Enver Solomon on mental health services
"The recent publication of YMCA research into young people and the welfare system was disturbing - in particular the impact sanctions are having on already vulnerable young people, forced to go without food and other essentials. For young people without the usual support of family or friends, this is devastating. I am intrigued as to how the powers that be imagine that starving someone or forcing them to steal to eat is either humane or effective. It is the economic situation, largely created by those who still have jobs and earn obscene amounts of money, that has led to so many of our young people being unable to find work. Let's not make the situation they find themselves in a double jeopardy."
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