Author’s response

Ilana B. Crome Academic Director of Psychiatry, Professor of Addiction Psychiatry, Academic Psychiatry Unit, Keele University Medical School (Harplands Campus), Hilton Road, Harpfields, Stoke on Trent ST4 6TH, UK. E-mail: pca03{at}keele.ac.uk.

Of course, Dr Withecomb is correct. We should have stated that, although we prefer young people to participate in treatment (especially prescribing) with parental consent, if they are assessed as having the capacity and understanding to make decisions about treatment, they can decide about disclosure of information.

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