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Improving mental health services must be our goal

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  • Monday, April 13, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Early and consistent intervention to help children with mental health problems remains an elusive goal in Scotland. The latest statistics show that at least five of the 14 health boards are failing to reach targets on referral times.

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, September 29, 2020
  • | CYP Now
The basis for much of the work in the UK and internationally on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is drawn from a 1997 US study by CDC Kaiser on childhood traumas. This study identified a list of 10 ACEs that then formed the basis for a questionnaire used by researchers as a screening tool to assess the impact of childhood trauma on adults.

The policy context on Attachment and Neglect

In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the scale of child neglect, its long-term effect on children's wellbeing and how interventions can prevent and repair the damage caused to children's ability to form strong attachments with parents and carers.

Therapeutic Care: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Therapeutic care has its roots in the post-war psychoanalytic movement that sought to understand the impact trauma has on children and young people and what support needs to be put in place to give them the best chance of recovering.

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