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sherlock holmes · 29-04-2012, 10:53 AM

Yeah I know about child and adolescent mental health services, but there's a gap in my opinion between those and adult services.

At about 16 or 17 you're considered too old really for CAMHS and get shoved onto adult services. On adult psychiatric wards most patients are severely ill and the average age is about 50.

That's why I think there should be a bridging service for 16-25 year olds so that they can get specialist treatment just for their age group with special inpatient wards etc.

29-04-2012, 10:53 AM	#3
sherlock holmes do you like my potato? Join Date: Mar 2004	Yeah I know about child and adolescent mental health services, but there's a gap in my opinion between those and adult services. At about 16 or 17 you're considered too old really for CAMHS and get shoved onto adult services. On adult psychiatric wards most patients are severely ill and the average age is about 50. That's why I think there should be a bridging service for 16-25 year olds so that they can get specialist treatment just for their age group with special inpatient wards etc.
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