A&E can be a frightening environment for anyone in mental health crisis, let alone a child. Making them spend more than 12 hours there is simply unacceptable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Children as young as six going to A&E in mental health crisis

NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.

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Heartbreaking figures. The causes will, of course, be complex. But a caricatured debate about 'overdiagnosis' is a dangerous distraction when, as @mind.org.uk's @gemmabyrne.bsky.social says here, over half a million under-18s are on mental health waiting lists www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Suicide rates among young people in England rose 50% in 10 years, figures show

Charities accuse government of ‘sliding backwards’ on child mental health after ONS findings

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We don't know what evidence the government is using to back up its claims about 'overdiagnosis' of mental health problems. But here's what we do know about the nation's mental health (1/7)

Mind@mind.org.uk · 2y ago

Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?