First transmitted in June 2002

The Slot features personal accounts of coping with young people with severe mental health problems.

Programme 1: Suicide

Five years after her 19-year-old son committed suicide, his mother still struggles for answers. Information and advice can be found in our Mind Magazine.

Programme 2: Abuse

A mother agonises after her seven-year-old daughter’s mental health deteriorates following sexual abuse. Help and advice are available in our Family Magazine.

Programme 3: ADHD

A mother and daughter feel mixed emotions when they fail to cope with the behavioural problems of a ten-year-old foster child. Find out more about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the Magazine.

Programme 4: Self-harm

A teenager finds herself close to the edge when friends confide about their self-harming. What do you do when this happens? Our Mind Magazine has help and advice.