CAMHS self-harm teams and crisis/liaison teams; What CAMH nurses bring to the acute moments in young people's lives

Abstract

This chapter focuses on one of the places where young people who self-harm are in contact with services, the general hospital. This includes their experience in the Emergency Department and on hospital wards-usually paediatric wards where young people under the age of 16 are admitted overnight, as recommended by NICE guidelines (NICE 2004).