WHO AM I?

WHO AM I?

I am one of a group of parents, carers and community members closely involved with a young person who suffers or suffered from severe, complex and chronic mental illness and who were all in-patients at the Barrett Adolescent Centre in Wacol before it was closed in 2014.

The Barrett Centre was a holistic medical facility specifically set up for adolescents and run by QLD Health. Our children were there because we had exhausted all treatment services in the community and they were in the high risk category with nowhere else to go.

We know however that there were many young people across the state on the waiting list for Barrett when it closed and that there are many others in the community still unidentified who had not even got that far. They now have to rely on what services are available in the community.

We would like to hear about your experiences in accessing mental health services across the state. 

Have you or are you still trying to find medical help in your own community for your young person with a mental illness?  

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