BRITAIN: An exceptional student who attended a grammar school in Britain recently committed suicide. The 18-year-old was suffering from depression after developing severe acne on her face and upper body.
The girl started suffering from the problem when she turned 14. She was prescribed medication for her condition but the same pills have been responsible for a number of cases of depression and suicide, reports Daily Mail.
This was not her first attempt at suicide. She had tried ending her life in August 2009 the day before her AS-level results were due.
She was kept under observation by mental health services but she took the drastic step again and this time she succeeded. The court was told that those who were supposed to look after her, let her down.
Her body was found in April 2010, seven months after her last appointment with a psychiatrist. Her sessions were discontinued because the health expert went on leave and no one else was ready to take her case.
The brilliant student could have been saved if she was was given better care, a psychiatrist told the court.
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