"Prescription drug abuse tied to increased risk of teen suicide"

(Reuters Health) - Suicide is a leading cause of death for teens worldwide, and the odds of suicide attempts may be higher when adolescents abuse prescription drugs, a Chinese study suggests.

http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKKCN10Q1T1

'Schools are being asked to address the mental health of young people without the support they need'

"The DfE's former mental health champion worries that when ministers say they're focusing on the wellbeing of young people, what they mean is they're going to get schools to do it"

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/schools-are-being-asked-address-mental-health-young-people-without

CCGs embrace effective VCS models

From Youth Access website -

"New evidence suggests we may be at the start of a voluntary sector-driven transformation of young people’s mental health services
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and local authorities are increasingly turning to Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) delivery models to drive CAMHS transformation. That is the key finding of a report published today by Youth Access, the advice and counselling charity. "

http://www.youthaccess.org.uk/news/press-release-ccgs-embrace-effective-vcs-models/

Telephone Counselling for Adolescent Suicide Prevention: Changes in Suicidality and Mental State from Beginning to End of a Counselling Session

This study was undertaken with the assistance of funding provided by the Commonwealth of Australia under the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8942789_Telephone_Counselling_for_Adolescent_Suicide_Prevention_Changes_in_Suicidality_and_Mental_State_from_Beginning_to_End_of_a_Counselling_Session

Cyber bullying and young people: Treatment principles not simplistic advice

This article describes what psychologists can do in cases of cyberbullying.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/27474071_Cyber_bullying_and_young_people_Treatment_principles_not_simplistic_advice

Marilyn A. Campbell

23.13 · Queensland University of Technology 2007

Beware the trap of seeing students as just labels

Jules Daulby

14th July 2016 at 16:00

Imagine a school where all the students stuck to all of the rules all of the time. Where they learned easily and put maximum effort into everything they did. Where there were no safeguarding issues, no mental health issues, and children arrived well dressed and well fed, dropped off by their parents who are eager to engage with and listen to the advice of their teachers.

For some, that would be the perfect school. But not me – schools should be for all learners, not just the ones that make life easy. And this utopian school does not, of course, exist in reality. But the hope – or the belief – that such a school could exist can leads to us perceiving some of our students differently: namely, those students that struggle, or that ruin a school’s 100 per cent attendance record or that need extra attention – in whatever form that might be.

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/beware-trap-seeing-students-just-labels

"Abused children ‘re-traumatised’ by support services"

A report by mental health charity YoungMinds has found that children who have been neglected, abused, bereaved or faced prejudice are often let down by services designed to support them.
The report, Beyond Adversity, shows that one in three adult mental health problems stem from "adverse childhood experiences" – including abuse, neglect, taking on adult responsibilities, prejudice and bereavement.  

But young people who suffered this type of trauma may communicate their feelings by being aggressive, self-destructive, withdrawn or highly sexualised, they are often treated as “the problem”, the report states. 
This means there is a risk that the cause of their trauma is never addressed and they don’t receive the mental health care they need.

http://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/1158183/abused-children-re-traumatised-by-support-services