English: A lot of people in this Chamber have personal experience of dealing with mental health problems. I have suffered with mental health problems myself in the past, and I think it's very important that more people come forward to talk about mental health issues, so that we can destigmatise mental health and allow people to come forward to seek the help and support they need. Young people today have far different issues facing them than those of previous generations. Today's youth live in both the real world and the digital world. They can be influenced and contacted by organisations and businesses that they've never heard of, on social media and online forums, creating, for them, a warped perception of what life is. Many young people are vulnerable and susceptible to being influenced in this way, and if they are sucked down the wrong path, they could struggle to find a way out or seek the help that they need. I speak with young people regularly. I even consider myself a young person, Deputy Llywydd, so I understand the struggles that many of my generation are going through. There is huge concern by many that they can't earn enough money to meet the standards they think society has for them. Many try to portray that they live a glamorous life on social media in order to impress others on platforms. Sadly, this has become very common, with people only sharing the good times and not wanting to show the bad, while they sit at home suffering in silence. A survey by Mind Cymru found that 75 per cent of young people said their mental health had worsened in the early months of the pandemic. I would say that this is due to the media and political choices and the resulting lockdowns, which saw a huge surge in people's mental health declining. This led to a growth in people suffering with eating disorders, with support services very nearly being cut off overnight and many left to suffer on their own. We need to ensure that more staff are trained to identify and support children who are suffering with eating disorders. Currently, medical students receive less than two hours of training on eating disorders, and that's over four to six years of undergraduate study. Many young people who need specialist services are removed from their communities, away from their family with no support network. So, we need to explore the possibility of setting up an eating disorder unit here in Wales. Our schools also play a major role in preventing and dealing with this issue. Schools should be building an emotionally resilient population of young people. Sadly, UNICEF estimates that more than one in seven adolescents aged 10 to 19 live with a diagnosed mental health disorder. If we then add those who are undiagnosed, this is an extremely worrying picture going forward. Our child and adolescent mental health services also play a major role in this area. Sadly, after being the shadow Minister for mental health for over a year now, I've been told by many young people that they have been let down by these services, with too many left waiting for an appointment with nowhere else to turn, and feeling isolated and alone. So, we need urgent reform to CAMHS to make sure that their support is there when they need it. One of those reforms could be increasing the number of support teams in schools, and I believe, and I know the Deputy Minister believes, that every school should have a dedicated member of staff who deals with mental health within schools, to make sure that they're supported. Another thing that the Deputy Minister and I agree on is utilising the third sector so that the void between referral and appointment is filled, so that that young person gets seen straightaway and is not left waiting to suffer at home. Filling historic vacancies in specialist CAMHS posts is also an issue that I'm sure everyone is well aware of, and it's one that now needs to be urgently addressed. For the last year, I've been told on a number of occasions that this is a priority, but things are not getting better; they're getting worse. This is an issue too great for politicians to just simply declare that it's a priority yet fail to deliver the resources needed to match the statements. More money has been welcomed and is welcome, but we need to make sure that that money is delivering the outcomes that we want for our young people in Wales. There are many challenges facing young people in Wales, and, sadly, those challenges will continue to get worse unless politicians in here do more. There are many triggers that can cause detrimental mental health in children and young people, whether it be bullying in school, forms of actually not knowing where you want to be in life, not being able to get appropriate housing, school pressures. It goes on and on, and I could talk about that for hours. We must ensure that appropriate support is available for children and young people, but also take steps to address the triggers that can cause detrimental mental health. So, we need to set up 24-hour crisis services for children and young people right across Wales, so that when they reach out for help that help can be provided. Too many young people are waiting far too long for an appointment and many are getting to a crisis point before anything is done, and this simply cannot continue. I do look forward to hearing many Members' contributions to this debate today. It's a shame that the Government did their standard - as they do every week - 'delete all' to our motion. We will be supporting the Plaid Cymru amendment today. This is not a day to pat the Welsh Government on the back, but to do our jobs in this place, to hold the Government to account and get an urgent review under way into the viability of child and adolescent mental health services here in Wales. It's time to act, and I urge all Members right across this Chamber to support our motion today.
Welsh: Mae gan lawer o bobl yn y Siambr hon brofiad personol o ymdrin â phroblemau iechyd meddwl. Rwyf wedi dioddef problemau iechyd meddwl fy hun yn y gorffennol, a chredaf ei bod yn bwysig iawn fod mwy o bobl yn siarad am broblemau iechyd meddwl, er mwyn inni allu dadstigmateiddio iechyd meddwl a chaniatáu i bobl ofyn am y cymorth a'r gefnogaeth sydd eu hangen arnynt. Mae'r problemau sy'n wynebu pobl ifanc heddiw'n wahanol iawn i'r rhai a wynebai genedlaethau blaenorol. Mae ieuenctid heddiw yn byw yn y byd go iawn a'r byd digidol. Gall sefydliadau a busnesau nad ydynt erioed wedi clywed amdanynt ddylanwadu arnynt a chysylltu â hwy, ar gyfryngau cymdeithasol a fforymau ar-lein, gan greu, iddynt hwy, ganfyddiad camystumiedig o beth yw bywyd. Mae llawer o bobl ifanc yn agored i niwed ac i gael eu dylanwadu fel hyn, ac os cânt eu sugno ar hyd y llwybr anghywir, gallent ei chael yn anodd dod o hyd i ffordd allan neu ofyn am y cymorth sydd ei angen arnynt. Rwy'n siarad â phobl ifanc yn rheolaidd. Rwyf hyd yn oed yn ystyried fy hun yn berson ifanc, Ddirprwy Lywydd, felly rwy'n deall y trafferthion y mae llawer o fy nghenhedlaeth i yn eu hwynebu. Mae llawer yn pryderu'n fawr na allant ennill digon o arian i fodloni'r safonau sydd gan gymdeithas ar eu cyfer yn eu barn hwy. Mae llawer yn ceisio dangos eu bod yn byw bywyd hudolus ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol er mwyn creu argraff ar eraill ar lwyfannau. Yn anffodus, mae hyn wedi dod yn gyffredin iawn, gyda phobl ond yn rhannu'r amseroedd da heb fod eisiau dangos yr adegau gwael, tra byddant yn eistedd gartref yn dioddef mewn distawrwydd. Canfu arolwg gan Mind Cymru fod 75 y cant o bobl ifanc yn dweud bod eu hiechyd meddwl wedi gwaethygu yn ystod misoedd cyntaf y pandemig. Byddwn yn dweud mai'r rheswm am hyn yw'r cyfryngau a dewisiadau gwleidyddol a'r cyfyngiadau symud a ddeilliodd o hynny, a welodd gynnydd enfawr yn y dirywiad yn iechyd meddwl pobl. Arweiniodd hyn at gynnydd yn nifer y bobl sy'n dioddef o anhwylderau bwyta, gyda gwasanaethau cymorth wedi'u dileu dros nos bron iawn a llawer yn cael eu gadael i ddioddef ar eu pen eu hunain. Mae angen inni sicrhau bod mwy o staff yn cael eu hyfforddi i nodi a chefnogi plant sy'n dioddef o anhwylderau bwyta. Ar hyn o bryd, mae myfyrwyr meddygol yn cael llai na dwy awr o hyfforddiant ar anhwylderau bwyta, ac mae hynny dros bedair i chwe blynedd o astudio israddedig. Mae llawer o bobl ifanc sydd angen gwasanaethau arbenigol yn cael eu symud o'u cymunedau, i ffwrdd oddi wrth eu teuluoedd heb rwydwaith cymorth. Felly, mae angen inni archwilio'r posibilrwydd o sefydlu uned anhwylderau bwyta yma yng Nghymru. Mae ein hysgolion hefyd yn chwarae rhan bwysig yn atal ac yn ymdrin â'r mater hwn. Dylai ysgolion fod yn adeiladu poblogaeth o bobl ifanc sy'n wydn yn emosiynol. Yn anffodus, mae UNICEF yn amcangyfrif bod mwy nag un o bob saith unigolyn ifanc rhwng 10 a 19 oed yn byw gyda diagnosis o anhwylder iechyd meddwl. Os ychwanegwn y rhai nad ydynt wedi cael diagnosis, mae hwn yn ddarlun sy'n peri pryder mawr wrth symud ymlaen. Mae ein gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl plant a'r glasoed hefyd yn chwarae rhan bwysig yn y maes hwn. Yn anffodus, ar ôl bod yn Weinidog yr wrthblaid dros iechyd meddwl ers dros flwyddyn bellach, mae llawer o bobl ifanc wedi dweud wrthyf eu bod wedi cael cam gan y gwasanaethau hyn, gyda gormod yn aros am apwyntiad heb unman arall i droi, ac yn teimlo'n ynysig ac yn unig. Felly, mae angen diwygio CAMHS ar fyrder i sicrhau bod eu cymorth ar gael pan fydd ei angen. Gallai un o'r diwygiadau hynny gynnwys cynyddu nifer y timau cymorth mewn ysgolion, ac rwy'n credu, a gwn fod y Dirprwy Weinidog yn credu, y dylai fod gan bob ysgol aelod penodol o staff sy'n ymdrin ag iechyd meddwl mewn ysgolion, er mwyn sicrhau eu bod yn cael eu cefnogi. Peth arall y mae'r Dirprwy Weinidog a minnau'n cytuno yn ei gylch yw defnyddio'r trydydd sector fel bod y bwlch rhwng atgyfeirio ac apwyntiad yn cael ei lenwi, er mwyn i'r unigolyn ifanc gael ei weld ar unwaith ac nad yw'n cael ei adael i ddioddef gartref. Mae llenwi swyddi CAMHS arbenigol sy'n wag ers amser maith hefyd yn fater rwy'n siŵr fod pawb yn ymwybodol iawn ohono, ac mae'n un y mae angen mynd i'r afael ag ef ar frys yn awr. Dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, dywedwyd wrthyf droeon fod hyn yn flaenoriaeth, ond nid yw pethau'n gwella; maent yn gwaethygu. Mae hwn yn fater sy'n rhy fawr i wleidyddion ddatgan ei fod yn flaenoriaeth a methu darparu'r adnoddau sydd eu hangen i ategu'r datganiadau. Mae rhagor o arian yn rhywbeth i'w groesawu, ac wedi'i groesawu, ond mae angen inni sicrhau bod yr arian hwnnw'n cyflawni'r canlyniadau a ddymunwn i'n pobl ifanc yng Nghymru. Mae llawer o heriau'n wynebu pobl ifanc yng Nghymru, ac yn anffodus, bydd yr heriau hynny'n parhau i waethygu oni bai bod gwleidyddion yn y fan hon yn gwneud rhagor. Ceir llawer o sbardunau a all achosi iechyd meddwl niweidiol mewn plant a phobl ifanc, boed yn fwlio yn yr ysgol, ffurfiau ar fethu gwybod lle rydych chi am fod mewn bywyd, methu cael tai priodol, pwysau ysgol. Mae'n rhestr ddiddiwedd, a gallwn siarad am hynny am oriau. Rhaid inni sicrhau bod cymorth priodol ar gael i blant a phobl ifanc, a chymryd camau yn ogystal i fynd i'r afael â'r sbardunau a all achosi iechyd meddwl niweidiol. Felly, mae angen inni sefydlu gwasanaethau argyfwng 24 awr i blant a phobl ifanc ledled Cymru, er mwyn gallu darparu cymorth pan fyddant yn gofyn am gymorth. Mae gormod o bobl ifanc yn aros yn rhy hir o lawer am apwyntiad ac mae llawer yn cyrraedd pwynt argyfwng cyn i unrhyw beth gael ei wneud, ac ni all hyn barhau. Edrychaf ymlaen at glywed cyfraniadau llawer o Aelodau i'r ddadl hon heddiw. Mae'n drueni fod y Llywodraeth wedi gwneud eu 'dileu popeth' arferol - fel y gwnânt bob wythnos - i'n cynnig. Byddwn yn cefnogi gwelliant Plaid Cymru heddiw. Nid yw'n ddiwrnod i ganmol Llywodraeth Cymru, ond yn hytrach, i wneud ein gwaith yn y lle hwn, i ddwyn y Llywodraeth i gyfrif a chael adolygiad brys ar y gweill o hyfywedd gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl plant a'r glasoed yma yng Nghymru. Mae'n bryd gweithredu, ac rwy'n annog pob Aelod ar draws y Siambr i gefnogi ein cynnig heddiw.