Thursday 9 February 2017

What can be done to tackle the youth mental health treatment gap? | Paul Burstow

What can be done to tackle the youth mental health treatment gap? | Paul Burstow Too few children and young people are getting the care they need. A new commission at Birmingham university aims to address the problem

By 2020 one in three teenagers will have access to cancer treatment in England. Think about that: only one in three. There would be an outcry. It would be scandalous, horrifying, unacceptable.

It is not true, however. Unless you delete the word “cancer” and insert “mental health”, and then it is.

Related: Growing crisis in children and young people's mental health demands action

Our ambition is to look beyond treatment and containment towards prevention and early intervention. Continue reading... The Guardian

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