A “broken” mum has paid tribute to her "beautiful and brave" autistic daughter who took her own life after spending eight months in a locked psychiatric unit six hours from her family home.
Lindsey Bridges, 43, believes her daughter, Lauren, 20, was failed by the mental health system after spending four years locked in six different psychiatric units.
Lindsey said: “Being an inpatient has robbed me of my daughter, my son of his sister, my parents of their granddaughter and most importantly it has taken away Lauren’s life.
