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And now, competing for the title of Shortest International News Item Ever...

From YoungPeopleNow:

Mental Health: Services told they fail Black people

Campaigners are calling for youth mental health services to address race discrimination.

Black Mental Health UK and Black Majority Churches in Britain say child and adolescent mental health services have failed Black young people.

They want a reform of the 1983 Mental Health Act.

Matilda MacAttram, founder of Black Mental Health UK, said: "Every Child Matters is failing if it is excluding the concerns of Black young people in mental health services."

The words "Every Child Matters" give me the same oogly feeling as "No Child Left Behind." Ick.

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.