Documentary shines light on plight of youngsters

A MENTAL health crisis blighting the lives of young people in Scotland and crippling emergency services has been exposed in a new documentary series.

- BY JENNIFER HYLAND

A shocking 80 per cent of police callouts now involve no criminality with time increasingly taken up by public safety concerns and well-being checks.

Reported Missing paints a shocking picture of the battle to respond to the soaring number of youth mental health emergencies.

The BBC show follows officers in a race to trace 16-year-old Larissa, who has bipolar disorder and left home wearing only her pyjamas after an argument.

After a frantic search the teenager - who has been under the care of mental health services since the age of five - is discovered in hospital following an overdose.