Most people believe that in order to help their children, they need to focus on the child and help the child feel better. Unfortunately, that often has the opposite effect. ...
Arts subjects allow children and young people the freedom to develop their identities, consider ideas and alternative points of view and formulate arguments of their own. ...
Dr Helena Du Toit discusses the many serious and enduring mental illnesses that present for the first time during adolescence. ...
Dr Zoe Williams discusses the understanding and recognition of the links between the physical presentation of Anorexia and Autism....
Most of us will at some point in our lifetime go through a difficult patch – and sometimes this difficult patch is so persistent and prolonged that it begins to affect different areas of our life. It is estimated that approximately 1 in 4 people...
Why do young people get depressed? They have their whole lives ahead of them. Yet so many are feeling down and even think about harming themselves or ending their lives.There are many theories about depression and its causes. The best theory I have come across...
Dr Annie Swanepoel, Clinical Director CAMHS, discusses genetic resilience. Are you a dandelion, able to grow and thrive with the bare minimum, or an orchid, sensitive and needing everything to be just right?...
Sturt House's music group has helped the Occupational Therapy team and Nursing staff identify patterns of declining mental health and wellbeing of our Service Users from the changes in genre that is chosen....
Dr Tim Rank of the Brighton and Hove Clinic discusses alcohol, its links to anxiety and depression, and the treatments that can help reduce alcohol dependence:...
Elysium's Clinical Director for the Midlands Phil Coombes outlines a key summary of the Long Term Plan and what this means for our service users....
