Independent Mental Health Advocacy: A glass half full?
Independent Mental Health Advocacy is all about giving a voice to those whose rights have been compromised. Hot on the heels on the release of…
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Can children be depressed?
It may be hard to believe that children can experience depression at a very young age, but as the NHS explains, “10% of children in Great…
Preparing a child with ASD for a move to another country
Heather Jones is the author of Talk to Me: Conversation Strategies for Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum or Speech and Language Impairments – in this…
Mental health support made simple
Following the second edition release of Introducing Mental Health, authors Connor and Caroline Kinsella provide insight into taking a more global and simplified approach to mental health…
Music therapy and dementia care – it’s now time to win friends and influence people
Shibley Rahman completed his PhD in frontotemporal dementia at Cambridge University, commencing a lifelong interest in the timely diagnosis of dementia. In this article he argues for…
A new one day course on the 5P approach from Linda Miller
Course: Using the 5P Approach to prevent and manage behaviour difficulties Date: Wednesday 1st July 2015, LONDON at the British Psychological Society Head Offices. This is a…
Twenty years of living with brain injury
Over twenty years ago, Philip Fairclough fell fifteen feet from a ladder onto a concrete patio, causing massive trauma to his head and severe brain injury. Eight years…
Self-Help for Adults on the Autism Spectrum
In another blog post for Mental Health Awareness Week award winning JKP author Dr. Lee A. Wilkinson discusses some of the challenges facing adults on…
Talking to children about schizophrenia
In a special blog post for Mental Health Awareness Week, we’ve asked Alice Hoyle, author of Pretend Friends, to share her thoughts on therapeutic storybooks…
“It’s just a bit o’ banter, innit?” – Why “That’s so GAY!” still needs to be challenged
Jonathan Charlesworth is the Executive Director of the charity Educational Action Challenging Homophobia (EACH), UK, and author of That’s So Gay! – Challenging Homophobic Bullying. He has…