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I’ve had similar experiences with my daughter. She has long term mental health problems with long periods of hospitalisation under the age of 18. Adult mental health services do not seem able to meet her needs and she’s turned to drug use to control her symptoms. She also has an Autism diagnosis but not severe enough to require intervention from their services. Mental health do not wish to help because of substance misuse, drugs services feel it’s down to underlying mental health issues and so point use back to mental health. The GP feels that it’s too complex for them to manage. Where do we go from here?

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