Wandsworth Child and Adolescent Mental Health Learning Disability Service (CAMHLDS)

This service provides a comprehensive range of services for children and young people who have emotional and behavioural problems, and to their families.

The service is available to children and young people up to 18 years of age who have a severe learning disability and mental health problem/s.

If you want a referral to CAMHLDS, you need to contact the ACCESS Child and Youth Mental Health Service who are the single point of referral, providing access to help for children and young people in Wandsworth up to the age of 18 years, who may have mental health needs.

ACCESS and Wandsworth CAMHLDS are not emergency services.  If you have a child or young person who requires emergency assistance, then contact the child’s GP or go to the A&E Department at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London SW17.

This service offers a wide range of assessments including psychiatric evaluation, psychometric testing, speech and language assessment and behavioural and family assessments. Once the assessment has been completed the team is able to offer a wide range of therapies to help children overcome the problems they face, including:

• speech and language therapy;
• behaviour therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT);
• staff consultation;
• family therapy and family work; and
• liaison with other services and professionals

Enquiries are welcome by telephone and fax.