Lessons to learn after Adam's suicide

Full Story:
http://www.stopinjusticenow.com/News_0308.htm
FOUR key lessons should be learned following the suicide of tragic teenager Adam Rickwood, health chiefs have been told.
Adam, 14, of Burnley, who died in August, 2004, after he was found hanged in a secure remand centre in County Durham, was a patient under the care of the children's and adolescent mental health team (CAMHS) run by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.
A report by the Lancashire Safeguarding Children's Board made four recommendations which deal primarily with Adam's earlier care.
The first recommendation suggests that the trust should develop a policy in relation to drug and substance misuse, in child protection matters, for all youngsters, and not just looked-after children.
Child protection referrals should be explicitly considered' for any child admitted to hospital after deliberately harming themselves.
Timely psychiatric assessment of children and adolescents should be available in appropriate cases', says the report.
And when a child misses two or more CAMHS appointments, consideration should be given over whether a needs assessment should be carried out on an individual.