“A healthcare assistant abused my daughter while she was in a mental health facility”

Kate remembers the moment her daughter Emily (names changed), 21, told her that she had been sexually abused by a healthcare assistant in the mental health facility where she had been receiving treatment. “I remember getting the phone call from her saying what had happened,” says Kate. “She didn’t say, ‘I’ve been abused.’ She said, ‘I’ve been having a relationship with a member of staff.’ I was really shocked, and my first thought was, ‘Well, that’s wrong.’”Emily was diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder, a condition in which people experience intense and fluctuating emotions, at the age of 17. She had received years of treatment in mental health facilities after experiencing self-harm, suicidal thoughts, eating problems, and difficulties with interpersonal relationships. Her mother says that she attributed many of these issues to sexual abuse that Emily experienced as a child.This sexual abuse meant that Kate was horrified when Emily told…
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