Sasha Forster was one of the most complex patients many of the mental health professionals who treated her had encountered. Despite her difficulties, Sasha’s family insist that she was a clever, lovely young woman who wanted to get better and was ultimately let down by a raft of problems in the way she was treated. Because of her rituals, staff struggled to persuade her to eat or drink. Sasha told them she had been turned away by psychiatric liaison and said she had the potentially toxic medication with her. Angela said: “I told Sasha she had to go inside if she wanted help.

Source: The Guardian May 23, 2019 17:37 UTC