The Future of Mental Health: A Vision for 2015, published by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Social Services and the NHS Confederation, says the children of people with mental health problems should have their needs assessed as young carers. It says children's trusts must have a strong relationship with mental health services.
It also calls for mental health issues to be part of the school curriculum (www.scmh.org.uk).
The report was welcomed by Mind, Young Minds and human rights organisation the 1990 Trust, which works to improve the mental health of Black and minority ethnic (BME) groups. But Matilda MacAttram, BME health lead at the trust, called for more to be done to tackle the high proportion of BME young people diagnosed with mental health problems.
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