Year 11 have just been dumped. Schools don’t seem to want to deal with them and CAMHs are nowhere to be seen.

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Just that really.

What exactly are you supposed to do with a 16 year old who is finding lockdown increasingly difficult.

My 16 year old never goes anywhere, never got to sit any exams, is anxious about results, is sleeping later and later to make the day go away, has no idea when or if A levels will start, has nothing to work towards,motivation sliding, hates life.....

Was under CAMHs but had almost zero from them, they don’t get back to you. What exactly is the point of them and where are we supposed to go for support?School don’t want to know. I get schools now have bigger problems but surely somebody is supposed to be supporting these kids.

I’m going back to work full time from Monday and I’m supposed to leave my depressed teenager alone all day with zero support.

Can’t believe this big wobble has happened days before I go back to work.

Maybe this is the issue? Or at least part of it? CAMHS are shit, I'd be giving some tough love at this point as the longer he wallows the worse he will be. Tell him he needs to get up so you can wash his bedding, open his curtains, open the window, tell him he needs to go to the shop for you or whatever we it takes to get him out of his room, Does he find out to eat or do you take meals to him?

There are online services as well such as Kooth and big white wall. Both work a look at as they are more targetted to peer support. Apologies if mentioned earlier but what are the doing for year 12? Staying at same school or going to a college?

Posted too soon. Does he come out of his room to eat that should say. Is he showering? Can his sister get him involved in something? Get his friends to phone him and arrange to meet in the park?

I had clinical depression as a teenager and was in a private hospital. They did not let me stay in my room. They annoyed the hell out of me by waking me at 8am, opening my curtains, getting me down for breakfast, making sure I went outside for a walk, made sure I did the gym sessions each morning and engaged with others. I was 15 and suicidal. I hated that rough love but I needed it.