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That's exactly right. CAMS and similar departments are under-resourced and under funded, and the staff in these organisations are often over worked and inexperienced. (Not their fault, it's often their first job out of Uni - and they don't hang around very long, because of the stressful...

I think you'll find that the psychologists in public practice would think this is a waste of money and a dumb idea. These type of ideas usually come from academia or government departments. It hasn't been thought through. If a three year old is diagnosed with a mental illness, what then? Is a...

My wife (a psychologist) told me about this last night, and she is absolutley horrified by it, for a number of reasons. Firstly, it will be GP's (not mental health professionals) doing the screening. Secondly, three years of age is a ridiculously young age to be 'screening' for this type of...