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Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Delayed trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system will launch later this year, the government has pledged.

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Health workers are reluctant to routinely ask young people who access their services if they have been affected by adverse childhood experiences such as abuse or exploitation, a pilot study has found.

MPs criticise 'unambitious' children's mental health green paper

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

| CYP Now

Government plans to improve young people's mental health support "lack ambition and will provide no help to the majority of children who desperately need it", a report by MPs has concluded.

Primary school counselling 'delivers six-fold return on investment'

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Funding mental health counselling for primary school pupils can deliver a six-fold return on investment, analysis of a scheme involving more than 4,500 children has claimed.

Personal budgets to be extended to young people with mental health needs

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Friday, April 6, 2018

| CYP Now

Young people with mental health conditions will be given a greater say over the treatment they receive as part of plans to extend personal budgets to more groups.

Government promises action to combat negative body image

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Monday, March 26, 2018

| CYP Now

The government has pledged action to improve access to help and information for young people and professionals on combating negative body image.

Poor joint working on mental health sees children reach 'crisis point'

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Too many children and young people find themselves at "crisis point" before receiving mental health support because health care, education and other public services are not working together as effectively as they could, a report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), published today, has found.

'Austerity to blame' for many children's mental health problems

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

| CYP Now

Government plans to improve mental health support for young people represent a missed opportunity because they fail to acknowledge that many problems they face are the result of public spending cuts, a group representing psychologists has said.

Inquiry calls for social media companies to reveal anti-bullying response

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Monday, February 26, 2018

| CYP Now

Social media companies should be made to publish data on how well they are dealing with online bullying, according to an inquiry.

Corbyn calls for national action on life skills

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

| CYP Now

Young people should get more help to develop life skills and manage their emotions as part of efforts to improve their prospects, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said.

YoungMinds urges better support for childhood trauma victims

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Supporting children who have been affected by adversity and trauma should be made a public health priority, a mental health charity has said.

Councils call for mental health counselling for all pupils

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Every secondary school in the country should be handed funding to offer independent mental health counselling to all pupils, local authorities have said.

Social media 'provides important support for children in care'

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Friday, February 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Social media can bring psychological and emotional benefits to young people in care outweighing the potential risks it poses, a study has found.

Government mental health plans 'lack early years focus'

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Government plans to improve mental health help for children and young people are missing an opportunity by failing to look at early years support, experts have warned.

Doctors criticise lack of action to improve child health

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

| CYP Now

Public sector cuts and "piecemeal" government policies are harming the health of children in England, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned.

YoungMinds chief executive Sarah Brennan to step down

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

| CYP Now

The chief executive of YoungMinds Sarah Brennan will step down from her role in May, it has been announced.

Girls 'twice as likely' to experience emotional problems as boys

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

| CYP Now

Girls are more than twice as likely to experience emotional problems as boys, according to the initial findings of a £56m programme aimed at improving mental health support for young people.

Longfield calls for schools to help children combat social media pressures

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

| CYP Now

Schools need to do more to prepare pupils for the emotional pressures and demands of social media, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Two-thirds of schools without mental health champion

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Thursday, December 21, 2017

| CYP Now

Almost two-thirds of schools do not have a dedicated mental health champion six months on from the announcement of government plans for every secondary school to have one in place.

Inspectors praise SEND support for vulnerable groups in Solihull

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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised the quality of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Solihull, including unaccompanied asylum seekers and looked-after children.

Youth select committee calls for action on body image issues

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Young politicians are calling on the government to take action to combat the "long-lasting" effect of body dissatisfaction on young people's lives.

DfE 'making progress' on mental health check pilots

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Friday, November 10, 2017

| CYP Now

The government remains committed to trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system that were due to launch six months ago, a Department for Education official has said.

One in 10 children 'damaged' by parental alcohol abuse

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

| CYP Now

The lives of an estimated 700,000 young people are being damaged because they live with a parent who abuses alcohol, a charity survey has warned.

Experts urge training drive to boost mental health support for children in care

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Monday, November 6, 2017

| CYP Now

All carers and professionals who work directly with looked-after children should receive mental health training as part of a range of efforts to boost support for them, a government-appointed group of experts has recommended.

One in three children 'suffer from loneliness'

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Friday, November 3, 2017

| CYP Now

A third of children feel lonely and could be at risk of long-term mental and physical health problems, a charity has warned.

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Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

MPs criticise 'unambitious' children's mental health green paper

Primary school counselling 'delivers six-fold return on investment'

Personal budgets to be extended to young people with mental health needs

Government promises action to combat negative body image

Poor joint working on mental health sees children reach 'crisis point'

'Austerity to blame' for many children's mental health problems

Inquiry calls for social media companies to reveal anti-bullying response

Corbyn calls for national action on life skills

YoungMinds urges better support for childhood trauma victims

Councils call for mental health counselling for all pupils

Social media 'provides important support for children in care'

Government mental health plans 'lack early years focus'

Doctors criticise lack of action to improve child health

YoungMinds chief executive Sarah Brennan to step down

Girls 'twice as likely' to experience emotional problems as boys

Longfield calls for schools to help children combat social media pressures

Two-thirds of schools without mental health champion

Inspectors praise SEND support for vulnerable groups in Solihull

Youth select committee calls for action on body image issues

DfE 'making progress' on mental health check pilots

One in 10 children 'damaged' by parental alcohol abuse

Experts urge training drive to boost mental health support for children in care

One in three children 'suffer from loneliness'

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