Last three months
YoungMinds press releases from the last three months
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YoungMinds magazine shortlisted in Mental Health Media Awards 2008
02/10/2008
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Progress needed to meet Government’s pledge on children’s mental health
01/10/2008
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YoungMinds announces book award shortlist
17/09/2008
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YoungMinds calls for young people to share their feelings on
10/09/2008
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YoungMinds welcomes new children’s mental health website
07/09/2008
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Give children a say in their mental health treatment, urges YoungMinds
02/09/2008
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Teens cause parents greatest concern, reveals YoungMinds
06/08/2008
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Fit for the Queen- run the Royal Parks half marathon this autumn
25/07/2008
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Fathers have feelings too, says YoungMinds
21/07/2008
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Children’s workforce lacks training in mental health, says YoungMinds
17/07/2008
YoungMinds Magazine has been shortlisted in the prestigious Mental Health Media Awards 2008.
Primary care trusts and mental health trusts have some way to go if they are to meet the Government’s target to ensure no children or young people are inappropriately placed on adult mental health wards by 2010, the Children’s Commissioner for England today says today.
This summer young people up and down the country have been reviewing books for this year’s YoungMinds book award – and following their feedback, YoungMinds, the leading children’s mental health charity, is delighted to announce the six shortlisted books for 2008:
YoungMinds, the children’s mental health charity urges young people to share their problems, to stop them from escalating to a point where they cannot cope.
Great Ormond Street Hospital’s (GOSH) new interactive mental health site for 12-18 years will be a vital resource for young people with mental health problems, says YoungMinds, the children’s mental health charity
Children should have a say in their mental health treatment, say 97 % of professionals, parents and young people in a YoungMinds poll - yet feed back from the charity’s children’s advisory panel shows that very few actually do
Nearly half (46 %) of parents contacting YoungMinds Parents Information Service for advice are worried about their 12-16 year olds, latest statistics show, while almost a third (31.3 %) called the YoungMinds helpline about a serious mental health problem, with suicidal thoughts and attempts causing greatest concern.
Royal Parks Foundation half marathon, Sunday 12th October 2008
Fathers have a really important role to play in their child’s well being, yet many lack the skills and confidence to get involved. That’s the message behind comedy night, Those Young Minds, showing on 14th and 15th August, at Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh.
In response to the Governments independent review of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) YoungMinds, the children’s mental health charity highlights a serious lack of skilled workers to treat the one in 10 children suffering severe mental health problems. As a result CAMHS provide inadequate services particularly to children with learning difficulties and older teenagers.
