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Letters Child mental health services

An intercollegiate call for children and young people's mental health

BMJ 2017; 359 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j5180 (Published 15 November 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;359:j5180
  1. Max Davie, consultant community paediatrician and assistant officer for health promotion1,
  2. Faraz Mughal, GP and clinical fellow in mental health2
  1. 1Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London WC1X 8SH, UK
  2. 2Royal College of General Practitioners, London NW1 2FB, UK
  1. maxdavie{at}gmail.com

Dubicka and Bullock eloquently explain the current crisis in children and young people’s mental health and the inadequacy of current approaches.1

The Royal Colleges of General Practitioners, Paediatrics and Child Health, and Psychiatrists acknowledge that mental health is everyone’s business and that only concerted and joined up action across all sectors will effect change. As medical professionals we hope to …

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