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Date: 27th November 2017
Category:
Mental health
Young carers need more support to reduce the risk of being bullied and suffering mental health and well-being problems as a result, find new research from Barnardo's UK.
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Date: 13th June 2017
Category:
Mental health
Children with mental health problems are still not being seen by NHS specialist child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) within Scottish Government waiting time limits.
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Date: 31st May 2017
Category:
Non-discrimination, Mental health
The campaign - launched on International Day against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia - aims to increase understanding of LGBT young people's experiences of poor mental health and raise awareness of mental health rights.
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Date: 16th May 2017
Category:
Mental health
SAMH have reported that 19 children and young people in Scotland are let down by the mental health system every day. Last year, nearly 7,000 children and young people did not receive help for mental health problems. These figures were released during Mental Health Awareness Week.
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Date: 2nd May 2017
Category:
Mental health
Thousands of young people are reaching out to Childline for help with feelings of loneliness and isolation as they struggle with the pressures of growing up in today's society.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Mental health, Health and health services
The Minister for Mental Health, Maureen Watt, launched the Scottish Government's new 10-year Mental Health Strategy on Thursday 30th March.
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Date: 3rd April 2017
Category:
Health and health services, Mental health
1 in 5 referrals to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are rejected. Calls for a full review of the referral and assessment process for mental health services for children and young people have been partly answered by upcoming Mental Health Strategy.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Mental health
Children are being failed as mental health targets are not met - one in five children and adolescents had to wait too long for treatment in 2016.
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Date: 22nd March 2017
Category:
Mental health
Boys are 6 times less likely than girls to talk to ChildLine counsellors about suicidal thoughts. ChildLine's new 'Tough To Talk' campaign urges boys to speak out about their problems and reassures them they are not alone.
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Date: 20th February 2017
Category:
Mental health
The SCSC are calling for urgent action needed to improve support in mental health provision for children and young people, stating that a lack of mental health provision for young people in Scotland is leaving them in distress and at serious risk.
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Date: 10th January 2017
Category:
Mental health
The 2017 Prince's Trust Macquarie Youth Index warns that more than a quarter of young people (28%) don't feel in control of their lives, with concerns about job prospects, self-confidence and recent political events playing on young minds.
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Date: 13th December 2016
Category:
Mental health
A call for urgent action from the Scottish Children's Services Coalition (SCSC) comes as new waiting time figures are published from the Information Services Division of National Services Scotland, part of NHS Scotland.
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Date: 15th November 2016
Category:
Mental health, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Two research centres at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow have published a study which found that being in the Guides or Scouts as a child seems to protect mental health long into adulthood.
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Date: 15th November 2016
Category:
Mental health
There has been a sharp rise in young people facing anxiety in the last year. Children and young people are experiencing anxiety about a multitude of issues, including over world affairs.
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Date: 20th September 2016
Category:
Mental health
Childline received more than 900 inquiries from children in Scotland contemplating suicide last year, according to a new NSPCC UK report.
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Date: 6th September 2016
Category:
Mental health
The number of children and young people being seen by mental health services has risen by nearly a third in the last two years.
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Date: 6th September 2016
Category:
Best interests of the child, Mental health
The Children's Society's annual state-of-the-nation review of young people's well-being finds an estimated 283,000 girls aged 10-15 say they are not happy with their lives overall - one in seven of all girls in that age group.
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Date: 10th August 2016
Category:
Mental health
This consultation seeks views on the proposed framework and priorities for mental health in Scotland through the new 10-year Mental Health Strategy to be published in late 2016.Scottish Government have carried out engagement with people and groups to develop the new Strategy. The consultation paper reflects what has been heard and considered so far. The government are now gathering views on:
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Date: 12th July 2016
Category:
Mental health
This report presents research carried out by Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) in early 2016. The aim of the research was to better understand young people's experience and awareness of mental health services and information.
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Date: 12th July 2016
Category:
Mental health
New figures have been published indicating that 6 out of the 14 Health Boards are failing to meet their targets (max 18 week wait) for access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
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