It's Time to End Consistently Inconsistent Approach to Children's Mental Health

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/prof-dame-sue-bailey/children-mental-health_b_13296744.html

Violence Against Women and Girls Communications Insight Pack November 2016

This Communications Insight Pack has been developed to provide partners with key insights into violence against women and girls (VAWG) which can help to inform communications activities. Insight ensures that we understand our audiences. Understanding audiences is essential to all communications. By finding out more about audiences’ attitudes, habits and preferences, insight can help ensure communications are as relevant, meaningful and effective as possible.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571078/VAWG_Comms_Insight_Pack_161102.pdf

"What doesn't kill us" ...

Post Traumatic Growth

"Post-traumatic growth refers to how adversity can often be a springboard to a new and more meaningful life in which people re-evaluate their priorities, deepen their relationships, and find new understandings of who they are. Post-traumatic growth is not simply about coping; it refers to changes that cut to the very core of our way of being in the world. Post-traumatic growth has to do with the way we greet the day as we wake in the morning. The way we brush our teeth and put on our shoes — it reflects our attitude about life itself and our place in the world".

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-joseph/what-doesnt-kill-us-post_b_2862726.html

Vicarious Trauma in helping professionals - a social worker's story

"Today I realised that I have given almost a decade of my working life to supporting children and families. Most of this time has been spent in child protection, looked after or adoption teams. I worked out the other day that in my time I must have worked with nearly 500 children and families. I hope that I made a better life for some of them.

They say that the burn out rate for social workers is now seven years. I’m three years beyond this and have had to admit to myself that I am now past my sell by date".....

From
http://socialworktutor.com/given-my-all-to-social-work/ accessed 21-11-16

Childline annual review 2015-16

"Mental health and wellbeing issues continue to be the main reason why children and young people contact us, with one in three counselling sessions about this topic. Most worryingly, we’re seeing increases in the most serious mental health problems. This year we provided over 19,000 counselling sessions with young people who were thinking about or planning suicide" 

"At the same time, we’ve seen an 87 per cent increase in the number of counselling sessions where children and young people talked to us about struggling to access appropriate professional support locally especially for mental health problems, some of which were linked to their experiences of abuse. This follows an increase of 124 per cent in the previous year."

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/services-and-resources/research-and-resources/2016/childline-annual-review-2015-16-turned-out-someone-did-care/

Teaching children about how their brains effect them emotionally -

"Sometimes our brains can become overwhelmed with feelings of fear, sadness or anger, and when this happens, it’s confusing—especially to children. So giving children ways to make sense of what’s happening in their brain is important. It’s also helpful for children to have a vocabulary for their emotional experiences that others can understand. Think of it like a foreign language, and if the other people in your family speak that language too, then it’s easier to communicate with them."

http://www.mindful.org/how-to-teach-your-kids-about-the-brain/

Rise in number of children seeking mental health support By Adam Offord | 24 August 2016

"In the three months between 1 April and 30 June this year there were 909 new referrals for people aged under 19 with eating disorder issues.This is a rise of 48.3 per cent on the 613 referrals recorded in the three months between January and March. Marc Bush, chief policy adviser atYoungMinds, said it is unclear whether the rise suggests progress on increasing access to child and adolescent mental health services or a failure to prevent needs from escalating." 

http://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/2000607/rise-in-number-of-children-seeking-mental-health-support?platform=hootsuite