The average length of stay (days) of overnight stay separations from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) inpatient units for the reporting period, excluding separations with a length of stay greater than 35 days.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are specialist mental health services provided for children and adolescents up to the age of 18 years with serious emotional disturbance. Services include crisis assessment and treatment, intensive mobile youth outreach support, continuing care case management, school early intervention programs, acute inpatient services and day programs.