MENTAL HEALTH BLOG WEEK.Young people need care services that carry on consistently through the transitions between childhood and adulthood. Kadra Abdinasir, Strategic Lead at the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC), makes the case, and welcomes recent Government initiatives in this direction
Category: Mental health
Money on your mind – the links between debt and mental health
MENTAL HEALTH BLOG WEEK. StepChange Debt Charity provides free debt advice online and over the telephone. Grace Brownfield works in the policy team, campaigning for changes to regulation, law and practice, to reduce the risk of problem debt and the harm it causes. Here she looks at the link between debt and mental health, especially… Read more »
What happens if we do nothing about young people’s mental health?
MENTAL HEALTH BLOG WEEK. A growing concern about young people’s mental health prompted this question. Sophie Corlett, Director of External Relations at the mental health charity Mind, responds, and signals that much yet needs to be done
Mental health care for the young: growing need, inadequate provision
MENTAL HEALTH BLOG WEEK. The recently published NHS Long Term Plan includes new provisions for addressing the inadequacies of mental health care for young people. Helen Hayes, Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood in London, explains why – while welcome – this is clearly not enough
Introducing the IF/FRFG mental health blog week
MENTAL HEALTH BLOG WEEK. To mark the beginning of a week of IF blogs on the subject of young people and mental health, IF’s Senior Researcher David Kingman explains what we have in store for our readers
New research looks at key issues affecting young people’s health
A recent research paper by the Health Foundation raises serious concerns about the negative forces that may be adversely affecting the health of the UK’s young adults. David Kingman looks at the findings