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News - Problem Management Plus (PM+) is a low-intensity, brief psychological intervention for adults impaired by distress in communities exposed to adversity – delivered by paraprofessionals, i.e. by lay helpers who received an intensive training of the methodology. …
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News - A recent research in Sweden shows that children with migration background (migrants, refugees and those with foreign parents) are less likely to receive psychiatric help for conditions such as ADHD and depression. According to the study, these children are 40% less likely to…
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News - The interim report of the Cass Review, commissioned by NHS England in 2020, warns that the only NHS gender identity service for children in England and Wales is under unsustainable pressure, with demand outstripping capacity. Key…
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Online library - Schools can play a critical role in addressing violence against children and other child protection concerns within schools and communities. This role and responsibility can be best fulfilled with the help of on-site support staff, including social service workers…
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Multimedia - The project aims to give teachers and parents foundational tools to help children manage their emotions, normalize conversations about emotional wellbeing and teach essential coping skills. The videos feature testimonies of kids of all ages.  Parents, educators…
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News - For more than a year children and teenagers have been going through social isolation, fear, uncertainty, virtual educational challenges. They have returned to school but still have to deal with the lost time that brings school workloads. But severe stress can be a reason for…
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News - The diagnosis of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) based on specific actions (such as not sitting still), and subsequent treatment with stimulants, antipsychotics, and antidepressants to assist parents and teachers in dealing with
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Online library - The mental health of babies, children and young people has been a major topic of discussion in recent years, and the UK government and policymakers are facing challenges to their response and commitments to implementing social welfare policy. Time for…
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News - Managing emotions is complicated for adults and this can be even bigger for children to sort out. We, adults, know that mindfulness helps us to stay calm and therefore Susan Kaiser Greenland, an educator of training in meditation, is teaching the children about mindfulness…
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Learning - This course aims to facilitate mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) managers and experts  in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating community-based MHPSS programmes, projects and activities in contexts impacted by emergencies and displacement…
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News - According to a UNICEF report made last year, children in the Netherlands are among the happiest in the world. They analyzed data across 41 high-income countries, and the main questions included children’s mental wellbeing, physical health, and the development of academic and…
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News - Poor school attendance affects children not just academically but also in social ways and can cause development issues. Research shows that students who have mental health issues, mental health disorders and students who show signs of self-harm are more likely to have low…
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News - A new study in Molecular Psychiatry found that young people who have persistent, distressing PLEs (Psychotic-Like Experiences) struggle in different areas, such as cognition and reported psychopathology. Early assistance and intervention are needed in these cases…
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News - One hundred students from ten elementary schools in Bugojno, Busovaca, Fojnica, Jajce, and Divicani will participate in the project “Bridges of Trust and Cooperation” implemented by the Humanitarian organization “Genesis Project” in this school year. The goal of…
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News - Child psychiatrist Saretta Lee shares her professional opinion as she reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected children.  Kids need connection.  A lot of learning and personal development happens within relationships, thus even shy kids…
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News - Closed schools and online learning during the pandemic significantly affected not only pupils' learning outcomes but also their mental health. Young people were cut off from their social network and opportunities to forge relationships outside the home. Judging by the…
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Multimedia - Dr. Hina Talib shares practical suggestions how parents can start a conversation with kids about their mental health. 
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Online library - Mental Health and Psychosocial approaches and interventions have always been important for Tdh and embedded in their programming and in 2019 they have adopted a new framework presented here to respond better to the contexts we work in and to our needs. The…
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News - Research published by the Bidge seeks to answer if ACEs scores can be used as a reliable predictor to determine who is going to develop serious health problems in the future. The main conclusion suggested by Jessie R Baldwin and Andrea Danese is that ACEs scores can'…
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Online library - UNICEF Innocenti has released a report aimed at exploring the immediate effects of Covid-19 on the mental health of children and adolescents. The studies cover more than 130,000 children and adolescents across 22 countries, mostly of high- and upper-middle-income…
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News - More than 14% of young people around the world between the ages of 10 and 19 are diagnosed with mental health disorders, and suicide is the fifth-most-common cause of death of youngsters that age. Despite the severity of the problem, children’s mental healthcare is…
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Online library - The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the mental health of a generation of children. But the pandemic may represent the tip of a mental health iceberg – an iceberg we have ignored for far too long. This report examines child, adolescent and…
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Multimedia - Kids often draw self-portraits that don’t look like them, due to internalization of norms (as I have to be thin, have straight hair, etc.). What can teachers do to help their students, draw themselves, and others, more authentically? Doman offers several practical…
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Learning - Welcome to the ChildHub course, which aims to help adult support workers understand the key behaviours, attitudes, skills and actions they need to consider when working with children and young people.  Young people want a relationship with their workers. How…
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News - Health professionals expect a "surge" of issues about children's emotional health due to the coronavirus pandemic, which is only one of the key findings of an analysis on how children and young people's services have been impacted, prepared by experts from Queen's University…
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Online library - This report considers what impact the pandemic has had on children and young people’s mental health, the services that support them, and how local systems are working in new ways to confront the issues before them.  Key points There is mounting concern…
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Multimedia - NSPCC Learning has released a podcast discussing intersectionality in social work practice. Intersectionality refers to how different forms of discrimination and injustice including racism, sexism and ageism interact and intersect to influence lived experiences. …
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News - It is estimated that 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder. Eating disorders do not discriminate and can affect anyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, or socio-economic status. The number of under-19s waiting to be treated for an eating disorder has…
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News - Researchers point to the influence of positive, nurturing relationships to strengthen a child’s resilience and combat negative outcomes of ACEs. Concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Traumatic events during a child’s formative years ACEs put children at…
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News - The Children and Young People's Mental Health Trailblazer programme is a national project funding the creation of mental health support teams working in schools and further education colleges.  The Department for Education, Department of Health and…