Struggling with Severe Mental Illness: The Story of Maisie
Sally Burke is a mother from Hull. But to see her daughter – 13-year-old Maisie – she is forced to make a 118-mile roundtrip to Sheffield, where Maisie is currently sectioned under the Mental Health Act and receiving treatment for paranoid schizophrenia.
A national shortage of hospital beds means people in crisis are being shunted all over the UK for hospital care. This, tragically, includes children. If troubled young people having to wait for two years for mental health treatment wasn’t bad enough, that they can often only be admitted to psychiatric wards that are miles away from their homes and families is even more terrifying.
The figures surrounding the mental health of young Brits are alarming. The number of children being admitted to hospital for self-harm is at a five-year high. Admissions of girls aged 10-14 have increased by 93 percent in the last four years, to 5,953, while there’s been a rise of 45 percent in boys. Within this same timeframe, NHS spending on children’s mental health services in England has fallen by approximately £50 million.
These have left local services in a desperate position, and the human consequence of this is felt by people like Sally and Maisie. We join the former as she makes the trek to Sheffield, its emotional toll only increased by the knowledge that just a mile away from her home is a unit that could have housed Maisie had its overnight care facility not been shut two years ago.
Maisie is a short film about what happens to a family when a child is hit by severe mental health problems and a government breaks its promises.
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36 Comments
Triple the distance for regional Australia.
This video was basically the mom driving the entire time. Can’t believe I just sat through that. Show the kid and what’s going on with her don’t just take a mothers word.
Feel for those peeps. But yeah I learnt nothing about living with mental illness
I would liked to have met Maisie in this video!
This is all about her and not her child!!!!!! OK you have our sympathy but whats wrong with your child?
This was essentially a whinging exercise for the mother, nothing more, nothing less.
💉✡️💉☠️🧬.
This was not a storie about Maisie. FYI.
Shut up
plz and plz check a friend of mine. Anthony nrmo borderline personaility songs. they guy did these in 1994/5 when no1 wanted to hear mental illness even though he was a government adviser for years and supported people online for the past 30 yrs and never takes praise or ever been paid as he also has mental illness. seems ever singer, sports personality or movie star say they have a mental illness it is the norm. he fought ever1 and still do. no 1 ever talks about what he did. ty even if u check his 4 songs and then compair to now and truth. he has always said any dr.frof,institution to say he has it wrong. everytime he has won, he don't have letters to his name, all his life he has had it and supported and been taught by the people who r ill. from uk to usa, from oz to africa, india, spain inface all of europe asia and the americas. no 1 is the same he preaches and diff countirs, religion, race, colour or even from 1,2nd or 3rd as we say countiris r, he never says nothing but he is there, he saved my live and his admin and mods on line saved hundreds of thousands, try be4 u say no we won't. plz
Legalize medical aid in dying
Seemed to be more focused on her mum, not on Maisie herself
I LOVE YOU MOM ❤❤❤
1 Corinthians 14:33 and Revelation 2:18. Christ/Yahushua was black so if you don't like that put your healing on hold. The world is oversaturated with pure evil and nonsense. Get ya soul clean. Get saved and the mind will follow. Clean that disgusting and dirty heart. Generational curses and the curse you brought on yourself is the reason. Everyone even the wicked is under attack. No excuses.
Hopefully in the future this Mega problem shall be corrected Through Medicine
I will never let my kid in the hands of psychiatrist messing their still developing brain up. Psychiatry does more harm than good.
This video should be shown to all teen girls who are fool enough to think to keep their embryos. I can’t help but think how much suffering would have been soared if only this idiotic woman had had a termination, instead of letting her hormones take over.
Lauren Bridges, and Take Care of Maya are other stories of how medical authorities can legally kidnap children from their parents
i have paranoid schizophrenia it effects my family life i don't talk to my family i have Russian and Irish and Chechen french Corsican they don't want me around because of my schizophrenia i want to give up
on life.
Lame video
Single parent family. Mental illnesses are rife.
I have a mental illness and it sucks
“Being so young myself when she was born”….um what? The kid in the opening scene was maybe 4-5 and this lady is in her 30s. She goes on and on about the challenges and struggles she (mom) goes through. Sounds to me like she fobbed her kid off on the government
I don't care for this issue.
I just started this and not watch Ch ing it because it’s a waste of
Is Vice the one going through mental illness? That little girl seemed perfectly normal to me
❤❤❤i knw its really emotional n sad n touching too see ur child in such a state…of psychological disorders…but see the improvements as well…one day ur child can doo wonders❤❤❤
If you want to see maisie she’s on the documentary “ navigating modern adolescence, social media and mental health mental health documentary”
🚨 VENT 🚨
I am struggling with autism depression suicidal thoughts odc
I almost died once and yeah I’m not joking I barely got any support so I just stayed on my phone online for support there’s more I have not told my parents bc I don’t know how to explain it
I am pretty sure this is the same Maisie as shown in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onJrGijSeuc&t=7630s so that’s an update on her condition I think. But it’s old so she’s probably different this year.
Struggles with severe mental illness, like Maisie's, often require a multi-faceted approach to healing. Dr. Tonmoy Sharma, a distinguished mental health specialist and author, working in collaboration with Sovereign Health institution, has been at the forefront of transformative change in the lives of individuals like Maisie. Their comprehensive methods, informed by years of expertise and innovative techniques, have led to profound transformations as echoed in the testimonies of both employees and patients who have found hope and healing within their care. Dr. Tonmoy Sharma's advocacy for individuals with severe mental illness is a testament to his commitment to helping those in need. By using a combination of evidence-based therapies, tailored treatment plans, and compassionate support, they empower individuals to regain control over their lives and embark on a journey towards mental well-being and fulfillment.
I’m tired
thanks for wasting my time😐
she’s a bit like me…
Meds for life???
Most people in the United Kingdom, suffer from self-hatred, & depression. I believe that this can be attributed to the country being ruled by a bunch of "Leftist Lunatics"!😢