Västerbotten is the second worst in the country in terms of how long you have to wait for a first visit to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, abbreviated BUP.

According to SKR's compilation “Waiting times in care” last year, only 15 percent received a first visit within the extended care guarantee, ie within 30 days.

Anna Linde, who lives in a small town in Västerbotten, has fought for several years for her daughter to receive an investigation and treatment.

- We began to suspect that she had some form of diagnosis when she was 10 years old, she was bullied at school and student health was not enough to solve the problems.

Had to wait several months for BUP time

First, the family had to wait for months to get an appointment with BUP before they finally got a good contact with a counselor.

But when the daughter started high school and changed school, the investigation that was going on was paused and the contact with the curator also ceased - according to the family without an explanation from BUP.

- Without a confirmed diagnosis, my daughter will not receive the support she is entitled to and needs at school and we will not receive any information about when the investigation will be resumed, says Anna Linde.

The head of operations at BUP, Kerstin Eliasson, can not comment on individual cases, but confirms that investigations sometimes take longer.

Hear Kerstin Eliasson about why investigations drag on or are paused in the clip.

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Hear operations manager Kerstin Eliasson.

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