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8 top tips to support young people with eating disorders

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  • Tuesday, November 28, 2023
  • | CYP Now
If you’re a frontline children’s services professional, you could be one of the first people to notice a young person is struggling with issues related to body image or food. That is why it is so important that every staff member can identify the symptoms and signpost young people to the support they need.

Therapeutic Care: Special Report

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  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
  • | CYP Now
With rises in children coming into care and reporting mental health problems, policymakers and service providers are developing therapeutic care and support across a range of settings to help young people.

One Life

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  • Tuesday, September 29, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Naomi FeigenbaumJessica Kingsley PublishersISBN 978184310912913.99176 pages

Log on to... Healthy eating

Obesity and the size-zero debate are increasing the focus on eating a balanced diet, particularly at key stages in life such as childhood and adolescence. Tim Burke looks at what various websites have to offer in terms of youth-friendly advice.

Health: Advice on... Young wheelchair users

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  • Monday, December 10, 2007
  • | CYP Now
It is not just the physical barriers that prevent young people in wheelchairs from joining in the fun. Whizz-Kidz's Mark Lovell says youth clubs need to make sure those with disabilities feel welcome and actively involve them in the decision-making process.

Advice on... Legal highs

Thousands of young people in the UK are believed to take "legal highs" -- synthetic chemicals that mimic the effects of cocaine or ecstasy. But just because such drugs are not classified as illegal doesn't mean they are safe, warns Gareth Balmer.

Healthy Lives, Brighter Futures: What's still to come?

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  • Wednesday, February 18, 2009
  • | CYP Now
The child health strategy, Healthy Lives, Brighter Futures, mentions numerous reviews, programmes, guidance and pieces of research that have yet to be published. Unless otherwise stated, there is still no timetable for when these will actually be released.

International Focus: Perinatal care, Australia

The cost to the UK of perinatal mental health difficulties is estimated to be £8bn annually. Jill Domoney visited Australia, a world-leader in this field, to see how agencies there support new parents and infants.

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