Issue 116
Featured download: Journalism student Oli Perkins-Gibbons sent Freedom of Information requests to every UK university asking them about the numbers of suicide and serious self-harm incidents they had recorded. What started off as a research project into the pressures of university life ended up revealing worrying levels of students suffering mental health problems and the failure of many academic institutions to take it seriously. Download the featured article here (free).
Also in this issue...
News
- Inquiry finds agency failings over suicide pact girls
- Plans outlined for reforms to care, adoption and SEN systems
Viewpoints
- New NICE draft guidance on the emotional wellbeing of vulnerable infants is too narrow in its scope, says Jane Barlow
- The evidence base for what works in children’s mental health needs to be cast wider, says Nick Midgley
Features
- Cover feature – Too much too young
A study by Dr Susan Mizen has looked at how the experiences of being a carer during childhood can have long-term consequences in later life - Focus on childhood mutism
New research and advise for practitioners on working with young people with selective mutism and other similar anxiety disorders - Findings from a year-long audit of on-call assessments of self-harm at a tier three CAMHS unit in the West Midlands
- Researchers outline findings from a review of complaints procedures used in the NHS, including for children’s mental health services
Published quarterly, YoungMinds Magazine is for everyone concerned with child and adolescent mental health - CAMHS professional or parent, teacher or nurse, clinician or youth worker, trainer or consultant. To receive YoungMinds magazine, become a professional member of YoungMinds.
