Once a young person is referred and enters CYPMH,  they will be provided with a range of clinical and non-clinical youth mental health services in both the community and inpatient settings. Programs range from early recognition, intial contact and assessment, through to acute community based support, recovery and ongoing care. These include:

• ypage: the entry point for young people to access the clinical and non-clinical youth mental health services of CYPMH following a referral from Central Intake

• youth mental health (YMH): provides intensive case management for young people 12-24 years with a range of mental health problems and mental illness other than psychosis

• young people and early psychosis intervention (YPPI): provides specialist intensive case management and support (up to 2 years) for young people aged 12-24 years who are experiencing early or first episode psychosis

• youth mental health recovery and therepeutic groups: aimed at enhancing the individual work undertaken through the teams above. The recovery program offers a range of sepcifically designed groups to meet holistic needs of young people

In additon to these services, there are also a range of mental health prevention, promotion, early intervenion, research and evaluation programs within CYPMH which include:

• mental health and parenting

• pregnancy and infant mental health support

• children of parents with a mental illness (COPMI)

• school link

• mental health research and evaluation

• youth mental health projects

• primary health clinics

• vocational, educational, training and employment (VETE)

If a referral is appropriate, the young person is then assigned a Case Manager. CYPMH provides a free, confidential service for young people and their families. Youth Mental Health (YMH) teams work in both Gosford and Wyong Local Government Areas

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