BBC Documentaries

Failed by the NHS (2013x154)

Air date: Jul 29, 2013

26-year-old Jonny Benjamin, who has schizoaffective disorder - a combination of schizophrenia and depression - investigates why many young people with mental illness are failing to get the right treatment from the NHS. In this investigation, Jonny travels the country meeting other young people with mental health problems who feel equally angry about their NHS treatment. He raises concerns about the quality of mental health care provided by GPs, the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), eating disorder units and A&E departments. He also joins some of the documentary's contributors, who decide to try a mindfulness course - a non-invasive treatment for depression and anxiety which is available on the NHS, but rarely prescribed.