Mental Welfare Commission calls to prioritise intensive psychiatric care units for young people
The number of young people being treated for mental illness in non-specialist hospital wards has risen for a second year in a row in Scotland, official records show.
In 2018-19, patients under the age of 18 admitted to non-specialist hospital wards, nearly all of which were adult wards, rose to 118. These admissions involved 101 young people and was an increase on the previous year’s figures of 103 admissions involving 90 young people.
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Aamna Mohdin
Mental Welfare Commission calls to prioritise intensive psychiatric care units for young people
The number of young people being treated for mental illness in non-specialist hospital wards has risen for a second year in a row in Scotland, official records show.
In 2018-19, patients under the age of 18 admitted to non-specialist hospital wards, nearly all of which were adult wards, rose to 118. These admissions involved 101 young people and was an increase on the previous year’s figures of 103 admissions involving 90 young people.
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