Struggling with Severe Mental Illness: The Story of Maisie

Sally Burke is a mother from Hull. But to see her daughter - 13-year-old Maisie - she is forced to make a 118-mile roundtrip to Sheffield, where Maisie is currently sectioned under the Mental Health Act and receiving treatment for paranoid schizophrenia.
A national shortage of hospital beds means people in crisis are being shunted all over the UK for hospital care. This, tragically, includes children. If troubled young people having to wait for two years for mental health treatment wasn't bad enough, that they can often only be admitted to psychiatric wards that are miles away from their homes and families is even more terrifying.
The figures surrounding the mental health of young Brits are alarming. The number of children being admitted to hospital for self-harm is at a five-year high. Admissions of girls aged 10-14 have increased by 93 percent in the last four years, to 5,953, while there's been a rise of 45 percent in boys. Within this same timeframe, NHS spending on children's mental health services in England has fallen by approximately £50 million.
These have left local services in a desperate position, and the human consequence of this is felt by people like Sally and Maisie. We join the former as she makes the trek to Sheffield, its emotional toll only increased by the knowledge that just a mile away from her home is a unit that could have housed Maisie had its overnight care facility not been shut two years ago.
Maisie is a short film about what happens to a family when a child is hit by severe mental health problems and a government breaks its promises.
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[@StaticImage]

So... where's Maisie and how is she doing? Because you didn't tell us a fucking thing about her in the story about her.

[@oskr1303]

Wtf was this fcking video about?

[@StaticImage]

Following a mother around as she talks about her daughter. I can only assume her daughter is named Maisie and is who they're talking about, because we never see her or hear about any sort of updates or real info on her.

[@shelbydaniel9143]

They probably didn't say much about her because she is underage.

[@Discountboze]

+Shelby Wallace it doesn't matter if she's underage. if you have a patent/guardians consent then it's fine and the mom seems to be fine with it so

[@shelbydaniel9143]

+Mekenzie Dupreay did you think that maybe they didn't want to disclose on such person information for thousands to see?

[@nerdatheart94]

I assumed we would actually be seeing Maisie....

[@Eveningbreeze721]

same here

[@___starryeyed]

You do realize she's a minor and the fact it's not some reality show, right? What they're potraying is something serious and it is ethically wrong to actually include her in the video

[@Eveningbreeze721]

+Bea Rojas I hear you but there have been other documentaries just like this. And they show the kids.

[@nerdatheart94]

Bea Rojas It's okay as long as they have parental permission. Or, maybe in this case, the permission of the facility she's staying at. There are many documentaries where minors are shown.

[@spacelumps]

+nerdatheart94 agree, boo

[@Plague_Doc22]

Would've liked to atleast see the meeting between the mother and the daughter.

[@cardindex5657]

Right instead we get just the car ride

[@xUnleadedx]

Plague Doc That's why i commented "we literally learned nothing about Maisie and her mental illness. Just that it (for lack of a better word) inconveniences the mum."

[@MadsDiamond]

Plague Doc I think the whole point of the video was to draw attention to the poor mental health care we have in the UK and the long winded drive Sally has to go and see her suffering daughter. I was expecting to see Maisie too but I'm sure if she's been self harming and is depressed she doesn't want to be filmed. Hopefully we will see her when she recovers.

[@MichieHoward]

Plague Doc I am sure most of us would like to see that, no matter how personal or heartbreaking it would be to view. There may be multiple parts to this. Also maybe we should all stop to think how Maisie would feel with a flipping camera crew coming to visit her out of the blue. Could be scary for a girl who just wants to see her mom.

[@english1midlands]

***** Of course you can.Why do people like you insist on talking about things you have no idea about?

[@xUnleadedx]

So, it should be called "The Story of Maisie's Mom" cause we learned little about living with mental health. We learned that it inconveniences the mother (that's how she makes it sound) and is exhausting to her. But nothing about the actual mental illness. Hopefully there are more parts.

[@BorysPomianek]

xUnleadedx It's about the state of the NHS, not about this particular girl. The girl and the mother are just supposed to represent the kind of situations people find themselves in these days.

[@jmelech]

Borys Pomianek One anecdote does not make a trend. Yes the situation is awful and very inconvenient but we should be grateful these facilities are here, let alone free of charge for everyone. Easy for me to say though I guess

[@Sku11Leader]

xUnleadedx I agree. Maybe the mother should be thankful that there is a place for her daughter to receive care at all. Consolidation means less overhead which means more kids receive the care they need. I'm sorry it's inconvenient for this mother, but her getting to drive a shorter distance may mean fewer kids receive care. Maybe she should move closer?

[@beanbake99]

Sku11Leader I think the real problem here is that there's a decision to be made in the first place, that there was a need to close her local unit. Suicide is now the biggest killer of young men in the UK, with around 6000 per year and metal health needs to be made a priority for the NHS sooner rather than later.

[@dkfsamurai]

***** Like the spoon?

[@howiemandel5787]

So what sickness does the daughter have? They just keep on saying "severe mental illness" it's annoying

[@SolracFS]

I'm not denying that, its just that you can't simply expect that for everyone to be the case , and I don't think it's only the mothers fault. She may have been irresponsible when she was young, but she kept her daughter and is now struggling to find the best place for her. The Nhs' cuts have affected and worsened the lives of many in the UK so don't go and call her an irresponsible mother proving an unfit home for a child that is mentally ill. She still gets up to work and sees her child whenever she can and is therefore, responsible.

[@adamu1978]

***** No, a free market in insurance and health care just drives up the cost of insurance and commodifies what is already a human right--access to health care. As for your opinions on social issues, like single-mother households; perhaps, you should consider reserving judgement. Usually it is those who are upset at their own lives who are quick to say critical things of others.

[@ZaraBanananuff]

Cronicas, I was born to two loving parents who were in their 30's and 40's respectively, my mother had treatment to have me and my parents were married and still are, I have Bipolar type 2 disorder. Your assumption that the child's mother is the reasoning for her mental illness is completely invalid and downright naive, uninformed and closed minded.

[@SolracFS]

Thank you!

[@pootnannies]

***** wow you are terrible

[@SSK-qd1wc]

When you think your gonna meet Maisie but the credits hit you out of nowhere...😒

[@heyheyyouyouperson]

S. SK glad I wasn’t the only one thinking that

[@rubi-roe230]

did anyone else feel a bit robbed by not being able to see her daughter and hear anything from her

[@MelB868]

Yes

[@annagev2171]

Absolutely

[@alundavies8402]

No but I don’t look at pornographers work either

[@alundavies8402]

Christina Reynolds shut your mouth you fucking Nazi

[@ang1692]

@@alundavies8402 what the hell are you on

[@mememachine7382]

Don't call it "The Story of Maisie" if she's not in it. I get the exploitation business, but the title is misleading

[@commentpost907]

Alyssa Lowell It is an artistic title that sets a tone. It technically is the story of her from the mother's perspective, just one part.

[@KnolltopFarms]

Comment Post It's a story about the mother and her guilt, her comparatively minor inconveniences, and her feelings of helplessness over not being able to care for her own child. The fact her child is in the ward may have precipitated the story, but when the focus of a telling is on one person, how can you think it is about another? Mislabeled, incomplete, and also misleading if you do math the way most people would. The distance the Mum has to drive is 118 miles round trip, not one way, so my math tells me her daughter is only 59 miles from home. Poor fact checking at the very least...

[@KnolltopFarms]

Knolltop Farms Hahaha, in the space of time from my beginning the last comment and coming back to read a reply they edited the description and opening preamble to show the correct distances, LOL!

[@poukkaaganeska1339]

Meme Machine You just don't get it, as is the same with 90% of commenters. You really don't get it.

[@mcee967]

yes this was a bit of a misleading story

[@wantsome480]

I came down with paranoid schizophrenia when I was 18. In the US it is very difficult to get help if you have a mental illness. Mental health in America isn't taken serious. The mentally ill either end up in prison or homeless. Many people can't get help until they commit crime and by then it's too late so they put them in prison. In my state they closed all the mental hospitals in the 90's. When they closed the hospitals the state took a busload of mentally ill people and dropped then off in front of my grandmothers in the middle of the night in downtown Detroit with no medication or anything. It was freezing cold and they had no coats. In America if there is no money to be made off of it no one gives a shit.

[@zombiexminer123]

That sounds horrible! I'm quite lucky because I would never have to deal with these problems.

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

Trueee

[@idkmanwhyigottaputmyname1804]

Sadness! Sometimes I wish I was Australian or Canadian. Or from a better country than USA.

[@puppetken]

wantsome480 I am sorry you have to suffer with this illness, especially in America! I hope that you are on the right treatment and have family! Sending lots of love and prayers! My brother has chronic severe Paranoid Schizophrenia but he lives with my dad.

[@wantsome480]

puppetken I'm one of the lucky ones. It's a horrible illness and it's robbed me of a lot of things in life but I'm stable and have a good support system. I found a treatment that works and I've stuck with it for the past 17 years. I have very few hallucinations and delusions. When I do have them I have enough insight to where I can recognize it. At one point the doctors told my mom I wouldn't recover. When I was in the hospital my long term diagnoses was very poor. My mom forced me to take my meds and to comply with treatment. Some people never recover. For some medications work for others it don't. I'm just glad I came out of it. Best of luck to your family. I hope your brother is doing ok. If not I might be able to offer some advice that could help. If your interested send me a private message.

[@M111771]

Should be called The Story of Sally

[@missdemon92]

haha exactly this sucks.. i was more interested in the girl...

[@SoniaLata]

LMAO seriously though

[@bendlor]

so i had to watch the entire video then read the description to know what exactly the fuck was going on

[@BrudusMaximus]

bendlor Do you expect anything other than fluff from vice

[@DamonCassada345]

BrudusMaximus Normally, no, but this actually interested me.

[@KnolltopFarms]

bendlor I did too, I couldn't hear the mother clearly about the one sentence in the whole clip that says she tried to stab herself with scissors...and I'm a native English speaker, but just not from the North of England. They also fixed the distances in the description in the span of time between two comments I made, LOL! They rushed the release of this little short IMHO

[@Rakshasa1986]

Most videos are like that.

[@rickileee4742]

+bendlor Struggling with Severe Mental Illness: The Story of Maisie Sally Burke is a mother from Hull. But to see her daughter - 13-year-old Maisie - she is forced to make a 118-mile roundtrip to Sheffield, where Maisie is currently sectioned under the Mental Health Act and receiving treatment for paranoid schizophrenia WELL these two phrases told me all I needed to know about what was coming . . . .

[@lrdjacob]

the story of maisies mum: my struggle with narcissism and entitlement

[@lisebroder6325]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way this video is making me so angry actually the mother is making me so angry talking about how mom has to put gas in her car don't we all have to put gas in the car and do laundry what the hell is she talking about

[@sandhyamathura]

EXACTLY

[@lrdjacob]

@@jazminenovela1576 ohhh, what’s really gonna bake your noodle later on is, would you still noticed if I hadn’t mentioned it?

[@josephinian4614]

@@jazminenovela1576 her mom abuse her until her daughter doesn't speak and have downgraded self esteem considering the divorce and narcissistic traits

[@loyaldogpublishingllc4988]

No they cannot show the child in treatment. It is a hippa law...she tried to stab herself with scissors, she explain when , why she made the decision to get her help! She explains her love for her but what she has to do to get her help and travel to her... She explains how support is needed for those with mental illness and because she is her mother she needs that support because she is masies foundation.

[@rui5178]

this should be called struggling with a two hour drive because that's like all that's happened.

[@wizardofnigeria4246]

This should be called " the story of a mom who drives a car to see her daughter once in a while."

[@14vgrace29]

Ikr

[@wlkbeastmode-issiap.346]

😆😆😆

[@peachscouts2141]

I used to drive longer than that to work every day lol

[@mgproryh]

I think the point is more that if a child or adult has servear mental health issues they can be sectioned I think it's section 24 of the mental health act and they can be held indefinitely meaning forever in one of these institutions even if they and their family disagrees and doesn't want to go, so not only is this woman had her daughter taken away by police involuntarily maybe but also that she's so far away it is costly to visit, she already said she doesn't have a job anymore so paying for 100 mile round trips, I mean do I have to explain any more?

[@borg_wow]

I was in a mental institution two states away from my home in California. I was locked up in Colorado. My mom used to come once a month by plane and visit me. It was certainly an emotional and financial toll.

[@Son_of_aesthetics]

I hope you are doing alright now friend,love ✌🏼

[@dayzoDZN]

You have an awesome mom

[@seufimeaqui9034]

Why?

[@BipolarPerson]

You're so lucky to have parents that love you that much. My mania landed me in hospital with 7 broken ribs, a lacerated spleen and multiple other injuries and my parents were 5 hour drive away and did not come.

[@shedinjan]

I've never had a hard time understanding British accent until now.

[@jadenjossy]

*English

[@XperfectlyClearX]

matthew ssali Only the women in the North sound weird.

[@zuhursalad2625]

Lol. Im from sheffield were she is heading to, and even I found her accent a bit tricky its and English northern accent. Its not even strong.

[@usuario1234]

Jan Nisperos As a non native English speaker used to the American accent, this clip is almost impossible to understand. I can just grasp some words and make up the rest considering the context.

[@CathyAnnDavies]

Jan Nisperos Welcome to the world of accents. We don't all sound like the Queen unfortunately.

[@TylerRaber]

An hour drive is not that bad at all. In the US the drive would probably have to be much further to reach a mental facility capable of handling young children. Not to mention, you could move closer to the hospital.

[@alienzenx]

Tyler Raber No matter how much money was ploughed into the NHS, I am sure you would be able to find someone with some condition that wasn't getting their ideal service.

[@xUnleadedx]

Tyler Raber sometimes they even have to fly out of state. This mum is making it sound worse then it is.

[@TylerRaber]

alienzen I understand that. However, that wasn't what I was commenting on nor the point I was trying to make.

[@XperfectlyClearX]

xUnleadedx We live on an Island though.

[@TylerRaber]

John M what does that have to do anything. We live on an island too its called North America.

[@JM-kz5if]

Anyone suffering with suicidal thoughts just know you mean a lot you are meant to be here and cannot let negative emotions consume your life and happiness you got to keep strong no matter how hard it may seem

[@goofball2228]

My suicidal thoughts are off and on. There will be weeks where I just wanna end my damn life and I feel like crap, but there will be other weeks where I feel super happy and like I can do anything. It’s a pattern and idk what’s wrong with me.

[@cerealis_5432]

@@goofball2228 i feel you. i hope we start to feel better one day at a time

[@therandomchannel-cr7ox]

Yeah but the world and or life doesnt help alcontraire IT adds to the problem/challenge

[@Hogis__]

More like the story about Maisie's mom and her car, very disappointing.

[@i0.0t]

meanwhile in australia, many people have to travel up to 10 hours down a deserted track in the middle of the dessert before you come anywhere near a medical centre

[@Eeveeswhimsicalwonders]

THANK YOU!!!

[@isabellacerff552]

+TheKekening Just one of the reasons my husband and I decided not to move there in the 80's

[@i0.0t]

its only like that for a few secluded people tbh in the city its really even closer than a lot of places in america

[@i0.0t]

***** and we have one of the best medicare systems around...

[@isabellacerff552]

TheKekening Apparently not in this case, bro.

[@teresa0791]

I was really hoping this short film would show more insight on how a child deals with mental illness. I work at a non public school for kids with moderate to severe mental illness and kids with maladaptive behaviors that are in group homes and foster care. We just recently got a new student age 6 who tried to burn down his apartment to commit suicide. Mental illness is not limited to a certain age group it can affect anyone. Hope Maisey is doing well.

[@TweedleDumInk]

Some of you people are gutless, this woman obviously goes through a lot, had to stop working as her child's health effected her and she travels 100+ miles to see her daughter which costs lots of fuel money, preparation and time. Poor woman, no mother who tries so hard to see her daughter deserves negative comments, I hope everything will eventually work out for her and her daughter.

[@Cr-gf3gn]

I shared a flat with a schizophrenic. She was very humble, and very apologetic, whilst at the same time she had a hardness to her that you suspected she had another side. She freely admitted that she played out scenes in her head of killing people, even her friends, and heard voices telling her to do so, but she knew that it wasn't reality. It started locking my door after that, but I imagined her world was a horrible place to live, the constant mental turmoil. She eventually moved back to her native country, and I can say i was relieved.

[@calmranger8095]

This is horrifying

[@johnnybird5466]

@@calmranger8095 just because they have those thoughts doesnt mean they are violent AT ALL or dangerous. Often it means the exact opposite and they are so horrified/afraid of the thought of being violent that they end up having those intrusive thoughts or voices which are VERY distressing to to them.

[@morbida]

It should be called "The Story of the car ride to Maisie's Hospital"

[@Mintyoreos]

Mental health treatment needs to be addressed more avidly in a lot of places all over the world I feel. More in depth education. Not just these dynamics highlighted in this video. Since it is a very necessary thing for human development to have a healthy mind. At least so it's not embarrassing for large amounts of adults to get help when they actually need it. This is where I am a strong believer in free education. It only helps people live longer healthier lives to further pass on to other people around them. Not this bullshit where everyone is fighting for the power of knowledge and working against the people we have to coexist with. Yes world peace is an impossible task, enlightening masses of knowledge so they are aware of what's actually up isn't.

[@nikeetamchutchison1547]

Is there a second part to this video? It was all just about the Mum and her driving to see her daughter?

[@Alex-fm5mo]

Maisie was also featured in this documentary kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZ-to3qfn7iYq8U so that’s a bit of an update but it was also a few years ago

[@grey6367]

Ok, this was pretty lame and misleading.

[@danandphiltrash6664]

+Yunus Celik may i ask how?

[@trailrider2571]

+DanAndPhilTrash Cuz it's 99% about the mum and not the child or the mental illness. The title is so misleading.

[@woahhowmediocre3860]

+SS Conrad she was only talking about maisie, just because it wasn't Maisie talking doesn't mean it was all about the mum

[@SaffireSanchezOfficial]

STOP! RIGHT there. Maisie is actually in Shutter Island. This is really a story about a mother who can’t cope. Making sure before she leaves to see Maisie she has enough fuel in the tank, water topped up. Has to do laundry every week, she only does it once a week? "Have to put an extra 50 minutes in just in case there’s any hold ups"… So fucking what? Parking problems… Everything is a problem. Having kids is a chore. "Crying babies and changing nappies. You can’t go out partying, because you haven’t got a babysitter or you can’t afford it because the kids have needed shoes." Oh the struggle, god forbid they need shoes. Maybe mummy can’t cope. Me me me me me me me me me me me me. It’s not about Maisie it’s about her mum!!! 3 references to reluctantly putting the kids first. The more I listened the more angry I got.

[@Zzoarqg]

Saffire Sanchez You said it, I was like really "you can't go party" wtf? Then don't have kids, ugh!

[@Em_Elizabeth]

That's like most parents.

[@lisebroder6325]

You said it the best you are so so right I cannot even believe she left this video up what a narcissist and a selfish b****

[@fieldofreeds8581]

This was the stupidest thing I’ve seen from Vice EVER tbh

[@PHWAORx1]

I was sent to an adolescent unit an hour and a half away from home, and it was so hard not having the family support due to the distance. It lead to relationships breaking down that have taken years to rebuild. This video made me cry, but has given me an understanding of how hard it was for my family too. Thank you Vice for highlighting this issue.

[@katrinac9974]

I'm sorry, but what was the actual point of this?

[@jessecaplan1202]

Alexandria C to showcase the perspective of a mother coping with a child who has a serious mental illness.

[@YouTubeSupportTeams]

well it sucked okay

[@kriskeilman8124]

I admit that I was disappointed not to have seen young Maisie, but now that I'm older the narrative of her mother just serves to remind me how difficult it is now for lots of us to simply keep going on with the lives we've somehow fallen into. When every day provides us with so much difficult physical and emotional work (life is so cold when you're not a member of that 1%) I for one sometimes feel as though I'm just going to quit...you know, I'll stay under the covers, immobile, in my apartment until someone comes to collect me. With no safety net to speak of, it won't be pretty, I'm sure. Maisie's mom should be given points when she meets her responsibilities week after week. Unless she's a practiced liar, it sounds as though she really loves the little person she gave birth to.

[@JakobJakobsonTheEgg]

did she really say that she lost Maisie's childhood or did i mishear? Maisie lost hers too, more than her mom. even if i did mishear that, i dont get why she's whining so much. her daughter is the one its about and shes suffering so much more than her mom

[@rosesofsunshine3]

+Jakob Jakobson I thought that too. You know how you sometimes imagine how a sentence will end? I finished that sentence with "snatched away from her";. Came as a surprise when she said "me"! It sounds like that mom has a very self centered way of viewing the world. She may genuinely not have the mental capability to see things from others'; perspectives, but that is still a tough thing to handle for a child who already has mental issues of her own... and, to be honest/fair, probably also tough for a mom who has trouble putting herself in others'; shoes to parent a child who has mental issues... Sounds like a tough situation all around, but I wish I had heard more about the child in the clip!

[@missdemon92]

exactly!!! its all about the girl she's the one in pain. what a narcissistic mom

[@idontwanttomakeachannelbut6820]

Lol this whole 10 minute video was about the 60 mile or whatever car journey she has to make and nothing to actually do with the person who the story was meant to be about? I have a suggestion; if you're that bothered about that more than anything, move to Sheffield?

[@amandarose7783]

Maybe it's not that easy for her ? Maybe it's an expensive city to live in? I'm sure there's a ton of contributing factors as to why she doesn't move there

[@idontwanttomakeachannelbut6820]

+Amanda Rose True, but it can't be the cost because most of the houses in Sheffield aren't expensive

[@MelB868]

I Janos it so boring and annoying

[@susangaston6645]

I don't want to make a channel but it's saying I have to it even showed her starting the car. Lol.

[@blackstar2605]

what an incredibly shallow opinion.

[@izzihewitt7291]

i spent 6 months in a psychiatric unit 136 miles away from home in a hospital in london. i believe the distance hindered my recovery, i had no motivation and gave up. if i was closer to home i think i would've seen a clearer picture of where i wanted to be and pushed myself more. i saw my family once a week if that.

[@melaniewantsabeer243]

It says this is about this little girl and yet I never saw her! Seems like it's more about the struggle her mother goes through! Which would be fine if we knew that's what this is really about!

[@jlapierremusic]

....so when does the story begin?

[@pixie4436]

Im confused why the mums complaing of an hour drive? I travel 2hours on a bus to collehe. It takes 30mins to even get to a town from village...

[@missdemon92]

i go everyday to college for an hr.. this video is pointless and stupid

[@yoitsshortstuff]

+missdemon92 it takes me two hours to go to college and I go 3 times a week .

[@drewg.4779]

For me, I wouldn't think it's unreasonable to have to drive an hour. Mental hospitals aren't as common as hospitals for physical illnesses. I thought she might have to drive 4+ hours in order to see her by the way she talked about it. I guess in the UK people aren't used to driving super far away for things like in the US.

[@YiCaiShan]

This video is not representative of the UK population.

[@mayall6985]

I don't think any of you get the point of this. Do any of you suffer or have relatives that suffer a mental illness? This isn't like traveling to college or going to work. This is seeing a loved one in a hospital because they are critically ill, what vice is showing here is one of the issues the mental health system in the UK is suffering, one of them being that loved ones who are critically ill are put under care miles away from their families, because local mental health hospitals are closing down, which effects people and families. It also took me an hour or two to travel to college and university, but is not the same when you want to be with your loved one in hospital and you have to travel miles to see them.

[@pialouise96]

I was one of these children. At 15 and 17 I was admitted to Forest House adolescent mental health unit and then The Priory Hospital in Roehampton for Borderline Personality Disorder and self harm and suicide risk. The first hospital was only about 45 minutes from my home in Hertfordshire, and second was more than a few hours. The first time was scary, the second time my treatment was difficult as I felt terrible guilt for my mother coming to visit me from far away. She was struggling with money yet still coming to see me when I knew she couldn't afford the petrol or a hotel. I was in a bed, like Maisie, miles away from home, surrounded by strangers. I'm 20 now, my guilt is still there, I still struggle with my mental health and in all honesty placing me so far away just made things worse for me. I live in Hemel Hempstead, we used to have a brilliant hospital, then it got shut down for budget issues, then the A&E closed because of the budget cuts, now we have an urgent care unit that is open from 9am to 10pm, if you get hurt or need an ambulance or hospital at any time other than that, it can be a 2 hour wait. Gotta love living in the UK!

[@narnivarma7454]

hah snap I was admitted to the priory too

[@pialouise96]

Oh shit! The adolescents unit or the main clinic?

[@izziiw5197]

Pia-Louise White I'm going to the priory hospital in north London for body dysmorphic disorder in Feb.

[@pialouise96]

Izzy Webber I wish you the best of luck in your recovery!

[@pfinhulk6726]

Wow, thanks. Your comment was actually more interesting than the vid. The perspective of the mother is actually boring for me, I could guess how she feels about it, but I know I can't guess how it feels to be in or need a hospital wich so far away, so this perspective is actually more interesting for me.

[@azugirl111]

Misleading title

[@azugirl111]

The video shows nothing about the girl's struggle with mental illness the whole thing is about the government placing mentally ill children miles away from their parents

[@omega1543]

Natasha Burdette Completely agree who give a shit about her mums struggles, weather she can go partying. srsly, i wana know if that kids ok by the sounds of it she wants to die.

[@alundavies8402]

Omega OME why assume that the Mum is partying when Her heart in all probability wouldn’t be up for a party anyhow so the child had been Placed somewhere miles away from her home area and mum has to drive for how long? Because you might be lucky enough to have a driver perhaps or are you doing that thing what is called punching down because you have not got to drive all the way there and then interact with your child and then drive all the way home in the dark definitely during the winter and can you imagine how much that torments both of them ? Dont be so quick to judge people

[@emberdt7998]

I read this as "snuggling with severe mental illness"

[@JamesBalazs]

An 11 year old self harming with paranoid schizophrenia? I thought it usually only afflicted older people. And why is the entire video just of her mum driving to the ward, with only one video of the kid lasting about 30 seconds from when she looked 9 years old? It's hardly the story of her struggles of living with the illness - it's just about her mums struggle to deal with it. Maybe the video should be renamed so that it's a bit more clear that it is 'Struggling with Having a Child with Severe Mental Illness: The Story of Maisie's Mum'?

[@ukaytstopme1]

There might be a part 2? Other than that you're right.

[@sjcwoor]

TheRebel3000 11 years old... tell me about it. I had no idea either. I know that mental heath don't discriminate across race, sex and age, but I thought... yeah... within reason. I mean, I struggle with various similar shit and so I'd like to think i knew a bit but it seems that in some cases, like thins one, I simply don't. I'm in the UK but I'm lucky enough to have services fairly locally too. I think that if they could have shown more of her story, they would have done. The issue is getting permission to film in the inpatient centres. Even if you forget all the child protection stuff, its hard enough to film in these kind of adult centres.

[@Plague_Doc22]

ukaytstopme1 Doubtfull, Vice tends to put that at the end of the video if there is a part 2. Also they usually have a link for part 2 on their website (because they want more money)

[@lsb3340]

***** she walked in on her kid fucking harming herself.... i'm sure she didn't chose to just throw her away.

[@mariaschwarz94]

Because putting an underage and ill person in front of a camera is cruel and breaks child protection laws, which I think are a good think. You know the internet never forgetts, so how might it affect the girl in a view years when strangers come up to her and say: hey, you are that girl who totally went crazy in this one video? She needs to be protected at this point and I think you one can forgive Vice for not showing too much of her.

[@MustangAndBender]

Why is everyone commenting saying this is a let down, as a person who suffers from mental illness and having my own psych ward stays this isn't easy, its heartbreaking to have your daily life controlled while you can't even interact with your own family for more then an hour a day. I think what Vice is doing is trying to explain how this mother feels so heart torn that she can't be there for her child. While we didn't get to see Maisie, we learned about her moms story, which is the closest film they could offer as patients in mental hospitals aren't allowed to have information about them given to other people, their existence and stay in the mental hospital is supposed to stay off-radar as possible to protect their well being.

[@oskr1303]

What the fuck? you guys must have the weed guy from your other videos doing this because WHAT THE FUCK was this about? Was this a click bait and Im the only one who didn't get it?

[@rubi-roe230]

more like the story of Macies mum...

[@NaldiSooDiabolic]

I think it's only about Sally sheesh.

[@vicminny8151]

This is a real eye-opener about stupid decisions the government has made, and it's very moving to see a mother react and deal with it. However, I would've actually liked to see or hear more about how Maisie deals with her mental illness.

[@redcoat8935]

As someone who has Severe Depression and Anxiety I can say that the mental Heath care in the UK is horrible. I had to eat 1.5 Years just to get a interview at CAHMS, and have been "misplaced" on the waiting list for a social worker for 3 times. It got so bad I was homeschooled because I literally couldn't get out of bed in the morning for school (Another Issue:Bullying)

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

You just chose not to get up

[@pineappleflow2876]

@@SergyMilitaryRankings What the hell are you even doing here? Stroking your own ego?

[@bamslackwood433]

Long drives to and from doctors and inaccessible healthcare in general is par for the course in the United States.

[@EloiseEighteen]

SJ Blackwood yes but the UK is very small in comparison and we used to have lots of local care, it is just due to government cuts that we don't anymore (despite a surplus of funds in our national insurance scheme).

[@bamslackwood433]

I was bemoaning the fact that we will soon HAVE no healthcare in Trump's America. Any ideas on how I can apply for citizenship before 20 January? LOL!

[@EloiseEighteen]

SJ Blackwood well coming here as a student for more than 6 months entitles you to full use of the NHS, otherwise you need to marry someone who earns more than £35,000/year! There are easier countries with better universal healthcare though!

[@alannacarlson6715]

No joke. I was like "boo hoo you have to drive one hour one way? My mom had to drive THREE when i was in the hospital.

[@MzChelxoxo]

Seriously. I live near D.C. And every weekend my parents had to drive all the way to Richmond to see me.

[@ebonylacey7919]

Theres a show on channel 4 called kids on edge and its just aired, maisies on that if you're interested x

[@VICE]

The story of Sally Burke and her 13-year-old daughter Maisie, who has been placed in a psychiatric ward 118 miles away from home. More *Rule Britannia*: bit.ly/Rule-Britannia

[@beastiedesigns]

***** N.H.S

[@SteelSlasher]

***** Its a public health service which is funded by the Government using taxes

[@eggymaticremit]

***** you absolutely hit the nail on the head.

[@megami215]

Instead of commenting on random videos do something about it

[@Yaarvis1]

***** You have no idea what you are talking about. You can look up schizophrenia. It is known what causes this and is treatable but, not curable. Schizophrenia is believed to be caused by hyperactive dopaminergic signal transduction. Cocaine psychosis looks much like schizophrenia but, is induced by the overuse or prolonged use of cocaine.

[@HerrBaton]

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

[@HOWLINGWOLF-uj7so]

I have bipolar disorder and a lot of other mental health issues I was diagnosed at age 3 an have been inpatient 12 time's since then it's good to know that I am not alone in this

[@w4eghg]

Captions would help this video alot

[@xUnleadedx]

w4eghg Agreed! Was going to ask the same. She holds onto words and says other words so fast.

[@alext2046]

Hehe you need to expand what* you're culturally used to.

[@royalzak2670]

w4eghg oh fuck off

[@wildboy2222]

I usually understand british accents just fine but hers is so fucking annoying.

[@judgejudyslover]

Cuuhk. Lol I'm from Teesside I know the struggles of not being understood ha

[@laurariddle4023]

ANYONE who was diagnosed with a mental illness should be tested for porphyria. As someone with the condition, who was at first thought to have a mental illness, almost everyone with porphyria, whom I've talked to, has also been misdiagnosed with a mental illness.

[@jestamonkey]

misleading title to a video. totally focused on the mother's thoughts and reflection. A good video had it of been titled correctly. Vice has gone so downhill lately :/

[@icanrawrtooMC]

I drive an hour everyday to go to school?

[@scarletradiopodcast]

Ploppy Whacker thats quite a waste of money to get a degree you might never use

[@alundavies8402]

Actually people are making out that you can go at a steady sixty miles per hour on an English motorway that is not accurate in fact if there’s traffic it could take hours and hours to go to see your vulnerable child and the people that seem to be able to see that all you need to do is enough so that the neighbours don’t say anything but if you’ve been in care as a child even in foster care to people that make sure that you don’t feel right because they are quakers but psychologically destroying a vulnerable child while his mother is in hospital isn’t violence because they don’t actually strike you that’s worse than getting walloped because after that they have no hard feelings but the society of friends don’t believe in honesty just the outright destruction of a child that is there to pay the mortgage loan as well as his sister that they didn’t mind because she wasn’t brain damaged as somebody that has been through that and countless other much worse things as a kiddie I won’t abandon anybody ever and that is what people are surprised about because I fought back even when I knew what would’ve happened to me when and if I lost my children are my future descendants and descendants of them I am not going to let anybody take that crap as I know what it’s like so my child that’s mute can’t tell me what has happened so my ex wife that I cannot abide on so many levels is respected by me because she knows why we never ever leave one of ours with anybody else even when me wife’s brother looked like he was dying and she flew out to Malaysia to see him and I had been seriously injured protecting him I stayed at my post with a shattered jaw that didn’t get treated for two or three weeks because of how dangerous it is putting a vulnerable person in care and if I had died it would have been awful they would have out my kid in care and my reaction was normal

[@jellyjuice6941]

I drive 12 hours to get to school

[@rachelmldo4614]

Thanks for the tour. I had a blast seeing the streets.

[@madisonsmith8502]

Please more documentaries about mental illness. Break the taboo!

[@pvtpain66k]

Literally her just crying about her situation. No information, just her very poorly told, very poorly shot, sob story.

[@plemgrubern]

holy shit, vice never fails to be awful. I'm not even disappointed anymore. it's ok to show the mother's perspective, but why market as if it were about the kid? why not name it something like ''interview with the mother of a schizophrenic child'' or something? that's all that it is

[@OMAGNONA]

This is to Maisie Mum. My Dear young woman my heart goes out to you . From what I see you are doing the best you can obviously so much love is there .May God help both of you.

[@carolm7037]

Stay strong Sally hope things get better for both

[@angelavela7414]

I thought this was about the child, everything is about mom. I have a hard time believing that she puts her kids first; both from this and how much she speaks about herself, how she feels, how this has affected her and little about her child.

[@savannahwilkes6394]

Living in the US makes this seem kind of. . . when I got treatment I took two flights to a hospital 23 hours away from home if you were to drive. We were ecstatic because we can't afford good insurance and this place took charity cases. We still had to pay for gas and flights, but it was worth it. If I could get free healthcare to pay for a hospital that close my parents would cry. I know this woman isn't used to traveling so much in the UK, but this really reminds me of the difference our amount of space and lack of healthcare makes.

[@jillianclarey7708]

This shouldn't be called "The Story of Maisie" since it's only kind of about Maisie, and more so about Maisie's mother traveling...

[@shibari9906]

I was diagnosed with childhood schizophrenia so i feel for Maisie

[@onionsonstrike]

Vice, thank you for this story.

[@oxymorphoneoreo3530]

I can't believe I just watched this lady drive all the way there

[@Filthpirate]

what was the mother's excuse for not working? i mean, her child is being cared for full time elsewhere so dont really see why she can't go to work. don't really understand why she's moaning either - her daughter is receiving the care she needs. also pissed off over her annoyance that she sometimes 'can't go out partying' because of her children.

[@imreallydead.23]

Moonbaby she’s her daughters carer that’s why she doesn’t work it’s sometimes a full time job keeping people mentally stable, if you’re in England go on the channel 4 app and watch “kids on the edge”where you can see how much this mother looks after her daughter

[@NinaAspencer]

Omg. I can't even begin to understand how you cope with your little girl feeling like that. You are amazing for sharing your story. I suffer with anxiety and I know how bad how I feel. More needs to be done to help people these illnesses.

[@myafaire1682]

You clearly did not watch the video. Nothing was said about the poor child's feelings, condition, diagnosis, symptoms, etc. This was a video about a mother complaining about having to drive to see her little girl. Personally, I'm not sure there's even a child.

[@cindyeisenberg8367]

It’s horrible to be a mentally ill child. A lot of feeling like an outcast, having paranoia about my loving family, having severe depressions, being bullied. Though it never bothered me to sit, daydream and rock in my bedroom. I hated being pushed into socializing, even when I wasn’t bullied. If I was manic, I’d bully and starve myself. When I was depressed I’d get heavy and complain about everything. I always lied, even when I was very young. If I saw birds and nobody else did. It was scary. Because, I was afraid to be attacked. I saw them hang around the closet door, at night. My parents did the best they could. There was no treatment in the 60’s and 70’s.

[@mp5073014]

She said it takes an hour to get to the mental hospital? Um, that's not that bad actually

[@poppykok5]

What a shame there couldn't have been a bit more "substance" to this heart wrenching story...

[@gnamp]

Rename this: 'The story of Maisey's whiney mother, just whining on about having to drive fifty-odd miles to the hospital'. Catchy, huh?

[@DeltaPi314]

gnamp Quoted for better justice.

[@bronzerat012]

gnamp where did you get "fifty-odd miles" from? It is 118 miles which equates to 190 kilometers. If you're going to quote - do it accurately.

[@gnamp]

bronzerat012 Look again.

[@bronzerat012]

gnamp You're the one who needs to look again.

[@gnamp]

bronzerat012 I gave you a chance- I didn't want to have to spoon-feed you... If it is a 118 mile 'round-trip'... think really hard- where might I have got 'fifty-odd miles to the hospital' from? "If you're going to quote..."

[@MidnightDracula]

Make more parts Vice !

[@torispaide1347]

I'm probably the only one but, I got no sleep last night and I forgot people in the UK drive on the other side of the road so I was really really confused for a few moments.

[@alanathebespectacled]

I feel for her. Will never forget traveling 3 hours one way multiple times a week to visit a close relative in a psychiatric hospital.

[@JohnLee-kl4tc]

She's an amazing kids I hope she gets better.

[@alext2046]

She cant be an amazing kids, John. No, just no.

[@benrichards2017]

Haha yes she can Alex

[@chrisharlan4291]

Naw Ben naw

[@DamonCassada345]

My thoughts exactly. She's an inspiration.

[@alext2046]

I don't know the context behind that comment shoelaccey but I accept it with open arms.

[@MissGlitterBow]

Mental health within a family impacts on everyone and I've never thought enough portrayals of how the family feel are put out there. This was provocative and in fact, I didn't need to know who Maisie was or her back story as the focus wasn't on her, it was on the fact that this is the reality of government cuts in that area of public health.

[@Miz300zx]

The story of a Mum whose accent I couldn't understand at all, that even putting subtitles only picked up two sentences through the whole 9mins, where you don't actually get to see inside the facility where Maisie is staying at... If she said what her daughter has that would've been good but I didn't catch anything she said from her accent.

[@Hailz12211]

I heard her just fine :/

[@Eeveeswhimsicalwonders]

+HaleyQuinn Same

[@xXxSPStyleLoverzxXx]

How about you listen harder you closed minded little cow. Your hardly ever aloud to film in these facilities to protect others. I think you need to get out more if the only voice you can understand is your own.

[@Miz300zx]

+Untitled resulting to name calling. Maybe you should be in the but house. I have borderline personality disorder, I find other mental health stories interesting, this was just the boring-est one I've ever seen.

[@kaylinann914]

People, don't be so rude. We are not all from the same place and not all of us are used to hearing a stronger, trickier accent than the one that's around us.

[@Dsnow1010best]

Well I am a teenager that has leaning too disabilates and i am really happy that i has brought up befor the cuts came in becuse it would be undlethbaly hard for my parants. But most of all i fell sorry for the really young people that are having to fight to make things right and i will do any thing in reason to help them just like my perants would of. And sorry for the spellings

[@princessminnie9791]

Maisie when to my primary school 😔 it so sad to hear about this

[@AshleighMichelle97]

I feel like the NHS doesn't care about people with mental health problems. I developed depression and an eating disorder at the age of 11, the doctors told my mum I was looking for attention, I started cutting myself at 13 and I still do to this day, at the age of 16 they finally put me in the child mental health services and my psychiatrist was awful to me, saying that my problems didn't matter and I was being selfish and then my counsellor would never show up to our appointments, in July 2014 I overdosed on sleeping tablets. I still didn't get the correct help. At 17 I developed psychosis, the doctors would shout at me saying that they weren't real, to me they were and still are, the voices made me burn my own skin, my mum took me to the hospital to get my burns treated and the hospital staff judged me. Now at the age of 18, I still suffer from all these problems and more because of the NHS cuts to mental health services.

[@eliserodriguez683]

+Ash IsOnFire I feel very bad for you. Just remember after all that pain youve been through, there's still hope, and you should keep fighting!

[@Disrupptive]

I think the title is correct because mental illness does not only effect the person with the disease , but the people around who support and care for the individual.

[@TaskForceDom]

Should be titled "mom talking about schizophrenic daughter while driving"

[@Fishfood94]

This video was basically the mom driving the entire time. Can’t believe I just sat through that. Show the kid and what’s going on with her don’t just take a mothers word.

[@wicca_Pagan_Witch]

❤❤❤i knw its really emotional n sad n touching too see ur child in such a state...of psychological disorders...but see the improvements as well...one day ur child can doo wonders❤❤❤

[@sandraamu4985]

I'm struggling with this same issue but I'm yet to seek professional help..May God see me thru

[@AlwaysAzaria]

This could have been a very informative, good video. Instead, I feel like it was all about mom complaining about having to drive an hour or so for treatment for her daughter. Here in USA, that would not have been that big of a deal. Our inpatient mental institutions (what is left of them) are few and far between. I wish this mum all the best with her daughter. If it were me- I would be grateful that I even had access to mental health care for my child.

[@hannahelvete]

I watched this family on channel 4, honestly I think Maisie has learning difficulties too. She seemed slow and like she didn't understand what was going on.

[@Chloedeegerz]

H CRL do you know what the documentary was called?

[@hannahelvete]

'Kids on the edge'

[@saintnoush9650]

H CRL I don't think u understand was schizophrenia is, you don't knw what's going on sometimes and it's extremely hard to, for example listen in class and do work, or even fully engage in conversation.

[@lupinfaer]

She'd also be on high dosages of drugs to stop her psychosis. You try have poison pumped through your veins and be coherent

[@saintnoush9650]

Toxic Wotsit actually medication greatly improves concentration :)

[@chrisbetts7431]

Sadly, I was far far away from my mum when I was in a residential treatment facility. I t was 5 states over, over 500 miles away. I was in two residential facilities, both more then 600 miles away from my state. I understand your pain. I was gone for a years a half, and my mum wasn't there. She told me later she wish she was, but it too far away. I ever so missed her....being gone for a year and a half away was scary....but I was court ordered to go into 2 treatment facilities. I missed everyone, and I couldn't have my phone, laptop, nothing eltrinic because it was dangerous and would interfere with my treatment plan... the doctor at the treatment facilities said I would never live a normal life, and wouldn't be able to function in real society... I am a CNA now!!!! I am home for good now....after a year and a half

[@wildfiregirl1556]

They are liars. You are only a policy number.

[@brendanquinn442]

Really heartwrenching story.

[@perniesweemmer51]

exactly... why the bloody hell show us a ten minute car journey!!! 😕

[@brandonneiltaylor]

Hurry up and get to Baltimore and stop wasting our damn time!

[@samyep6902]

Where I was in hospital was only a 30-45 minute drive away from home, but I was in with a guy who'd traveled 6 hours to there, he only saw his family twice a month, it was horrible, luckily he got a place closer to his home, but I was always so glad I was so close to home, still cost my family a shit ton in fuel bills, so I dread to think how much debt a simple hospital stay can put people in

[@martindworak]

Thank you VICE of the CC.

[@vanityrae83]

this was horrible! 9 minutes wasted. never showed maisie. never said what her mental illness is. the majority of the video was watching the mom drive & listen to her talk, (in a very difficult accent might I add) misleading title. thumbs down👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@FrostedLlama]

This is the story of Maisies Mom not Maisie.. It's edited to appear like its such a turmoil to drive for an hour.. Yes any distance is too far to be away from your daughter but ONE hour and THAT much editing?

[@macct04]

"I feel like her childhood has been snatched away from me"....surely it's Maisie that has had her childhood snatched away from her..? I know it will be hard for her as a parent but she seems to be making it all about herself

[@shannonfahey5551]

you are doing a good job

[@dylanmartin9325]

It's not an English accent, it's a game of thrones accent