In 2006 the Government published a report of the expert group on mental health policy. This report is called A Vision for Change. One of the recommendations of this report is that mental health services for children should be provided by multidisciplinary teams. In effect this means that each team is made up of clinicians from different disciplines who all work together to provide a range of therapeutic interventions for each child. Usually a Multidisciplinary Team is made up of the clinicians in the following areas:
1. Consultant Psychiatrist
2. Psychiatrist in training.
3. Nurse
4. Psychologist
5. Social Worker
6. Occupational Therapist
7. Speech and Language Therapist
8. Social Care Worker.
Click on the links to read more information about each discipline in Lucena Clinic.
You can also read the full text of A Vision for Change
Growing up can be fun but tricky. Sometimes people need to talk to a grown up to help figure out a problem. It’s good to talk about worrying things so we can better understand our feelings and how we act.
Adolescence is an important time of physical, social, emotional and educational development. It can be exciting but confusing. Sometimes it can feel like we don't have any control over what we think or how we feel. But by making simple changes to our lives, we can make a real difference.
Lucena was the name of the house and the first hospital which St. John of God opened in 1537 in the city of Granada, Spain. To honour the 5th centenary of the birth of St. John of God in 1495, the Order renamed its Child and Adolescent Mental Health services as Lucena Clinic Services.
The Order wishes to extend the same hospitality shown by John to everyone who came seeking help, healing or shelter at his house on Lucena Street, to every child and family coming to any of the clinics at Rathgar; Tallaght; Dun Laoghaire, Bray and Wickow.
Lucena Clinic Services is the Child and Adolescent Mental Health service of St. John of God Community Services Limited. Lucena Clinic Services is a registered charity and has been providing a mental health service to children and adolescents and their families for over 50 years.
The Lucena Clinic services are delivered via our 5 clinics in
Rathgar - tel : (01) 492 3596
Tallaght - tel : (01) 452 6333
Dun Laoghaire - tel; (01) 280 9809
Bray - tel : (01) 286 6886
Wicklow - tel : 0404 25591
If you are trying to contact ST. PETER'S SCHOOL please visit their website. St. Peter's School or
ring their DIRECT LINE : 01 4999300 Please do not ring Lucena Clinic as we cannot transfer your call.
You may meet one of us when you first come to the clinic, or we may be asked to work with you during your treatment by another team member who has met with you. You might also meet Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists during your assessment or treatment, they work in teams under the supervision of fully qualified Staff Grade or Senior Clinical Psychologists.
Clinical Psychologists in CAMHS offer psychological assessments, talking therapies in groups or individually and consult to their teams when necessary.
Assessments involve a variety of approaches including interviews with individual children and young people, families and sometimes other people who are closely involved like teachers.
Clinical psychologists in CAMHS also carry out observations and sometimes use questionnaires and psychometric tests and use their specialised knowledge and experience to assess and treat moderate to severe mental health problems.
Fay MurphyB.A. Psychology, MSc. Neuroscience, DClinPsy, PG Dip Clinical Paediatric Neuropsychology Principal Clinical Psychologist, Head of Department of PsychologyLucena Clinic CAMHS, St John of God Community Mental Health Service |
