“People need to be able to reach out and feel assured that the support will be there for them.'
Children and young people referred to specialist mental health services in West Dunbartonshire could be waiting up to two years before they receive treatment.
“I would like some more information on children’s mental health and CAMHS. One of the questions I asked at the health board recently and I was intrigued by the answer was [to do with waiting times]. “We commissioned some research through Glasgow University to see what parents and young people would like to see, so we are very much taking the findings of that research and looking at how to redesign the services going forward.
Councillor Conaghan said: “I think the challenge is around the culture which is something that will take a generation to change and for a long time people didn’t talk about their feelings.