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Billions are spent on child mental health services without knowing if they work in the long term

Modern medicine increasingly judges itself by long-term outcomes. In cancer care, we routinely compare treatments according to whether patients survive longer. In cardiology, we ask whether interventions prevent future heart attacks and extend life. This long-term data allows healthcare to continually improve.

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London schools trialling VR to relieve pupils’ stress

Phase Space pilot programme with NHS mental health trust used to calm anxiety around exams, ADHD and home troubles

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting is right to examine questions of overdiagnosis

Letters: Dr Richard Hassall, Allen Frances and Natasha Fairbairn respond to a column by John Harris which argued that the health secretary should not jump on a rightwing bandwagon about mental health

The Guardian - UK

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‘People will listen’: turning anger into community pride in North Shields

A tour of local ‘wins’ shows how the charity Citizens UK is working with residents to build a better, fairer society

The Guardian - UK

Southport killer assessed as posing no risk to others six days before attack

Axel Rudakubana was discharged from Alder Hey Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services on July 23 last year.

Evening Standard

Southport attacker’s psychiatrist had not read notes on past violence – inquiry

Dr Anthony Molyneux said it would have been ‘impossible’ to review Axel Rudakubana’s complete patient record.

The Independent UK

‘She never got help’: mother says daughter who died on motorway was failed by care system

Tamzin Hall, 17, was struck by a vehicle after leaving a police car on the M5 motorway in Somerset after being arrested at a children’s home

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Opportunities were missed to save teenage terror suspect, says coroner

Rhianan Rudd died in a children’s home in May 2022, five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped.

Evening Standard

‘Grit’ no substitute for better mental health funding for pupils in England, say experts

As education secretary unveils £49m for school-based support and calls for ‘grit’, charity says many children have significant treatment needs

The Guardian - UK

Mental health services utterly failed my child

Letters: Parents write of the agonising attempts to access support for their children, in response to an article about a 17-year-old who killed herself while waiting for therapy

The Guardian - UK

The life and death of Jen Bridges-Chalkley: why did a 17-year-old die waiting for NHS therapy?

Jen killed herself after enduring a long wait for the necessary mental health support. Why were so many opportunities missed to save her?

The Guardian - UK

Lost and found: a mother and daughter on surviving teenage mental breakdown in the social media age

In an extract from their unflinching memoir, Christie Watson and her daughter Rowan Egberongbe recall the post-Covid psychological collapse that fractured their bond, and how social media was both the hero and villain of the hour

The Guardian - UK

Waltham Forest teenager 'hugged mum and told her medication wasn't working' before taking her own life

Emily Burns’ parents said that their daughter was let down ‘when Emily needed the help most’

Evening Standard

Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents

Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step in

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The Independent UK

Ministers urged to end need for mental health hospitals for children by 2030

Researchers said that while access to mental health services has risen, the health system continues to struggle to keep pace with demand.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve had to become my own doctor’: trans young people on life after the Cass review

With puberty blockers now banned in much of the UK, those hoping for gender treatment say they have been forced into difficult decisions

Evening Standard

'Unacceptably long' delay in treatment for teenager who took their own life, coroner says

Sailor Court took their own life while waiting for mental health treatment

The Canberra Times

No commitment from ACT govt to fund youth mental health services, audit finds

The system has fallen well short of performance targets.

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The Guardian - UK

Our children’s services system is broken. This sharp rise in deprivation of liberty orders proves it

Letter: Steven Walker, a retired social worker, is worried by an exponential increase in orders and the issues underlying it

The Guardian - UK

Five thousand children with gender-related distress awaiting NHS care in England

New gender clinics looking at ‘creative ways’ of reducing waiting lists amid shortage of clinicians

The Guardian - UK

‘He hates failing’: mother describes lack of help for autistic son

Kirsti Hadley’s son, 12, had been looking forward to a new school but became burnt out and anxious

The Guardian - UK

Children’s emergency mental health referrals in England soar by 53%

NHS data exposing a ‘devastating explosion’ of mental illness should be a ‘wake-up call’ for the government, MPs and health leaders say

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re trailblazing’: how one council is bridging the gap between health and social care for children

Cornwall Council’s crisis team has seen a reduction in presentations to A&E since the introduction of the multi-agency rapid response service 12 months ago

The Independent UK

Teenager’s death after drinking too much water was ‘preventable’

The 18-year-old, diagnosed with early onset psychosis, died in hospital after being detained under the Mental Health Act

The Independent UK

Teenager’s death after drinking too much water ‘could have been prevented’

The 18-year-old died in hospital after being detained under the Mental Health Act.

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