Dr Helen Smith

Clinical Director, CAMHS, NHS Ayrshire and Arran

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Dr Smith came to Scotland 1992 and never left. She is dual trained in Forensic and Child and Adolescent psychiatry. She has worked as a consultant psychiatrist in adolescent inpatient care and Forensic CAMHS services previously. She is developing Foxgrove (National secure adolescent inpatient Unit). This will be for young people aged 12- 18 years with mental health difficulties that present a significant risk to other people. She is clinical director of CAMHS in Ayrshire and Arran and the current Chair of the CAMHS faculty of Royal College of Psychiatrist in Scotland.