Supporting Kids & Teens with Exam Stress, by Joanne Steer
I have worked in children’s mental health services for the last twenty years. During this time I have noticed an increase in children and young…
Category: Mental health
Blog posts, articles, think-pieces and Q&A’s presented by Jessica Kingsley Publishers and associated authors on and around the subject of mental health.
Tourettes Survival Kit: Tools for Young Adults with Tics
So, you think you are lost? Here’s what to do! These are the words you see when you break the seal on a survival kit…
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Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) is changing. From September 2020 all schools in England will be required to provide RSE, Relationships and Health Education, and…
The Child’s World, Third Edition – What’s New?
The Child’s World, Third Edition is out now. The highly anticipated follow up to 2009’s influential text and bestseller has impressed early readers, so what…
Suicide Prevention: Changing the Power Balance between Professional and Client
Words by Joy Hibbins, author of Suicide Prevention Techniques. It was my own experience of being under mental health services which showed me that there…
The Mental Health of Children and Young People Survey
The NHS Digital report on this survey of the mental health of children and young people in England was published on 22nd November 2018 and is…
We’re… Still All Mad Here?
Tomorrow marks 2 years to the day that Claire Eastham’s, We’re All Mad Here was published (where does the time go!). ‘The No-Nonsense Guide to Living…
On Violent States and Creative States
Violence often appears to come ‘out of the blue’. This contention might almost be intrinsic to any account of the experience of any individual who…
We need to rethink our approach towards teenage mental health and the internet
Victoria Betton and James Woollard discuss the need for mental health practitioners to rethink the relationship between adolescent mental health and the internet. Their article…
Improving the Psychological Wellbeing of Children – A World Mental Health Day Blog
Over recent years, every survey has indicated both an increase in psychological distress amongst children and young people and a serious lack of capacity in…