Over 1 in 5 children rejected from mental health services in Scotland
The latest waiting time figures have reinforced calls by the Scottish Children's Services Coalition (SCSC) for providers to increase investment in mental health services for children/teenagers, with a focus on prevention and…
How to support children that have experienced household psychological or emotional abuse
"Children are not mere bystanders when living in households with domestic abuse" writes Sue Penna, who delivers training in trauma-informed support to schools and other organisations.
Creating mental health crisis support plans for schoolchildren
Crisis support plans can prove useful in supporting schoolchildren to recognise and then plan for experiences or feelings that some are likely to already be finding to be regular and…
An anti-glossary for school mental health lessons
When delivering mental health lessons in schools, which will become mandatory from September 2020, the importance of the language used by teachers should not be underestimated.
‘Nobody in hospital picked up on the fact that I am an addict and will keep coming back – why?’
Professor Julia Sinclair, chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ addictions faculty, responds to soaring drug-related deaths.
Narcissism – mental health care approaches: a podcast interview
In this exclusive Mental Health Knowledge podcast interview, psychodynamic counsellor Jessica Murray describes how mental health care professionals can identify narcissistic personality disorder, in order to treat the individual and…
Mental health services “not bothering” with NICE guidelines to routinely enquire about abuse
Findings come as charities, practitioners and leading experts call for the Domestic Abuse Bill to ensure all public services ask about domestic abuse.
How grant-funding ‘zine therapy’ is reducing suicidality for two in three children
Children are admitted to CAMHS if they are considered at high risk of suicide or self-harm, but a programme in Liverpool has demonstrated how a particular form of art therapy rapidly reduced…
Do we need to redefine what we mean by the term ‘antidepressant’?
Last week a UK documentary made headlines through discussing whether young people have become over-medicalised in pursuit of good mental health. Abi Crossland-Otter, a trainee counsellor currently working as a…
Podcast interview: How to raise therapeutic standards in co-designed mental health services
Adrian Pecotic interviews Dr Graham Durcan, now the director responsible for research and evaluation at the Centre for Mental Health, in the latest podcast made exclusively available to subscribers of…
