for adolescents whose mental health problems have led to interaction with the justice system.

Find your local CAMHS

Central Coast

Eastern Sydney

Phone contact:

  • 1800 011 511 or (02) 9382 1564
  • (02) 9382 4347 or (02) 8198 7300 (St. George) 

Illawarra

Learn more about the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District.

Phone contact: 1800 011 511 

Nepean Blue Mountains

Learn more about the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.

Phone contact: 1800 011 511 

Northern Sydney

Learn more about the Northern Sydney Local Health District.

Phone contact:

  • 1800 011 511 or 02 9485 6155 (Hornsby)
  • 02 9466 2500 (Northen Beaches)
  • 02 9448 6877 (Ryde)
  • 02 9462 9222 (North Shore)

South Eastern Sydney

Learn more about the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District.

Phone: 1800 011 511  

South Western Sydney

Learn more about South Western Sydney 

Phone: 1800 011 511  

Western Sydney

Sydney

Learn more about Sydney Local Health District.

Phone: 1800 011 511 or 9562 5640

Rural & Regional NSW