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17yo sectioned in all male adult unit

53 replies

scotsheather · 23/08/2019 19:04

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49447655

This was on the news. Just makes me so angry. A vulnerable young woman in a confined space with men.

"She said the men looked at her daughter in sexually inappropriate ways and followed her around the unit."

As if being moved to an adult unit at 17 isn't bad enough. What does it take to get vulnerable women the option of male free spaces when at their darkest place?

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littlbrowndog · 23/08/2019 19:28

I saw that in the news. She is in the royal ed. Her mum said 1 guy was following her around. Fucking awful

ErrolTheDragon · 23/08/2019 19:22

WTF are these facilities mixed?
Poor girl.Sad

IMissGluten · 23/08/2019 19:15

Ugh; I was on mixed general adult psych wards at 16 and 17 and that wasn't fun (you used to age out of CAMHS at 16). This is even worse. Can't believe this still happens. Poor girl - can't she go in an English adolescent PICU, even though it's further away from home?