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Canberra families say ACT public health system failing to provide adequate mental health care to young people

Late last year, 12-year-old Haven was admitted to hospital in Canberra for the second time, suffering from a form of anorexia.

Haven's mother Vanessa said the experience was any parent's worst nightmare.

"You so desperately want your child to come through this and you don't know if [they are] going to," she said.

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