Teenager Mia has struggled to get the support she needs and feels the help she now has 'came far too late'.
Mia spends much of her time staring out her bedroom window, the view dominated by a nearby housing block.
The teenager’s story, indeed much of her life, will be familiar to the many families who have struggled to navigate the creaking mental health system, leaving them feeling their concerns have been downplayed or dismissed.BBC analysis of official NHS data suggests that more than half of young people who get psychiatric support finish their course of treatment with no improvement in their health.
“When you’re a seven-year-old child and you can’t properly understand why you feel so different and so isolated, it’s obviously going to impact you growing up,” Mia recalls.Mia and her mother became convinced she was on the autism spectrum and Christina pushed for an assessment at the local children’s mental health service in Islington, north London.
There was a stop-start nature to the help Mia received over the years. An occasional eight-week course of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy , then nothing for a few months, then some sessions with a different therapist. It encouraged the NHS to “actively involve parents in their child’s care decisions” adding that “addressing their concerns promptly is critical to safety”.In the summer of 2023, when Mia’s health deteriorated further, she was prescribed a course of anti-depressants. She was told the medication could lead to her putting on weight, which infuriated Christina, as her daughter then developed an eating disorder.
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