In around 1965, when my mother, Anne, was twelve, she was told she was schizophrenic. A smart, quick-witted child with a talent for comedic poetry and a love of Oscar Wilde, she was not suited to the strict, nun-led Catholic schooling thrust upon her.
Press Release Embargoed 00:01 Wed 28th Nov 2018 Are 1 in 8 children and young people really ‘mentally disordered’? Mental health organisations challenge the language of illness and disorder – On November 22nd 2018, NHS Digital released a widely publicised report on children and young people’s mental health, which found that one in eight children […]