I agree , when your 16/17 its really quite hard in the MH system and some can go without help because their seen as too old for camhs but too young for CMHT. When I was 16 I got a letter from CAMHS due to sh but I refused to see them. Then a few months later when I was 17 I was sent to my gp again due to sh, by my parents I was then assessed by adult services , found out I didn't meet there criteria so after a few weeks I got a letter from camhs again , which I went to. My psych was on his hols so I was assessed by another psych then a few weeks later assessed by my psych. However about a month later I ended up in hospital for an od and eventhough I thought I was with camhs. I was assessed by the crisis team , on the discharge letter it did say I would be referred to CAMHS though I had already been assessed by them!
I found out a few months later by my then cpn that he didn't assess me as he was 'leaving in a few weeks'
It was hard been assessed and passed on from pole to post and my parents thought because I was been passed on that there was more things wrong with me.
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