Date: 3rd November 2015
Category: Mental health

Relationships with friends, playing sport at least once a week and reading books all have a positive effect on mental wellbeing in teenagers, according to a new report.

Date: 27th October 2015
Category: Mental health, Health and health services, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

RCPCH Scotland has published its 2016 vision for child health in Scotland. It envisions Scotland being one of the healthiest places in the world to grow up, with equal access to resources and communities that value both physical and mental wellbeing.

Date: 10th September 2015
Category: Mental health

The Scottish Children's Services Coalition (SCSC) has urged the Scottish Government to act urgently to ensure that NHS Health Boards achieve waiting time targets for access to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

Date: 21st July 2015
Category: Mental health, Health and health services

Findings that only 0.45% of NHS Scotland expenditure on mental health in 2013-14 was on child and adolescent health has raised concern & a call for rebalance.

Date: 23rd June 2015
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Mental health, Child justice system

According to Action for Children's new research, providing intensive family support has greatly reduced cases of children offending or displaying anti-social behaviour.

Date: 24th May 2015
Category: Mental health, Health and health services

The Scottish Government have announced that it will be increasing investment to tackle the issue of child and adolescent mental health services in Scotland. This new fund will be largely devoted to the CAMHS waiting list and psychological services, over the next 5 years.

Date: 29th January 2015
Category: Mental health

The Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee has published its Stage 1 Report on Mental Health (Scotland) Bill, reporting to the Parliament on the general principles of the Bill.

Date: 5th September 2014
Category: Mental health

Submissions received as part of the Health and Sport Committee's call for written evidence on the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill have been published online.

Date: 26th August 2014
Category: Mental health

New figures released by the Information Services Division of National Services Scotland indicate that the vast majority of Health Boards are currently failing to meet a 26-week waiting time target for treatment from specialist child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS).

Date: 27th June 2014
Category: Mental health

The Health and Sport Committee has launched a call for written evidence in order to inform its consideration of the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill.