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May

YoungMinds urges government to launch campaign alerting young people to the dangers of cannabis

08/05/2008

YoungMinds, the UK’s leading children’s mental health charity calls for the Government to listen to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs report urging a well resourced campaign alerting young people to the dangers of cannabis.

YoungMinds appoints Sarah Brennan as Chief Executive

13/05/2008

YoungMinds, the UK’s leading children’s mental health charity is delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Brennan as Chief Executive.

Mental Health Act revised code of practice must be implemented to be of use, warns YoungMinds

14/05/2008

YoungMinds, the UK’s leading children’s mental health charity is encouraged by the Mental Health Act’s revised Code of Practice published this week. Yet warns guidance must be acted on to ensure changes for young people experiencing severe mental difficulties. Further work also needs to explore how to practically implement guidance such as ensuring children and young people receive the same educational provision as their peers.

Relaunch of YoungMinds Book Award highlights the value of reading for young people’s mental health

20/05/2008

Books can have a vital part in promoting the mental and emotional well-being of young people, according to YoungMinds, the UK’s leading children’s mental health charity, which this month is relaunching its prestigious annual Book Award.

Treatment not prison for our young people

21/05/2008

YoungMinds, the UK’s leading children’s mental health charity believes locking up young people with mental health problems is an indictment on society, criminalising young people when what they need is treatment.

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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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Download YoungMinds's Out of the Shadows? report