A new website www.keep-your-head.com is being launched to help children and young people across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough tackle mental health issues.
The website, designed with input from children and young people, aims to promote better mental health by providing reliable information about support and advice.
Half of all mental health issues start before the age of 14, and it is estimated that, in an average class of 30 15-year-old pupils, three could have a mental illness. The ‘Keep Your Head’ website brings together a range of reliable national and local information and resources that can help young people and their parents to look after their mental health.
The Suffolk Primary Care Mental Health Service, otherwise known as Wellbeing Suffolk, will provide a range of holistic, tailored services for both children and adults to support their emotional wellbeing.
With extended opening hours from 8am to 8pm during the week, Wellbeing Suffolk will offer people accessible, responsive help before their problems become too great. The new-look service will also provide talking therapies for those with a wider range of mental health problems, so that they can get the support they need within the community, in turn avoiding a referral into specialist services.
NSFT will work with a wide variety of community and third sector organisations to deliver the service, including Suffolk Family Carers, Relate and 4YP, who will provide interventions to boost wellbeing, such as support for carers.
Today we have launched a new publication which showcases projects that promote early intervention in mental health and draws out tips from the commissioners and practitioners involved in their development and delivery.
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