Children denied help with mental health unless they attempt suicide

Lack of resources among local authorities is so severe that UK faces worst crisis in 150 years, Barnardo’s warns

Britain is confronting a mental health crisis because resources for children are so stretched that some only receive help if they seriously self-harm or attempt suicide, Barnardo’s has warned.

Javed Khan, chief executive of Britain’s largest children’s charity, said that young people’s mental health had never been worse in the organisation’s 152-year history. Radical action was needed, he said, because funding cuts had forced charities to abandon vital services.

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2rnkDuo