Document 1: The leaflet below includes a map of the three Strategic Health Authority areas in the north of England and highlights the PCT districts that do not currently commission child and adolescent psychotherapy services. The leaflet also identifies the functions that may be missing locally if child and adolescent psychotherapy is not commissioned and the impact of these gaps on service delivery and patient outcomes

• Commissioning CAPt (872kb)

Document 2: This paper provides a brief outline of the role of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists, the types of work they undertake and the distinctive skills and knowledge they bring to the multi-disciplinary team.

• CAPt - A Brief Guide (130kb)

Document 3: This report presents the results of a survey of the clinical work undertaken by the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists employed by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust. The report gives an indication of the numbers and types of patients seen by the CAPts in one particular service and the length of treatment undertaken. It shows that the type of work CAPts undertake is multidisciplinary in nature and draws on evidence to adapt practice to work with families or parents, or with the individual child, where this best meets the presenting problem.

• Newcastle CAPt Audit (68kb)

Document 4: This document provides examples of some of the many ways in which Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists across the country are responding to New Ways of Working and supporting the development of effective services focused on the needs of children, young people and their families. It is hoped that these examples will provide models for how commissioners and service providers can use Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists in ways that make best use of their distinctive contribution; within multi-disciplinary targeted and specialist CAMHS and working into universal services.

• New Ways of Working (204kb)

Document 5 : This brief list of books published by Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists demonstrates the scope of clinical and applied work undertaken and the extent of the research and practice development that continues to flourish within the profession.

• Body of knowledge (14kb)

Document 6 : I nvest to Save: The cost-effectiveness of developing child and adolescent psychotherapy services. This document demonstrates that investment in child and adolescent psychotherapy can provide positive long-term outcomes for children, young people and their families and, significantly, this can result in cost-savings and better use of resources for the NHS, children’s services and partner agencies.

• Cost-Effectiveness of CAPt (195kb)

Document 7: This following document is an example of a 5 Year Strategy for the development of child and adolescent psychotherapy services from Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust. This may be a helpful template for developing local plans.

• NTW 5 Year Strategy (64kb)

Document 8: Summary of the systematic review of research evidence for the effectiveness of psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapy. For ease of reference the summary of evidence included in the Invest to Save document has been pulled out into the following brief paper.

• Evidence of Effectiveness (141kb)

Document 9: " Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: A Systematic Review of Psychoanalytic Approaches". 103 pages

• Systematic Review (1.42Mb)

Document 10: " Process and Outcome Research in Child, Adolescent and Parent-Infant Psychotherapy: A Thematic Review " 166 pages

• Thematic Review (1.46Mb)

Document 11: An outline of the training requirements for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists and the process for developing NHS funded training posts in the north of England .

• Guidelines for Trusts (176kb)