Specialty Doctor - CAMHS Recovery and Support Pathway

Focussed Intervention and Recovery Support (FIRS) and Specialist Intervention and Recovery Support (SIRS)The FIRS and SIRS teams provide support for young people who are experiencing a moderate to severe mental health condition such as depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, and bipolar disorder. They were previously combined in one large Getting More Help Pathway but as the service recognised this covered a wide range of needs, the pathway has been redesigned to separate out those young people who can benefit from evidence based focussed interventions, and those who require longer term interventions, may require a more intensive approach to safety planning, or complex multi-disciplinary or multi agency support. FIRS offers a range of psychological interventions and psychiatric management focussed on a specific condition, for example medications and CBT for OCD, or EMDR for PTSD. SIRS offers more integrated multidisciplinary interventions and can offer systemic therapy and psychotherapy where appropriate. The aim is that young people can move fluidly between the teams depending on the complexity of their needs.