Infant, Child & Adolescent Mental Health | Bay of Plenty | Hauora a Toi | Te Whatu Ora

Tauranga Hospital

Contact Details

Phone (07) 579 8380
Fax (07) 578 7961
Email camhsadmin@bopdhb.govt.nz

Street Address

829 Cameron Road
Tauranga South
Tauranga
Bay Of Plenty 3112

Postal Address

Private Bag 12024
Tauranga Hospital
Tauranga

290 Cameron Road, Tauranga

Contact Details

Phone (07) 579 8380
Fax (07) 578 7961
Email camhsadmin@bopdhb.govt.nz

Street Address

290 Cameron Road
Tauranga
Bay of Plenty 3110

106 Commerce Street, Whakatāne

Contact Details

Phone (07) 306 0470 / 0800 486 947 (Voyagers)
Fax (07) 306 0471
Email voyagers.intake@bopdhb.govt.nz

Street Address

Ground Floor
106 Commerce Street
Whakatāne

Description

Formerly Bay of Plenty DHB Infant, Child & Adolescent Mental Health

If your child or teenager is suffering from mental health issues, the Infant, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (ICAMHS) may be able to support.

Fees and Charges Categorisation

Free, Partial fees apply, Fees apply

Fees and Charges Description

Government funding of health and disability services means that eligible people may receive free inpatient and outpatient public hospital services, subsidies on prescription items and a range of support services for people with disabilities in the community.

Check to see if you are eligible for publicly funded health and disability services here.

Hours

8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Mon – Fri 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

For crisis assistance outside of these hours, please contact the Acute Care Team - Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Service on 0800 800 508 (Tauranga) or 0800 774 545 (Whakatāne).

Public Holidays: Closed ANZAC Day (25 Apr), King's Birthday (3 Jun), Matariki (28 Jun), Labour Day (28 Oct), Auckland Anniversary (27 Jan), Waitangi Day (6 Feb), Good Friday (18 Apr), Easter Sunday (20 Apr), Easter Monday (21 Apr).

Programmes

Infant, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service

ICAMHS has a team of psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, occupational therapists and social workers who will all help you and your child/teenager through their treatment. What to expect The ICAMHS/Voyagers team will see you and your child/teenager in one of our clinics. In Tauranga, children are seen at the Tauranga Hospital clinic and teenagers are seen at our community clinic at 290 Cameron Road. In Whakatāne, children and teenagers are both seen at our community clinic at 106 Commerce Street. Our service provides: specialist assessment recovery-orientated treatment, intervention and advice support for eating disorders SORTED - providing support for alcohol and/or drug misuse for your child or teenager. During working hours, our team will provide crisis assessment, intervention and support for children and teenagers experiencing extreme mental health distress. Outside working hours, crisis support is provided for children and teenagers by the Acute Care Team.

Programme Areas

Crisis / acute, Mental health

Programme Type

Intake / assessment, Community based support - mental health, Non-acute specialist mental health community services, Eating disorders

Regions

Bay of Plenty

Age Groups

Child / Tamariki, Youth / Rangatahi

Referral Types

Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services

Referral Process

Your child or teenager may be referred to ICAMHS by a health professional such as your GP or another hospital service. GP or clinical referrals, please use the referral form below.

If you would like to access this service directly, please call (07) 579 8380 (Tauranga) or (07) 306 0470 (Voyagers Whakatāne). You will speak to a member of our team who will check that this is the right service for your needs.

Description

ICAMHS has a team of psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, occupational therapists and social workers who will all help you and your child/teenager through their treatment.

What to expect

The ICAMHS/Voyagers team will see you and your child/teenager in one of our clinics. In Tauranga, children are seen at the Tauranga Hospital clinic and teenagers are seen at our community clinic at 290 Cameron Road. In Whakatāne, children and teenagers are both seen at our community clinic at 106 Commerce Street. 

Our service provides:

  • specialist assessment
  • recovery-orientated treatment, intervention and advice
  • support for eating disorders
  • SORTED - providing support for alcohol and/or drug misuse for your child or teenager. 

During working hours, our team will provide crisis assessment, intervention and support for children and teenagers experiencing extreme mental health distress. Outside working hours, crisis support is provided for children and teenagers by the Acute Care Team.


https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/public/mental-health-specialty/infant-child-adolescent-mental-health-bay/