How a Sheffield organisation is stepping in to help children better access mental health services and quickly
Managing director and founder, Andrea Chatten, describes Unravel as the ‘bridge’ between educational psychology and child adolescent mental health services, or CAMHS.
Andrea has always been drawn to children with behavioural difficulties and wants people to look beyond the idea that they are ‘just naughty kids’.
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Hide AdShe recognises that there are many barriers in preventing these children accessing mental health services, which is where the problem lies for a large part of it.
Andrea said: “Children are terrified of the system - they refuse to go.
“Parents are also scared to go for fear of being stigmatised.
“Some kids come from homes with parental neglect. If the parent doesn’t take the children, they don’t go.”
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