Psychiatrists and psychologists recognise that a child’s behaviour, when unusual, troubling or troublesome, is often a reflection of a disturbance in the system around them. This is an unconscious process. The function of that behaviour can be to draw the attention of professionals to that which is (or should be) concerning: abuse or neglect, parentalContinue reading ““Sometimes the healthiest wheel is the squeaky wheel: Why children and young people come to the attention of health services, and the meanings made of this””