Depression and self-harm soar among private school pupils, poll suggests

"Survey of headteachers finds problems including eating disorders are now at unprecedented levels, with social media and exam stress blamed!

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/04/depression-self-harm-eating-disorders-private-school-pupils-headteachers-poll?utm_content=bufferb62dd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

CentreForum Report

CentreForum has published the first report of its Commission on children and young people’s mental health. Key findings include: services turn away, on average, 23% of children and teenagers referred to them; there is a wide variation in average waiting times for different service providers; children and young people with mental health problems are still not always getting the right treatment, at the right time, in the right place.

Source: CentreForum 11 April 2016

http://centreforum.org/live/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/State-of-the-Nation-report-web.pdf

The Importance of Personal Best -

Dr. Atul Gawande, surgeon and well-known author, recently had an article published in The New Yorker.

“Personal Best” is his personal account of being coached by a senior surgeon with the objective of honing his surgical skills.

In addition, he also gives a favorable nod to executive coaching for physicians.

Dr. Gawande is an outstanding writer and provocative thinker.

After reading the article, how would you answer the question Dr. Gawande poses at the beginning of the article: Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you?

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/personal-best

Unhappy child, Unhealthy adult

Scientists are now revealing that these stressful childhood experiences have a direct impact on our physical health, through their impact on the developing brain and the immune system.

The question now is how to use this knowledge to improve the nation's health. Should health professionals routinely ask patients about traumatic events in their childhoods? And if so, who should broach the subject, where and when?

Geoff Watts visits a GP practice which is about to trial this novel idea, and looks at the growing body of evidence revealing how adverse childhood experiences contribute to poor health and shorter lives.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070dksr

Autism, do labels and diagnoses help or hinder? - Professor Sami Timimi

Young Minds - University Magazine

YoungMinds VS Stress at University
Coping on Campus Zine Launched Today! ‪#‎UniMentalHealthDay‬
http://ow.ly/Z1WOD

YoungMinds VS Stress at University - Coping on Campus zine launched!

In a first for YoungMinds, we've launched a zine! The zine brings together everything we’ve done so far for the YoungMinds VS Stress at University…

YOUNGMINDS.ORG.UK

https://www.facebook.com/youngmindsuk/

"Off the Record" (Croydon) have produced a list of books, along with reviews, dealing with mental health issues:-

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1208274722533820&id=1924362

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