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Lessons from Serious Case Reviews: Child mental health

Safeguarding in child and adolescent mental health services is often overlooked. The NSPCC has analysed evidence from serious case reviews to identify risk factors and learning for improved practice.

Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) practitioners have a key role to play in helping children and young people rebuild their lives following difficult early experiences such as abuse and neglect. However, organisational and operational challenges can result in many vulnerable young people not receiving the help they need when they need it.

Reasons case reviews were commissioned

This briefing is based on case reviews published between 2015 and July 2017, which highlight lessons for practitioners working in CAMHS. In these reviews, children died or suffered serious harm as a result of suicide or self-harm.

Key issues for CAMHS in reviews

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