A creative ecological approach to supporting young people with mental health challenges in schoolsHolistic and ecological approaches to mental health support have been identified by many as best-practice approaches for creating and sustaining well-being. Those who experience mental health challenges ...
Counselling is often recommended for young people who need additional support with a mental health disorder such as depression or eating disorders. The Counsellor will help them explore and address possible underlying problems and stress such as anxiety, bereavement, trauma, bullying, anger, relationship...
This guide is designed to help anybody who wants to develop or commission a resilience program to work across a school or local area to support young people at risk of developing mental health difficulties. In her role as advisor to the Big Lottery Fund's HeadStart programme in England, Prof...
Phase I used a qualitative approach and investigated how teachers and coaches perceive their role to be relevant and effective in promotion, prevention and/or early intervention for young people's mental health. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 teachers and 13 sports coaches of ...
perfect fit for our sector and could not be happier to be working with YoungMinds. Mental health is a cause that deeply resonates with our teams, who often witness firsthand the challenges young people face. Together with YoungMinds, we aim to extend our support and ma...
LW:See, these are things you already know… Young people have their ear to the world like listening with a stethoscope. Someone just said to me recently, “We radio out what we are feeling, seeing, imaging.” We radio it to each other energetically. That’s why we can feel what’s ...
Colleges and universities have the potential to play a vital role in promoting the mental and emotional health of young people. It is time they step up.
Research has indicated that people with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance abuse are more difficult to manage than any other group of mentally ill clients. For young people with a dual diagnosis, particularly in rural and regional areas, there are significant barriers to the provisio...
Support with a youth mental health worker (rural & city) Parental support and advice Supporting youth groups in promotion of positive mental health Youth Mental Health Youth Advisory Panels (based in the city & county) What sort of issues can we help young people with? Alcohol & drug misuse...
As with discrete traumatic events, the COVID-19 pandemic presented unique challenges for youth (defined here as ages 15–26 years) [7]. Youth reported disruptions in accessing social and recreational services and services for their mental and physical health [8]. For example, while mental health...