Picture posed by a model of a teenage girl showing signs of mental-health issues
(Picture: Gareth Fuller / PA)Young people experiencing mental health crises need to have attempted suicide multiple times before they get a bed in an inpatient unit in England, a report has revealed.
The threshold for obtaining a bed in child and adolescent mental health units is now so high that even very vulnerable under-18s who pose a clear risk to themselves cannot get one.
