Monday, February 08, 2010

Sometimes grown ups are worth it

A very sad remark from a young woman speaking about her experience of mental health problems.

The problem with moving on to adult mental health services – well before I was 18 my life was worth more – I was worth saving.”

Which illustrates, yet again, how the assertion that the rights of the child are always paramount is not as uncomplicatedly benign as we like to think.

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