Mental ill health - young people's experiences

Experiences of young people with mental ill health

Here at Y:AMHS, we are passionate about supporting young people with mental ill health. Our new blog page will be launching this Mental Health Awareness week, and we'd like to use our first blog post to talk about YOUR experiences of mental ill health. You can opt for your contributions to be anonymised or to have your name published alongside any of your quoted comments. Sharing your experiences will help us to raise awareness of what young people like you might be going through and to raise vital funds to provide treatment and support for young people in our area struggling to get the help they need.

If you need to access any support for yourself, please see our website for details of other agencies who can help, or drop us a line at info@yamhs.co.uk

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* 1. If you would like us to publish your name alongside any of your comments used in our blog post, please provide the name as you would like it to appear in the box below.

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* 2. Have you experienced a mental health condition during the last 5 years?

Yes and I am still experiencing this

Yes but I am now recovered / managing the illness

No I have not but I have supported friends who have

No I have no experience of mental ill health

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Please tell us the nature of your (or your friend's) mental health condition

Depression

Anxiety

Bipolar disorder

Psychosis / schizophrenia

Eating disorder

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How did your (or your friend's) mental health condition affect your daily life?

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* 5. Can you tell us a bit about how your (or your friend's) mental health condition made you feel?

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* 6. To what extent do you feel you (or your friend) received the help and support you needed for your mental health condition?

I received the help I needed when I needed it and was well supported

I received good support and the help I needed but I had to wait a while

I received help and support but I had to wait more than 6 months for treatment

It took more than a year to receive the help I needed

I received the help I needed but it was not effective

I did not receive the help I needed

Other (please specify)

Mental ill health - young people's experiences

Experiences of young people with mental ill health

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* 1. If you would like us to publish your name alongside any of your comments used in our blog post, please provide the name as you would like it to appear in the box below.

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* 2. Have you experienced a mental health condition during the last 5 years?

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* 3. Please tell us the nature of your (or your friend's) mental health condition

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* 4. How did your (or your friend's) mental health condition affect your daily life?

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* 5. Can you tell us a bit about how your (or your friend's) mental health condition made you feel?

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* 6. To what extent do you feel you (or your friend) received the help and support you needed for your mental health condition?

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* 7. Could you tell us a bit about the impact of the support you (or your friend) received or how not receiving help has impacted you?

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* 8. What help and support do you think young people with mental ill health need to help them get better?

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* 9. What (if anything) would you like to see change in the way mental health service for children and young people are delivered?

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* 10. What do you think Y:AMHS and charities like us could do to help?