The British Psychological Society welcomes the announcement of a five-year plan for a complete overhaul of mental health services for children and young people in England.
This follows the publication of a report by the Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce which found that many young people are not able to access the help they need.
Chair of Society Division of Clinical Psychology's Faculty of Children and Young People Julia Faulconbridge, the Society's representative on the government Taskforce said:
"The Taskforce successfully engaged children, young people and parents throughout and harnessed the knowledge and drive of a wide range of people who have frontline experience of working in the field. The Society commends the accurate and succinct account of the current problems in mental health provision for children, young people and families. The evidence from our members shows that these have now reached crisis point. The report contains a powerful summary of the social, psychological and economic costs of the current lack of provision and the arguments for change are very welcome."
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