Intellectually disabled teenager kept sedated in mental health unit finds a permanent home
(WorldNews New Zealand)

A boy once sedated and locked in a hospital room because there was nowhere for him to go has been reintegrated into care. But the Children`s Commissioner says his concern has `not changed one centimetre` on the country`s lack of specialist children`s facilities. The Christchurch teenager, who has Down syndrome and cannot be named for legal reasons, spent a total of about two months locked in a room at Princess Margaret Hospital earlier this year. He was in its child, adolescent and family (CAF) inpatient unit, where he was given melatonin to help him sleep and risperidone, an antipsychotic drug. READ MORE: * Down syndrome boy failed by Child, Youth and Family, say former caregivers * CYF...