Graham Lewis

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Like many people her age, Callie Lewis loved the animals, and posting videos You had on YouTube and Tumblr.

But Callie, who was diagnosed, fought with Asperger's syndrome at a young age, with chronic depression and thoughts of suicide.

"Callie, was a passionate Animal Rights activist, she would always say that they much prefer animals to people," recalls her mother, Sarah Lewis .

she was just 24 when she took her own life.

Well, the one tells Callie's story, The Role of view is played by the suicide forums, in the death, and the challenge for the NHS over what is recognized, You have to take care of deficiencies in Callie.

It was not until just over a month before her death that Callie chat with strangers in the online suicide forums began.

These are the corners of The Internet , where people discuss, share suicide, and in some cases, information on how someone can end their own life.

In posts on a suicide forum, Callie said, other users on failed attempts to take the life. In another, You asked for help, hiding their intentions of Mental Health professionals.

'Deepening' of suicide websites

After hanging out on the forum, Callie a new discovered self-murder method, and even bought a "suicide kit" that You used later, to end her life.

Callie ' s mother believes that The Site played a major role in the death of their daughter in August 2018.

she went to stay in Windermere, Cumbria - 350 Miles Away from her mom, where she remained for several days before her life.

"Without these forums, I think My Daughter would have struggled to find The Information You sought about How To die," says Sarah.

Sarah, Callie's mother, to her daughter the story

she found out that Callie had with them have been after one of your daughter Close Friends , Jan - a former special needs Teacher - alert, out of concern for Callie's safety.

According to Jan, Callie had "deepened" in the suicide websites, which You can do The Promotion were "her".

Jan says Callie cut ties with him in the run-up to her death. "You felt that, if You don't communicate with me, You would be able to do it, But if You cut me the word and communicates with them would make, that You did it. "

"If we had been on the suicide website, You , to feel that set off alarm Bells - it started as an obsession," says Callie's grandpa, and Graham Lewis .

After the termination of communication with family and friends before her death, The Last people to have spoken to You , Callie, were the forum users.

Instead of trying to help her, You encouraged her to take her own life.

"good luck. We all wish You a speedy trip," wrote one. "May You find peace, My Friend ," said another.

" Bury this sites

"we are In the UK, the Samaritans show the 24-hours helpline to connect number people who are depressed, suicidal or in need of help and advice You need, as quickly as possible," say the Google guidelines, which were sent to news beat.

"We remove pages from our index, under limited circumstances, including, if required by law.

"We do not believe that it is our job to decide what people should be able to find on The Web , But we recommend wider debate on this issue so that companies can work together to make the decisions. "

information and support

If You or someone You know, needs support for the topics emotional distress, be able to help.

The government says that "more needs to be done to counter The Promotion of self-harm and targeted vulnerable people online" and adds that it is the "development of world-leading laws to a new task of the care on the online business towards your users".

It has a partnership suicide-prevention experts, the Samaritan, and is working with online companies.

The Samaritans want to find ways to "bury" sites as those that had Callie before her death, to find it difficult to online search engines.

"We don't want to jump on The First pages of the searches," says Jacqui Morrissey, a spokeswoman for The Samaritans .

The people on The Site , Callie used to deny any involvement in her death, But Sarah says they are "kidding themselves"

"If we don't get rid of, let's try and bury You , let's make it hard to find for people, so if You are looking for information on what You come across, the helpful supportive information in The First place. "

But the people who deny the website that You are used to that their platform encourages everyone to end their lives.

"We offer a space for discussions on the topic of suicide, without censorship," they informed us by SMS.

"Our community and The Site does not encourage suicide. This is strictly against The Rules . "

on the question of concerns about the disclosure of forum-users with access to detailed methods of killing herself, she replied: "knowledge is power... What You do is your responsibility. "

"You 're kidding yourself if You think these are useful forums," says Callie's mom, Sarah.

another way

"One of the things we hear from families often have to save that there are so many missed opportunities, their loved ones," says Ms Morrissey.

"What we would say, who are struggling to cope with it, suicidal feelings are temporary. You may not feel it at the time, But they do happen, and there is support available. There is always another way. "

But the support Callie needed was hard to come by. Despite your mom's efforts to help from the NHS meant that a series of errors, she was lost in The System .

The Last time Sarah saw Callie, was on a train station. Desperately worried about their daughter, Sarah, had called The Police . If there is no Mental Health bed for Callie, The Night , she spent The Night with officers in a police car.

Callie had denied a Mental Health evaluation the next morning, But to no immediate intention to kill himself. She had already asked the forum users for advice, for convincing NHS staff she was OK before the test.

Callie asked the forum users for advice on How To mislead You , medical professionals

You also said Mental Health professionals, You don't want to be your mom, any information about your treatment, when she was about 18.

Callie, was then taken over by their local Community Mental Health Team, called Callie Three Times and got no answer.

The Rules say that, if this happens, someone has to visit the person at Home - But this is not going to happen. The person will be assigned to Callie's case worker went then is ill. No One was to take appointed Callie's case.

It took 13 days before Kent and Medway NHS Trust, Callie realized, had disappeared, and in that time, they had killed themselves.

"I kept her safe all her life And Then the moment I asked for help, keeps You safe and is just very hard for me to come up with, I feel that I made the wrong decision," says Sarah.

"It is the thought that the only questions of yourself is lost and No One will be able to help You .

"upset me really. I needed to know that someone somewhere is caring for them, and No One was and I was not able to. "

'let's not Callie'

Kent and Medway NHS Trust, Panorama said it was "deeply saddened by Callie's tragic death".

"We have failed, Callie with The Standard of care that awaits You and your family and we apologise unreservedly for this," it said in a statement.

The Trust said Panorama, it improved the operational processes and staffing.

A study in Callie's death had concluded that the failure of A Number of individual and organizational mistakes in their care in the amount of gross. Sarah says she is "really grateful that You listened to and confirmed that her death could have been avoided".

Now, Sarah wants to remind Callie, for More Than "just their disease. "

"she has sometimes, they talk about the end of her life, But until these last few weeks, I never thought You would actually do. I used to think of me, You 're still alive at 90, surrounded by cats and cups of tea said, probably, she wanted to die. "

"I really believe, your spirit was one that could change The World If Only The World was more acceptance for people that are a little different," said Sarah at Callie ' s funeral.

"You would never have mounted, in a normal Form, But we love You unconditionally. "

You can watch Failed by the NHS: Callie's Story on BBC1 at 20:30 (Monday night or.

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Source of news: bbc.com