My daughter had a late diagnosis of ASD, therefore has missed out on intervention.
She suffers from mental health due to this. We have had to visit a&e a few times due to suicidal ideation. I took my daughter down to a & e on Friday afternoon and was seen by an understanding doctor who took the time to talk to her. She was then seen by the psychiatric team and said they would contact camhs for her to be seen by the crisis team. However, I phoned camhs myself to be told that my daughter doesn’t meet the criteria to be seen and will have to wait until she gets to the top of the waiting list. I felt I was being spoken down to and was repeatedly told that my daughter doesn’t meet the criteria.
I’m disgusted at the way I was spoken to on the phone and for the response the psychiatric team reported back to camhs. My daughter is not attending school, has poor eating habits, (making herself sick), screaming with fear due to the things she sees and the different voices she hears in her head. She thinks she has throat cancer, the list is endless... during our most recent time at a & e she told the dr that one of the therapists told my daughter that if you don’t open up you are wasting my time and there’s people a lot worse than her. I want to know what service supports a child’s mental health, if camhs don’t!
"My daughter being failed"
About: Camhs Coatbridge
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