A story that saddened me was published today in The Age on-line:”The national depression initiative beyondblue has been called negligent for ignoring gay and lesbian young people in new guidelines to help doctors diagnose and treat depressed teenagers.

The agency’s 127-page document includes just two sentences about gay adolescents, although their rates of self-harm and suicide are up to eight times higher than those of heterosexual teens…”

That’s after assuring lesbian and gay groups, earlier this year, that beyondblue had not abandoned them.

I know there will be more to the story than has been reported, I only know what has been reported.

beyondblue say that “Depression and anxiety can affect anyone, anywhere, at any time” so it is doubly distressing that beyondblue has been accused of being “”incredibly neglectful” for failing address the particular needs of a (more) vulnerable group.

Situation not good enough, and I know I just finished saying that we each do what we can, I know that and I am trying to believe that good intentions are enough, but not always and not today.