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Psychiatrists attack 'scandal' of child mental health spending [TheGuardian.com]

 

NHS bodies are spending as little as £2.01 per child on mental health care for young people, despite the big spike in anxiety, depression and other serious problems among under-18s.

Psychiatrists claim the small sums being spent by GP-led clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England constitute a national scandal at a time when youth self-harm and suicide are rising.



[For more of this story, written by Denis Campbell, go to https://www.theguardian.com/so...amp;utm_medium=email]

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I haven't seen a recent issue of the NHS QI e-newsletter "The Edge", in quite some time, but I'd be curious to learn how  BBC and other news outlets frame this public concern. I had heard that British Psychiatrists had a "Rift" with British Psychologists a few years ago, and thought there might be more to this story than just the Psychiatrist's 'World View' and 'Press Release'. I'd be curious to know what the Epidemiologists and Neuroscientists have to add to this story-especially as the World Health Organization's 2013 Assessment of the world's healthiest children was done using a modified and expanded [US CDC/Kaiser-Permanente ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) screening tool.]

Thank You, Corinna West, for the link to ATSI 'White Paper'.

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