Halting the rise in eating disorders
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
There has been a sharp increase in the number of children...
Mental Health
Policy reforms, practice examples and evaluation of children's mental health interventions, from prevention and early intervention through to crisis treatment. See our archive of case studies, research and features.
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8 top tips to support young people with eating disorders
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
If you’re a frontline children’s services professional, you...
Mental Health in Schools: Special Report
With a growing number of children and young people facing...
The case for daily wellbeing lessons in schools
Nadim Saad talks to CYP Now about the importance of...
Interview: Lisa Harker, director, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory
- Health | Children's Services | Children's rights | Mental Health | Interview
Derren Hayes speaks to the director of the Nuffield Family...
Riding the wave of social prescribing
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Social prescribing is increasingly being offered to children...
Legal Update: Mental health detention
Lauren Morling and Sihana Bina of Coram International set...
International Focus: Perinatal care, Australia
- Health | Young parents | Families/Parenting | Children's Services | Mental Health | Attachment & Neglect
The cost to the UK of perinatal mental health difficulties...
Psychoanalytic and family systemic approach helps Childhood First improve young lives
- Residential Children's Care | Mental Health | Social Care | Residential and specialist care
Therapeutic provider uses an approach rooted in the...
Therapeutic Communities: Special Report
- Health | Mental health | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care
There has been a recent rise in interest from policymakers...
Amberleigh breaks from norm with larger care settings
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Residential Children's Care | Mental Health
Provider of two large group settings supports boys in care...
Game over: the risks of children gambling
- Health | Mental health | Youth Work | Mental Health
Harmful gambling among children and young people is an...
Commissioning of therapies
- Commissioning | Management | Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Some children need therapeutic support that does not fit...
Bereavement support for children with SEND, Denmark
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health | PSHE Education | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Sarah Helton visited Denmark in 2018 as part of a study trip...
Children’s Mental Health Special Report
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Children’s mental health has long been characterised by long...
Digital Innovation in Social Care: Special Report
- Social Care | Mental Health | Attachment & Neglect | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Preventing Care Proceedings
The pandemic has required children’s social care to embrace...
Enhanced trauma-informed approach helps practitioners build better relationships with homeless young people
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Attachment & Neglect | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Homelessness charity in West Midlands uses...
Islington Council trains workforce in trauma-informed practice to improve outcomes for vulnerable children
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Mental Health
Islington Council has implemented trauma-informed practice...
Trauma-informed Practice: Special Report
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Social Care | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Attachment & Neglect | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Preventing Care Proceedings | Youth Offending | Leaving Care | Adoption | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Adverse childhood experiences can have far-reaching negative...
How Covid-19 remade children’s services
- Children's Services | Social Care | Youth Work | Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Outdoor Learning
A year on from the emergence of the coronavirus and onset of...
Interview: Mark Russell, The Children’s Society chief executive
- Children's Services | Child poverty | Children's rights | Social Care | Interview | Mental Health
Chief executive of The Children’s Society sets out his...
How I Got Here: Tish Feilden
The psychotherapist and co-founder of charity Jamie’s Farm...
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Special Report
- Children's Services | Early help | Health | Mental health | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health | Attachment & Neglect | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Preventing Care Proceedings
Research has shown that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)...
Commissioning for wellbeing
- Mental health | Children's Services | Management | Commissioning | Mental Health
Commissioners should consider how best to meet the mental...
Here come the girls
- Youth Work | Mental Health
To mark International Women’s Day this month, Charlotte...
Therapeutic Care: Special Report
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Fostering and adoption | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Adoption
With rises in children coming into care and reporting mental...
Trauma-Informed Practice: Special Report
- Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health | Youth Offending
Experiencing traumatic events can have a lasting negative...
Adverse childhood experiences: Building on the strength within
- Children's Services | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care
Much work with disadvantaged young people focuses on fixing...
Social inequality and wellbeing
- Health | Mental Health
The "allostatic load" on children caused by chronic stress...
Mental Health in Schools: Special Report
- Mental health | Mental Health
As children's mental health needs increase, schools,...
Legal Update: Long-term segregation on mental health wards
- Children's rights | Legal | Mental Health
Care Quality Commission report reveals cases of young people...
Childhood bereavement: Helping children deal with death
- Children's Services | Mental Health
Childhood bereavement is common but many children don't get...
Guide to measure loneliness
- Health | Mental Health
Feeling lonely can harm children's wellbeing, so a new guide...
School mental health pilots
- Health | Mental Health
New school-based teams and practitioners aim to provide...
Commissioning: Mental health transformation plans
- Mental health | Commissioning | Mental Health
Partnerships are crucial to ensure transformation plans...
Helping children get a good night's sleep
- Health | Mental Health
Getting enough sleep is vital to children and young people's...
NHS Long Term Plan gives young people's mental health a boost
- Health | Mental Health
The government's 10-year vision for the NHS sets out key...
Turning ACE into positive change
- Social Care | Mental Health
Knowledge of adverse childhood experiences should be used to...
Advocate for young minds: Emma Thomas, chief executive, YoungMinds
- Mental health | Interview | Mental Health
Derren Hayes talks to Emma Thomas, chief executive of...
Social media and mental health
- Health | Mental Health
Experts say review of children's social media use must...
Checks for looked-after children
- Mental Health | Health
Characteristics of mental health assessments for children in...
Call to boost school counselling services
- Education | Mental health | Mental Health
Council leaders and professional organisations say mental...
Disorganized Attachment in Infancy: A Review of the Phenomenon and its Implications for Clinicians and Policy-Makers
- Families/Parenting | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health
This review paper, co-authored by international academics...
Special Report: Children's Mental Health
- Mental health | Families/Parenting | Leaving care | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health
As concerns persist over children and young people's mental...
Transitioning Care Leavers With Mental Health Needs: 'They Set You Up to Fail!'
- Mental Health | Leaving Care
This small-scale study aimed to explore these issues by...
Plan for closer school-CAMHS ties
Advocates of closer working between schools and mental...
Virtual leads to improve mental health of looked-after children
- Mental health | Social Care | Mental Health
Leaders back calls from an expert working group for the...
Lessons from Serious Case Reviews: Child mental health
- Mental health | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health
Safeguarding in child and adolescent mental health services...
Child X reveals crisis in CAMHS
- Mental health | Mental Health
The Child X case highlights failures across the mental...
Youth mental health champions
- Mental health | Mental Health
Teachers are to be trained how to respond to pupils in...
Good Practice
Arts projects bring young people wellbeing boost
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Youth Work
Post-pandemic initiative aims to improve community health...
Young people's lived experiences shape Scottish suicide prevention strategy
- Youth Work | Participation | Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Young people with lived experiences of mental health...
Thrive improves behaviour and attainment
Primary in Dagenham trains its staff to deliver Thrive...
Training makes teachers ‘trusted adults’
Cornwall's HeadStart Kernow rolled out an intensive training...
Specialist team supports students' emerging mental health needs
Brighter Futures for Children's Mental Health Support Team...
Young people co-produce mental health directory
- Health | Mental health | Youth Work | Participation | Mental Health
Youth ambassadors collaborate with service providers on...
How classroom storytelling sessions target emotions
Creative Classrooms gives children and teachers the...
How essential breaks bring young carers together
- Youth Work | Mental Health
Young carers get breaks from family responsibilities to...
Champions of children’s health and wellbeing
- Health | Early years education | Public Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Courses and training
Training empowers practitioners to lead change in early...
Suicide bereavement support, Denmark
- Health | Mental health | Families/Parenting | Children's Services | Mental Health
Anna Wardley visited Denmark to speak to leading experts and...
Psychologists help youth club support young men affected by offending
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Youth Justice | Youth Offending
Trained psychologists were based at a youth club in Haringey...
Young people get quick mental health support
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Free service offers young people one-to-one and group...
Benefits of literacy, US and Canada
Teacher Olivia Richards visited programmes in the US and...
How mental health support finds its place in schools
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Charity Place2Be provides schools with clinicians who take a...
How I Got Here: Clare Erasmus
- Education | Mental health | Mental Health
Teacher and director of mental health and wellbeing at...
Peer mentoring scheme prevents problems escalating
- Mental health | Mental Health
More than Mentors trains young mentors in school and...
Social prescribing service boosts mental health of Sheffield young people
- Mental health | Health | Mental Health
Sheffield Futures’ social prescribing model offers early...
Whole-school approach brings down bullying
- Education | Discipline and exclusions | Mental Health
Anti-bullying initiative with a special focus on helping...
Play helps children learn to be Healthy Movers
- Early Years | Health | Early years education | Mental Health
Early years healthy living programme promotes children’s...
Tech solutions help young people overcome anxieties
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Mental Health
The Children’s Society is using virtual reality with...
Leap turns to young people with lived experience to shape future priorities
- Participation | Youth Offending | Mental Health
Leap Confronting Conflict (Leap) co-ordinated three separate...
Disaster-based trauma support, Australia
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Education | Safeguarding in education | Mental Health
The rugged, remote and inhospitable nature of much of the...
Agency helps children develop more secure attachments
- Health | Mental health | Social Care | Fostering and adoption | Mental Health | Adoption
“Outstanding”-rated adoption agency Family Futures provides...
NHS specialists and secure setting staff create therapeutic environment to address complex issues
- Health | Mental health | Youth Justice | Probation, resettlement and rehabilitation | Mental Health | Youth Offending
Secure Stairs has been delivering practical solutions to...
How peer support helps children cope better with grief
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Social Care | Mental Health
Weekly sessions of peer support give children and families a...
Art therapy helps girls affected by youth violence
- Safeguarding and child protection | Social Care | Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Mental Health
A south London-based project is using creative expression as...
Young people supported to get wise over exploitation
- Mental Health
YMCA WiSE, YMCA Downslink Group's support service, helps...
PRU embeds trauma understanding among teachers
- Mental Health
The Key Education Centre has trained all staff to understand...
Support to tackle the trauma left by ACE
- Mental Health
Family Support, an independent local authority trading...
Project unpicks the trauma of care to address offending
- Youth Offending | Mental Health
Experience of both care and custody is not unusual -...
HeadStart boosts pupil resilience in Newham schools
- Mental Health
Programme delivers a whole-school approach to mental health.
School arts project encourages pupils to express feelings
- Mental Health
Pupils at secondary in largely Asian community take part in...
Teachers learn mental heath first aid
- Mental Health
Helps teachers improve mental health support skills.
Beach workshops help pupils re-engage with learning
- Mental Health
Supports families to improve and maintain positive mental...
App reduces young people's urge to self-harm
- Health | Mental Health
Calm Harm app helps children and young people manage the...
Empowering children to take control of their online lives
- Education | Safeguarding in education | Mental Health
Free internet safety resource for pupils in Key Stage 2.
Social prescribers for children
- Youth Work | Mental Health
StreetGames' project could be the first initiative to...
Provider treats young people with mental health problems
- Residential and specialist care | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care
West Midlands-based Cove Care provides step-down placements...
Young people express their feelings through creating and publishing comics
- Participation | Mental Health
Knowsley Council-backed community interest company supports...
Evidence and Impact: Improving infant mental health
- Families/Parenting | Mental Health
The latest in a series of articles about emerging...
Young commissioners programme
- Social Care | Mental Health
Group of young people in Newcastle and Gateshead recruited...
Young people craft advice for schools on boosting pupils' mental health
- Participation | Mental Health
Young people in East Sussex worked with the council, NHS,...
Youth mental health, Netherlands
- Mental Health
Mental health problems have been rising rapidly in the...
How to Beat Burnout: Advice for Employers
- Mental Health
Children's professionals across social care, health and...
How joined-up work improves mental wellbeing
- Mental Health
Schools, health professionals and the voluntary sector join...
Peer mentor programme aims to bring mental health from out of the shadows
- Mentoring | Mental Health
London charity will recruit peer mentors to support young...
Cove Care
- Residential and specialist care | Mental Health
Specialist children's homes provide an alternative to...
Research
Trends in Eating Disorder and Self-harm Incidence Rates Since Covid-19
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Researchers from Keele University, the University of...
Creative Life Story Work strengthens care relationships
- Social Care | Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Evaluation of a creative, relational approach to life story...
Using a socio-ecological framework to understand how 8-12-year-olds build and show digital resilience
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health | Mental health
This study explores how digital resilience operates in...
Impact of Covid-19 on emergency department attendances for young people
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Researchers from the University of Southampton wanted to...
Trends in Weight Loss Attempts Among Children in England
- Health | Mental Health
More than a third of UK children are overweight or obese....
Parenting recovery programme tackles child trauma
- Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care
Study assesses how children’s home provider uses...
Overshadowed: The Mental Health Needs of Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Disabled children and young people
It is estimated that around 1.2 million people in England...
A Review of Recent Evidence into Children and Young People’s Mental Health
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
This document seeks to piece together the evidence about...
Mental Health for All? The Final Report of the Commission for Equality in Mental Health
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
The Commission for Equality in Mental Health was set up in...
The Impact of Youth Engagement on Life Satisfaction
- Youth Work | Mental Health
Young people’s mental health is getting worse with those in...
Protecting the psychological health of children through effective communication about COVID-19
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Coronavirus
In this brief commentary, Dalton and colleagues set out the...
History of childhood maltreatment is associated with reduced fractional anisotropy of the accumbofrontal ‘reward’ tract in healthy adults
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Several studies have shown that childhood maltreatment is...
Practitioner Review: Twenty years of research with adverse childhood experience scores – Advantages, disadvantages and applications to practice
- Health | Mental health | Social Care | Mental Health | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
In their practitioner review, Lacey and Minnis consider the...
Screen Use, Lifestyle Behaviours and Psychosocial Health in Adolescent Females
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health
Researchers at the University of Leicester wanted to measure...
Client and provider discomfort with an adverse childhood experiences survey
- Mental health | Social Care | Mental Health
The presumed causal relationship between ACEs and poor life...
ICT-Supported Social Work Interventions with Youth: A Critical Review
- Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Children's Services | Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Adoption
This study conducted a systematic review of information and...
Child, Caregiver, and Therapist Perspectives on Therapeutic Alliance in Usual Care Child Psychotherapy
- Social Care | Health | Mental health | Families/Parenting | Mental Health | Preventing Care Proceedings
The primary aim of this exploratory study was to examine the...
Evaluation of Right Here: A Young People’s Mental Health Initiative of the Paul Hamlyn and Mental Health Foundations
- Youth Work | Mental Health | Health | Mental health
The increase in young people suffering poor mental health...
Gambling Behaviours and their Associations with Socio-emotional Harm
- Health | Mental Health | PSHE Education
Researchers from Cardiff University wanted to find out what...
Healing Environments For Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
- Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health
This evidence summary attempts to answer the question, "What...
Systematic Review of Organisation-Wide, Trauma-Informed Care Models in Out-Of-Home Care Settings
- Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health
The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the...
Mental Health and Wellbeing Provision in Schools: Review of Published Policies and Information
- Mental Health
DfE commissioned this study to further understanding of the...
'Pupil Mental Health Crisis?' Survey Report 2017: Examining the Current State of Mental Wellbeing in Young People and Children in the UK
- Mental Health
Hub4Leaders partnered with The Carnegie Centre of Excellence...
Now You See Us: Identifying and Responding to the Scale of Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs in Primary School Children
- Mental Health
It is crucial for schools to be able to identify early all...
E-Safety: Vulnerable Children in a Digital World
- Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
For many vulnerable children, the digital environment can be...
E-Safety: Screen Time
- Education | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health
Although the phrase "screen time" is not typically part of...
The Social Determinants of LGBT Youth Suicidality in England
- Mental Health
International research has consistently found young people...
Mental Health and Wellbeing Trends Among Children and Young People in the UK
- Mental Health
Academics analysed trends in mental health outcomes among...
How Does Video Interaction Guidance Contribute to Infant and Parental Mental Health and Well-Being?
- Early Years | Mental Health | Play
Video interaction guidance (VIG) uses video to help parents...
The Effects of Mother-Infant Singing on Emotional Closeness, Affect, Anxiety And Stress Hormones
- Early Years | Mental Health | Play
This article provides evidence on the psychobiological...
Applying the Recovery Approach to the Interface Between Mental Health and Child Protection Services
- Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health
This article discusses the potential of the "recovery...
Trauma-informed Social Work Practice: Practice Considerations and Challenges
- Social Care | Mental Health
This article summarises current theory and research...
The Relationship Between Exclusion from School and Mental Health
- Education | Mental Health
Researchers from the University of Exeter set out to examine...
Comparing the Locus of Control of Young People in Foster Care
- Fostering and adoption | Mental Health | Foster Care
Research into whether the locus of control of children in...
Internet Filtering Technology and Aversive Online Experiences in Adolescents
- Extra-curricular | Safeguarding and child protection | Youth Work | Mental Health
Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford...
Integrating a youth participation model in a youth mental health service: Challenges and lessons learned
- Participation | Mental Health
This article discusses the evaluation of a tiered...
"Yes. They are Listening but Do They Hear Us?" Reflections on the Journey of the Barnardo's Participation Project
- Participation | Mental Health | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Barnardo's Participation Project sought to develop ways of...
Service users as the key to service change? The development of an innovative intervention for excluded young people
- Participation | Mental Health | Youth Offending
Young people affected by street gangs and those at risk of...
Patterns of Referral and Waiting Times for Specialist CAMHS
- Mental Health
Children and young people's access to timely and appropriate...
GW4 Children and Young People's Self-harm and Suicide Research Collaboration
The provision of self-harm prevention and intervention in...
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Young Children Three Years Post-trauma
- Mental Health
Children who experience traumatic events such as car...
Suicide by Children and Young People in England
- Health | Children's Services | Information sharing | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection | Mental Health
Researchers examine whether specific experiences such as...
Special Report: Children's Mental Health - Research evidence
- Mental Health
Four studies on: Effectiveness of mindfulness for children...
Survey of Schools' Work with Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Education | Extra-curricular | Health | Children's Services | Information sharing | Management | Service configuration | Mental Health
A research team led by University College London and the...
Youth Mental Health: New Economic Evidence
- Health | Children's Services | Children's rights | Early help | Information sharing | Leadership | Service configuration | Mental Health
Study of the economic impact of youth mental health services...
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