'Sarah became very distant. She stopped eating properly and started losing weight.'

Parent

'Jodie was the sort of girl whose tops were up to her neck. She was really shy. She changed almost overnight...She was suddenly wearing tops with her bust practically out. She wore loads of jewellery and tons of over-the-top make-up.'

Parent

'What was worse was that her personality changed. She’d be a moody teenager sometimes, but nothing out of the ordinary. She became withdrawn, moody and nasty. She said that she hated me; that she was adopted.'

'She denied taking drugs, but she’d sometimes come home and wouldn’t shut up; her eyes would be fully dilated; she’d try to put loud music on in her bedroom and she wouldn’t go to sleep until five or six in the morning. Then she’d be in bed all day and get depressed.'

Parent

'She kept being ill all the time with colds. She looked really run down; her skin changed; her hair changed. I knew that wasn’t normal.'

Parent