Healthy bodies and minds – the power of sport on children’s mental health
In this guest blog, consultant psychotherapist Brenda McHugh talks about the benefits…
Giving children a Headstart with their mental health
Fostering resilience in children and young people is being recognised as an…
Young people’s mental health pilot expands with £54 million Lottery grant
Six partnerships across England will enable young people to cope better and…
Vulnerable children being re-traumatised by services designed to help them, report claims
Schools, social workers, police and NHS staff are inadvertently re-traumatising vulnerable children,…
Mental illness in children should be tackled before birth, councils say
Childhood mental illness should be tackled before birth, by addressing any mental…
North Yorkshire schools celebrate successes of mental wellbeing project
Twelve schools in North Yorkshire have been celebrating the successes of the…
More than half of children not receiving mental health treatment after GP referral, research finds
Increasing numbers of children and young people are being denied mental health…
Parents feel childhood mental illness is a life sentence, research says
The majority of parents fear that if their child is diagnosed with…
RCN calls for greater investment in school nursing to help provide effect mental health support to children
Greater investment is needed in school nurses so that they can provide…
Inaugural Infant Mental Health Awareness Week seeks to emphasise importance of infant mental health
Many prominent parenting and children’s organisations have joined with the charity Parent…