Health In Depth
Skills for the Job: Understanding the dangers of porn
With pornography becoming increasingly available online, professionals must recognise its impact on children who view it.
The hidden helpers
Hundreds of thousands of children and young people care for a family member, but their needs often get ignored. Joe Lepper investigates the barriers young carers face in getting the vital support they require.
Time for GPs to ‘open the door’ to children and young people
Family doctors need improved training and a new approach to how they relate to the young patients that come to them if primary care services are to better meet the needs of children and young people
Skills for the Job: Helping children with anxiety
Feelings of anxiety can trigger worrying symptoms, but services are available to help children and young people overcome them
Good Practice Case Studies
Good Idea: ‘Buddies’ help transition for those with eating disorders
Online recovery-focused peer-to-peer support for young people with an eating disorder aged 16 to 26 living in London and who are making a transition in their lives
How young people shape mental health services
Scheme to improve provision of mental health services for young people shows high levels of satisfaction among participants
How teens share lessons in becoming a parent
Young parents are getting back into education by teaching other teenagers what effect bringing up a baby can have on their lifestyle
How a play tackles negative body image problems
Young people take to the stage to help teenagers confront unhealthy attitudes to body image
How couples’ sessions lift stress from families
A programme to halt a damaging decline in parental relationships has been a success in the US and is now being launched in the UK
Latest Health News
- Daily roundup: Junk food, child porn and social work ethics
- Children’s workforce recognised in birthday honours list
- Study to develop psychological help for child burn victims
- Royal colleges publish healthcare standards for young people in custody
- Gender identity disorder affects girls and boys equally, research shows
- Youth advice charity steps in to safeguard teenagers
- Half of Foundation Learning participants do not progress
- Council offers support to those affected by April Jones case
- London hospital expands youth work service
- Charities secure government contract to improve young people's health
Quick Guides
Health Comment
How we can lead the way in promoting positivity
In 2012, I launched my first campaign to smash the stereotypes and improve attitudes towards children and young people.
Social care in the UK must widen its outlook to be more resourceful
Services in the UK have plenty to learn from poorer countries, argues Chris Hanvey
Stubborn adversaries will let children down
There is so much dialogue between parties who either deliberately don’t listen to each other or are genuinely hard of hearing. My job takes me across all policy areas and I witness it everywhere.
