OO-CAMHS

About the Book

“OO-CAMHS could very well begin to change the face of mental health care in the UK” Barry Duncan OO-CAMHS is a whole service model that incorporates existing evidence on how to improve outcomes, reduce non-attendance and dropout rates and save money through improved therapeutic efficiency. This service transformation toolkit covers every aspect of improving the mental health of children and young people that any clinician and team needs to know about. From the evidence base to the clinical encounter to management and supervision, this toolkit will enable your service to experience the benefits of a radical revolution in young peoples’ mental healthcare.

About the Author

Sami Timimi OO-CAMHS Lead, Certifi ed Trainer and UK Project Leader for Heart and Soul of Change Project Sami Timimi is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Director of Medical Education at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and a Visiting Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Lincoln, UK. He writes from a critical psychiatry perspective on topics relating to mental health and has published over a hundred articles and chapters, many in leading peer reviewed journals, on a range of subjects including eating disorders, psychotherapy, behavioural disorders, and cross-cultural psychiatry. He has authored four books, including Naughty Boys: Anti-Social Behaviour, ADHD and the Role of Culture, and A Straight Talking Introduction to Children’s Mental Health Problems. He has co-edited 3 books including Liberatory Psychiatry: Philosophy, Politics, and Mental Health with Carl Cohen, and has co-authored with Brian McCabe and Neil Gardner The Myth of Autism: Medicalising Men’s and Boys’ Social and Emotional Competence. Reach Sami at: stimimi@talk21.com Dianne Tetley OO-CAMHS Research Director and Trainer Dianne is Assistant Director of Research and Effectiveness at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Lincoln, UK. Her work is primarily aimed at improving the quality of mental health care for service users. Dianne is an innovator and implementer of quality improvement initiatives. She has received expert training in the set-up and application of client directed outcome informed approaches to clinical work and service delivery. Reach Dianne at: Dianne_Tetley@hotmail.com Wayne Burgoine OO-CAMHS Developer and Trainer Wayne is a Senior Clinical Psychologist and Team Manager for the Bairnsdale and Sale CAMHS teams based in the rural and remote regions of Victoria in Australia. As the lead clinician in such a huge geographical area, he is focused on finding innovative ways to support the mental health and well-being of the young people who live across this region. After working for over 6 years in UK CAMHS teams in Lincolnshire, he emigrated to Australia in July 2011, and is now bringing some of the new and innovative ideas that were developed with the UK teams to the other side of the planet. In particular, he is still working with the OO-CAMHS team in Lincolnshire, not only to support the development of the new model in the UK, but also to help to show its applicability to Australian clinical populations too. He welcomes any contact with other clinicians or researchers in Australia who share these interests. Reach Wayne at: wayneburgoine@hotmail.com