Mental health services criticised for dismissing bullied teenager's concerns

Jackie Fox has revealed that when her daughter Nicole attended CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services), a clinician dismissed her serious concerns about physical abuse, mental abuse, self-harm, and overdose attempts as 'just a phase' and part of normal adolescence. Fox describes this as a critical failure at a time when Nicole was in 'dire straits,' highlighting gaps in how mental health services respond to young people experiencing severe bullying and abuse.