Help! Have been given a three-line whip appointment at CAHMS. This will be the third time my insomniac (18 months or more), self-harming (over a year) clinically depressed (finally diagnosed by GP last December) 15 year old daughter will see them. First appointment last December (with a social worker - how crazy is that, when she was referred because of depression and self-harm) just confirmed that she would continue to see the school counsellor who she had just begun (don't know when) to have sessions with.
CAMHS refuse to let her have an appointment with a psychiatrist (I'm a single mum, working part-time and really strapped for cash, so going the private route just isn't an option). Everyone agrees that she needs CBT but there is a 6 month waiting list.
Can anyone out there let me know if
- they have successfully had their GP make a referral direct to an NHS psychiatrist?
- they have been accused of blocking treatment for their child/children
(with social service involvement threatened).
- they have been accused of lying eg not phoning CAMHS when they said they had (I've just printed out my BT itemised bill to show I have tried to get them) and having CAMHS ring school to check up on something (unfortunately whoever CAMHS spoke to got it wrong, and the PCN told my GP that I was being obstructive...)
Any positive suggestions would be incredibly helpful!