About a dozen adolescents, some as young as 14, are admitted to the Adult Mental Health Unit each year, and advocates are ''deeply concerned' for their recovery and safety.
About a dozen children under the age of 18 in Canberra are being admitted each year to an adult mental health facility which advocates say is not "a safe environment" for them.More than 15 children were admitted to Canberra's Adult Mental Health Unit in the most recent financial yearA dedicated adolescent facility is still 18 months away
Five of those patients required admission to the high-dependency unit, where nurses maintain constant line-of-sight and personal belongings are removed. "I think you'd be hard-done-by to find someone that would ever agree that that's an appropriate place for a 14 year old," Mr Pickles said.
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