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Straight talk on mental health medication. HeadMeds gives young people in the United Kingdom general information about medication. HeadMeds does not give you medical advice. Please talk to your Doctor or anyone else who is supporting you about your own situation because everyone is different.
YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people
http://www.youngmindsvs.org.uk/
A mass movement of young people raising awareness and creating change around mental health.
- YoungMinds Vs Sexed Up – Don’t believe the hype
(Campaign tackling sexual pressures) - YoungMinds Vs Bullying – Stop the rot
(Campaign tackling bullying) - YoungMinds Vs No Work – Fight for your future
(Campaign tackling unemployment) - YoungMinds Vs School Stress – Rewrite the rules
(Campaign tackling school stress) - YoungMinds Vs No Help – Make your feelings loud
(Campaign tackling access to counselling)
We have 1500 young people working as activists and helping to create conversation online
- We have a load of media champions representing the campaign, getting it out into the media and acting as a voice for all children and young people
- We are working with local and national decision makers to directly start influencing young people’s services
- We are getting other organisations on board to commit to ensuring young people’s mental health is central to their work
http://projects.huffingtonpost.co.uk/young-minds-matter/
Young Minds Matter is a new series designed to lead the conversation with children about mental and emotional health, so youngsters feel loved, valued and understood. Launched with Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge as guest editor, we will discuss problems, causes and most importantly solutions to the stigma surrounding the UK’s mental health crisis amongst children.
Videos
Helping young people and families relearn essential skills, including mentalizing, to help improve a child’s ability to develop and sustain relationships.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m74s_kSDyQk&feature=youtu.be
As part of Mental Health Week 2014, Student Minds invite students to discuss their personal experiences of Mental Health particularly during their time at Cambridge University.
http://cutv.soc.srcf.net/student-minds-mental-health-at-cambridge-university/
Organisations
British Association of Art Therapists
Anna Freud Centre
The Anna Freud Centre is committed to improving the emotional well-being of children and young people. They provide treatments and services that work for young people who are suffering from mental health problems.
Mind
Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition
http://www.cypmhc.org.uk/about_us/
14 charities with a growing base of supporters who are passionate about the wellbeing of the UK’s children and young people.
Through the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition charities come together and speak as one on behalf of children and young people’s mental health. The Coalition was launched in the House of Lords in March 2010 and is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation.
Right Here Brighton and Hove
A support Guide for parents or carers who are wondering or concerned about a young person’s mental health or emotional well-being
London Art Therapy Centre
http://www.arttherapycentre.com
Art Therapy London
http://www.artstherapylondon.co.uk
Royal Collage of pediatrics and Child Health
http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/child-health
Centre for Mental Health
http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/index.aspx
Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
The Trust was set up in 1998 in memory of Charlie Waller, a young man who committed suicide whilst suffering from depression. Shortly after his death, his family founded the Trust in order to educate young people on the importance of staying mentally well and how to do so.
Students against Depression
www.studentsagainstdepression.org
Research
Art Therapy Online (ATOL)
An international, peer-reviewed, open access and index linked journal that addresses theory, practice and research in relation to art therapy as it is known and understood around the world.
ATOL publishes contributions by practitioners who engage with different kinds of therapeutically oriented, art-based work in health and disability services and social, educational and criminal justice systems in different countries. The social, political and visual context of such practice not only shapes its nature but also influences how the discipline develops. ATOL aims to capture and critically engage with this diversity and so address the multi-cultural development of the visual arts in therapeutic work around the world.
http://eprints-gojo.gold.ac.uk/atol.html
Kids Company and The Anna Freud Centre
Kids Company’s many years of experience has shown that intensive and long-term work with children and young people reduces emotional and behavioural difficulties including self-harm, substance misuse and aggression.
University of Sussex
Professor David Fowler is the research chair in children and young people’s mental health.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/19570
SPRIG – The Sussex Psychosis Research interest Group (SPRiG) incorporates clinical and academic researchers within the University of Sussex, Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The SPRiG group is part of the Clinical and Developmental research group at the University of Sussex.
Current research includes the contribution of genetics, neuroimaging, psychological processes, health and social contexts to psychosis and well-being outcomes; the development of new psychological therapies, including third wave CBT and computer-based therapies; understanding and addressing childrens’ and adolescents’ attitudes to psychosis, to promote positive non-stigmatising schema; and earlier engagement in help seeking.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spriglab/index
Articles
Fraiberg S, Adelson E, Shapiro V (1975). Ghosts in the nursery. A psychoanalytic approach to the problems of impaired infant-mother relationships. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,14(3), 387-421.
http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0002-7138/PIIS0002713809614424.pdf
Dominik Havsteen-Franklin, Overcoming Challenges Together. Art Psychotherapy with Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Mental Health Services, ATOL: Art Therapy Online, 5 (1), 2014
Art Therapy & Yoga Therapy 