title: Being turned away when seeking help only adds to the problems.
abstract: It is a disgrace that a police assistant chief constable had to take to Twitter to get something done about a 16 year old with mental health issues held in a police cell for more than 36 hours because no hospital bed was available for her in the UK.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lyth
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom