Five years on from her first Camhs appointment, Jane has had ‘nothing that deals in a substantive way with [her] difficulties’, says her mother
Five years on from her first Camhs appointment, Jane has had “nothing that deals in a substantive way with [her] difficulties”, says her mother.
“We had no choice but to go private. Five months later we had an autism diagnosis which we expected would open a suite of support and information at Camhs. The resources and staff weren’t there. All the professionals were caring and committed but were trying to deal with crisis mental health in a system that was broken.
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