Teenager battling chronic illness told it's all in her head

Eilidh Berwick can't dress herself without help from her parents yet doctors tell the young ME sufferer that her severe physical symptoms are caused by negative thoughts.
 
Read my story about the brave teenager in the Daily Record along with a sharp editorial comment on the issue of how young people with ME are treated on the paper's website here

Her mum, Carol, thought Eilidh had been to hell and back after she was put through gruelling physiotherapy and treated by doctors who don’t believe she is genuinely ill. Then they tried to put her in a psychiatric unit.
As if Eilidh and her family don't have enough of a struggle on their hands coping with the debilitating illness, they have been subjected to ignorance and a lack of compassion at every turn. It's time for an overhaul of training for primary health care staff so they can provide the care and support that young people like Eilidh and their families deserve.