Open access. This descriptive study revealed that the representation of ‘psychiatry’ during summer 2012 was predominantly negative. A subsequent smaller re-analysis suggests that the negative portrayal of ‘psychiatry’ on YouTube is a stable phenomenon. The significance of this and how it could be addressed are discussed.
On Thursday 25 February the Government released its response to the Youth Select Committee’s report into Young People’s Mental Health. The joint response comes from the Department for Education and the Department for Health.
A groundbreaking new approach will be adopted in West Mercia next month, as the area’s youth offending service (YOS) is transferred to the Police & Crime Commissioner.
Local authorities in Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Herefordshire have all approved the plans, which are the first of their kind in the UK.
A report by HM Chief Inspector of Probation awarded the service 22 out of a potential 24 stars, making it one of the most effective youth offending services in England and Wales.
The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the holistic person-centered youth mentoring intervention program, which is based on occupational therapy. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
I think it is particularly noteworthy that views from young people focus rather strongly on content-related issues in respect of screen-time (e.g., advertisements, adult content). I feel this is especially important as it highlights what critics of “screen-time” (myself included) have been saying for some time; that conceptualisations need to move away from time per se and instead focus on issues such as what content is being engaged with (Orben, 2022), and integrate much more holistic theoretical approaches to this issue (Orben et al., 2020).
Pooky Knightsmith on a brand new McPin Foundation report, which presents research priorities for children and young people’s mental health #YoungPeopleMHQ
This umbrella review provides a nice summary of a large body of evidence. The review is informative for those who are unfamiliar with the children and adolescent mental disorders literature. But it is also informative for those who have detailed knowledge of the data in some mental disorders who may have gaps in knowledge for other disorders. Or those who just want to check their knowledge of the evidence is up to date.
Local authorities have a legal duty to produce an annual youth justice plan that shows how they will provide and fund youth justice services.
The completed youth justice plan must be sent to the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) and published in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of State for Justice. This is reinforced within the YJB’s Terms and Conditions of Grant 2019.
To better reach youth in need of mental health and addiction (MHA) services, there is increasing emphasis on making MHA services ‘youth friendly.’ However, it is unclear what youth friendliness means on a practical level. This scoping review explores (1) how youth friendliness in mental health services is defined in the literature, (2) what characteristics make MHA services youth friendly and (3) how youth friendliness is expected to impact service use by young people.
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The £200 million Youth Endowment Fund will provide a 10 year investment to support interventions steering young people away from becoming serious offenders. It will also continue to build upon evidence to ensure that the most effective interventions for tackling serious violence are supported.
Welcome to the first edition of the Youth Custody Service (YCS) Partnership Bulletin, where we aim to keep you informed of news and updates in youth custody through this forum.
Children remanded or sentenced to custody are placed in a Young Offenders Institution, a Secure Training Centre or a Secure Children’s Home. Concerns have been raised about the current provision of youth custody, The Government has accepted proposals to introduce secure schools.
The proposals include creating ‘recovery centres’ for people with serious mental illnesses, offering individuals support with their employment, education and training options, and accessing personal health budgets.
A single provider of services is also being proposed, which could be one organisation or a number of organisations working as a partnership. The aim of which is to ensure that individuals from across Birmingham receive the same high-quality mental health day services, regardless of where they live in the city.
While these findings warrant further study, they are not proof that titanium dioxide causes diabetes. With so few samples tested, any differences between samples with and without diabetes could be due to chance.
Even if it is confirmed that levels of titanium dioxide are higher in people with diabetes, this doesn't necessarily mean titanium dioxide caused the condition.
And even if future evidence suggests titanium dioxide may be a risk factor for diabetes, there is no evidence that toothpaste is to blame.