Revealed: dozens of children still treated on adult psychiatric wards

Revealed: dozens of children still treated on adult psychiatric wards Despite ‘scandalous’ practice being outlawed six years ago, vulnerable minors are still being treated in adult settings

Dozens of children and young people with mental health problems are still being treated on wards containing adults with sometimes severe psychiatric problems despite ministers having supposedly outlawed the practice in 2010, the Guardian can reveal.

Mental health campaigners condemned the persistence of the problem and said it was completely unacceptable for vulnerable minors to be subjected to what many find a “terrifying” experience. The Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb, who had responsibility for mental health care in the coalition government, said putting children on adult wards was scandalous and must be ended at once. Continue reading... The Guardian