Hundreds of mentally ill children and teenagers are being treated on adult psychiatric wards in defiance of a government promise to halt the practice. A report that lifts the lid on the desperate state of mental health services for young people says that only 15 per cent of health trusts have complied with the Government’s commitment that all young people would be treated in special units, not with adults, by this November.
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Case study : ‘No one my own age to talk to’ - The Times 1st October 2008
Child mental health care warning - BBC Health News 30th September 2008
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