By Sarah Ingram
During the Easter holidays last year, five-year-old Harry had a panic attack and said he didn’t want to live any more.
‘He was saying he didn’t have any friends and that he was ugly,’ remembers his mum, Sophie*, who adds that of course neither was true. Her son then told her: ‘I w...
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