Bendigo Health's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is community based and offers services to persons 0 - 18 years who are displaying emotional, relationship, personal care or behavioural disturbances that impact on family and social relationships and/or their functioning in school or workplace.

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is based in Bendigo and has four regional locations (Swan Hill, Echuca, Kyneton and Castlemaine)

Services include:

• assessment and referral to acute inpatient, residential and non-residential rehabilitation, and other generic health services
• case management
• crisis assessment and treatment
• mobile intensive support and treatment
• mental health education to carer and community groups
• mental health promotion
• consultation and liaison with other health workers and agencies, and
• outreach to smaller, more remote centres