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This chapter is unique, as one of its authors, Lola-Rose, is a young person who has accessed psychological services within a forensic setting and chooses to share her story. It is intended that she shares her experiences to enable professionals, services and commissioners to be more aware of strengths and areas of improvement in respect of service design and delivery. Naylor, Lincoln and Goddard (2008) highlight that it is important that research on marginalised young people at risk of offending should be undertaken, since their needs are great and their use of services is low. The other two authors of this chapter are professionals from criminology and psychology backgrounds, respectively, and they have helped Lola-Rose to share and reflect upon her experiences. These authors are Emma Jamieson, a countywide manager from a Youth Offending Service (YOS), and Rebecca Marshall, a practitioner psychologist who is a multisystemic therapy (MST) consultant. The young person’s experiences of these two services are shared, along with her experiences of a substance use service, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) and National Health Service (NHS) hospital admissions.
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Morris, LR., Jamieson, E., Marshall, R. (2015). ‘Through My Eyes’: A Young Person’s Experience of Forensic Mental Health Settings. In: Rogers, A., Harvey, J., Law, H. (eds) Young People in Forensic Mental Health Settings. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137359803_2
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