21/02/2013

The Invictus Trust

Today I signed an amazing e-petition to help the Invictus Trust - a mental health charity based in Cornwall. Set up by the amazing family of a popular teenager who sadly took his life as a consequence of his battle with mental health problems, the trust has huge aims. Cornwall's suicide rate has been higher than the national average since 1993, and yet the mental health care, especially for young people, is shockingly low-key. The nearest centre for people with acute mental health problems who need specialist care is in Plymouth. Plymouth is in Devon. Instead, young people are put into wings of hospitals where the care is focused on adults. Whether psychiatry and anti-depressants are ever the answer is an utterly separate debate, but the fact that young people, and especially teenagers must be treated differently is just plain obvious. The Invictus Trust is campaigning to have a centre built in Cornwall, for young people ages 13-24, who need specialist care for mental health issues. The centre will have special equipment, facilities, trained psychologists, access to a range of talking therapies, art therapy and music therapy. Unlike the centres families are currently forced to use, the new centre will focus on positivity, recovery and health not illness. It's an incredible cause, and though the plans have been drawn up by the local authorities - funding is needed from the NHS trust. Please sign up and make a difference, for this family and for families across Cornwall.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/44415

and find out more:
http://www.invictustrust.co.uk/project-invictus-e-petition/

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