Psychologist, researcher, activist (NHS, human rights, mental health, LGBT, youth, social justice). Promoting children &young ppl mental & physical health 🇮🇪
Sep 25, 2018 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1/7 #KidsInCrisis@SeanFletcherTV@BBCPanorama presents a stark reality re access to #CAMHS MH services. We need early intervention & prevention models. But we also need to look at societal influences: poverty, need2achieve, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), austerity, media.
2/7 We are too quick with this population to jump to biological& neglect the psychosocial &political elements. CAMHS staff work hard and feel under pressure and when a system is under pressure and at breaking point - like any of us - it does it’s best to survive.
