‘I was in desperate need of help’: a patient’s experience of the mental health beds crisis

In the clip below, Jean – who has used mental health services for 10 years – tells Community Care about the human impact of the issues raised by our investigation with BBC News into problems accessing mental health crisis care.

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Note: Jean not interviewee’s real name. Picture credit: Rex features/Phaney. Thanks to Mind.

More on the mental health beds crisis:

• Patients at risk as unsafe mental health services reach crisis point
• 10 ways the mental health beds crisis is hitting patient care
• ‘This situation makes me embarrassed to work in mental health’: a social worker’s story