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One teen's experience of 'isolating'mental health provision

WEDNESDAY05 NOVEME! "0#$As a ne% report points o&t serio&s failings in chilren's mental health

services( one teenager tells )hannel $ Ne%s a*o&t *eing sent to A+E *, his

heateacher an tol to stop -*lac.mailing- teachers/

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Sam%as #5 %hen he %as treate for s&icial tho&ghts an ps,chotic

hall&cinations/ Over the co&rse of nine months he %as seen *, t%o

ps,chiatrists an t%o therapists( having to start from scratch %ith

treatment each time/

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-1t %as a constant c,cle of &ps an o%ns %ith moo(- he tol Channel 4

News/ -Yo&r therap, gets into the same c,cle as ,o&r s,mptoms/ 1t %as a

repetitive c,cle of not getting an,%here/-

2i school in irmingham %asn't m&ch *etter/ -When 1 %as s&icial( 1 %o&l

often *rea. o%n in school/ 1 %o&l tell m, form teacher3 '1'm reall,

str&ggling( 1 feel close to crisis'(- he sa,s no%/ -2e referre me to the

heateacher( *eca&se he in't .no% ho% to eal %ith me/ 4he hea got

ver, angr, an as.e %h, 1 %as *lac.mailing m, teachers/-

Read more on Victoria Macdonald's blog: 'Serious problems' inchildren's mental health services

D&ring one partic&larl, *a episoe( in %hich he sa,s he %as hall&cinating(

tal.ing a lot( an -%asn't reall, in to&ch %ith realit,-( the school calle an

am*&lance an he %as sent to A+E/

4he, sai he co&ln't come *ac. &ntil he %as -sta*le- an he *ecame an

inpatient over Easter 6&st *efore his 7)SEs/ At this mental health hospital(

he in't come into contact %ith an, health professionals for #" %hole a,s/

-1t %as an increi*l, emotional time(- he sai/ -1t's ver, isolating( especiall,

%hen ,o& on't have the n&rses there or the professionals %ho aren't

s&ppose to *e esignate to ,o&/-

Sarah rennan( chief exec&tive ofYo&ngMinson the health selectcommittee report on chil an aolescent mental health services3 -8or fartoo long %e have hear over an over again from ,o&ng people an theirfamilies a*o&t the over%helming istress ca&se *, lac. of access tomental health services/

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-We have *een tol co&ntless times of the intense fr&stration of mentalhealth professionals as the, attempt to o their *est for chilren( ,o&ngpeople an their families %ho are s&9ering on a ail, *asis/ We hear fromteachers facing a tial %ave of mental health pro*lems( an eepfr&stration from professionals an commissioners as.ing &s ho% can the,

plan an eliver services %hen information on the scale of ,o&ng people'smental health pro*lems is ten ,ears o&t of ate an their reso&rces areevastate/

-4he health select committee report proves *e,on all o&*t that chilrenan ,o&ng people's mental health services are facing a ma6or crisis/ 4hep&*lication of this report m&st *e a pivotal moment in aressing this crisis(o&r response has got to change( no longer can %e sit *ac. an preten thisisn't happening/-

No% #:( he sa,s his treatment improve signi;cantl, once he %as on the

right antips,chotic r&gs/ 2e %as a*le to go an ta.e his 7)SEs an A

levels/

&t he %elcomes toa,'s report( partic&larl, the call for more teacher

training an more 6oine &p care( %ith comm&nication *et%een the vario&s

strans of )AM2S