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Last three months

YoungMinds press releases from the last three months

Tabitha Suzuma’s From Where I stand scoops YoungMinds Book Award

18/11/2008

Tabitha Suzuma’s From Where I Stand was crowned winner of the YoungMinds Book Award 2008, last night at the Unicorn Theatre.

YoungMinds calls for extra support for 18-25 year olds with mental health problems

18/11/2008

YoungMinds welcomes today’s recommendations in the child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) review to provide CAMHS users with a clear transition plan up to the age 25.

Bullying is still a big concern for parents, says YoungMinds

17/11/2008

Anti Bullying Week 17-21 November 200

YoungMinds awarded £2.5 million to expand national advisory panel Very Important Kids

29/10/2008

YoungMinds, the children’s leading mental health charity, has received £2.5 million from the Big Lottery Fund’s Young People’s Fund 2 (YPF2) National Grants programme to ensure 2,700 children and young people contribute to mental health policy by 2013

YoungMinds calls for more support to aid recovery for children with mental health problems

21/10/2008

Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that more needs to be done to support children with mental health problems. Thirty per cent of children diagnosed as having an emotional disorder in 2004 still had the disorder in 2007.

Dr. Tanya Byron to present YoungMinds Annual Lecture

15/10/2008

Author and child psychologist Dr. Tanya Byron will be exploring the media’s role in reducing the stigma of mental health at the YoungMinds Annual Lecture on Monday 17 November.

YoungMinds magazine shortlisted in Mental Health Media Awards 2008

02/10/2008

YoungMinds Magazine has been shortlisted in the prestigious Mental Health Media Awards 2008.

Progress needed to meet Government’s pledge on children’s mental health

01/10/2008

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.

YoungMinds announces book award shortlist

17/09/2008

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 calls for young people to share their feelings on

10/09/2008

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.

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RHS Out of the Shadows report

YM's Out of the Shadows report

ym-out-of-shadows-pub.jpgOut of the Shadows? is a publication written by 11 MILLION in collaboration
with YoungMinds and representatives of VIK (Very Important Kids).

It provides an overview of the responses to the recommendations set out in Pushed into the Shadows - young people’s experience of adult mental health facilities (an earlier publication that described the experiences of children and young people admitted on to adult psychiatric wards).

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