Primary Infant Mental Health Specialists

PIMHS offer services to support young children, their families and carers, from pregnancy up to the age they start primary school.

Many professionals working with children can access consultation and advice from a PIMHS in CAMHS. This includes:

• health visitors
• children’s centres
• social workers
• family support workers
• Early Help or Family in Focus in Bristol
• First Point in South Gloucestershire
• GPs
• community paediatricians

• you are pregnant and feeling low or very worried.
• you are struggling with how you feel about being a mum or dad.
• your baby is fretful a lot of the time.
• your birth experience was very difficult.
• your baby struggles to sleep or eat.
• you persistently worry that everything you do is wrong.
• you are feeling isolated or lonely.
• you find yourself having very intense feelings that unsettle you.
• you are tired all the time or feeling that you are just not your usual self.

If you are concerned about the mental or emotional wellbeing of an infant or young child you care for and think you may need our support, you can speak to your GP, health visitor or a member of staff at a children’s centre. One of these professionals will speak to us about whether a referral to PIMHS is appropriate, or whether another service might be better for your family’s needs. For expectant mothers, referrals will go to the AWP Perinatal team first and they will contact PIMHS if appropriate. 

If you are a professional working with children, you can access consultation and advice by contacting PIMHS in your local area using the contact information provided on this page.

At PIMHS, we can offer anonymous consultations to professionals, and we will only know the name of the parent or child following parental consent. Parental consent allows us to record information on the medical records.

• Parent and child sessions
  • This is a chance to explore your relationship with your baby/child and help you understand his/her behaviour. 
• Child-led play
  • By observing your child play and following their lead, together we can gain a deeper understanding of your child’s feelings and thoughts and why they are having the difficulties that concern you.
• Video work
  • ​​​​​​​This can help to build your confidence in interacting with your child.
• Sessions with parents on their own
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​A chance to reflect on the impact of your own experiences, past and present, and make use of a calm space to find a way forward for you and your child.

PIMHS are located in each of the three CAMHS teams in north, south and east/central Bristol, and in the South Gloucestershire CAMHS team. Find out more on our Local Community CAMHS page.

North Bristol CAMHS 

Woodland View 
Thornfield Road 
Brentry 
Bristol 
BS10 6NB 
Phone: 0117 354 6800 

South Bristol 

Osprey Court 
Unit 1, Hawkfield Business Park 
Whitchurch Lane 
Bristol 
BS14 OBB 
Phone: 0117 3408121 

Knowle Clinic 

Broadfield Road 
Knowle 
Bristol 
BS4 2UL 
Phone: 0117 9190330 

East/Central Bristol 

43 Ducie Road 
Barton Hill 
Bristol 
BS5 0AX 
Phone: 0117 3408600 

South Gloucestershire

Kingswood Locality Hub 
Alma Road 
Kingswood 
Bristol 
BS15 4DA 
Phone: 01454 862431 

North Somerset CAMHS

Drove House 
Drove Road 
Weston-super-Mare 
BS23 3NT 
Phone: 0300 125 6700