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Daily roundup: Mental health, FGM clinic and class sizes

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  • Monday, August 18, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Conservative MP calls for government to end practice of children and young people with mental health needs being held in police cells; plans unveiled for first specialist FGM clinic; and figures reveal true size of primary school classes, all in the news today.

Children’s Mental Health Special Report: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, April 27, 2021
  • | CYP Now
In her annual State of Children’s Mental Health report published in February, then children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield described the figures as “staggering” and “likely to have serious implications for children now and for their long-term prospects”.

Improving mental health services must be our goal

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  • Monday, April 13, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Early and consistent intervention to help children with mental health problems remains an elusive goal in Scotland. The latest statistics show that at least five of the 14 health boards are failing to reach targets on referral times.

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, September 29, 2020
  • | CYP Now
The basis for much of the work in the UK and internationally on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is drawn from a 1997 US study by CDC Kaiser on childhood traumas. This study identified a list of 10 ACEs that then formed the basis for a questionnaire used by researchers as a screening tool to assess the impact of childhood trauma on adults.

Therapeutic Care: Policy context

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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Therapeutic care has its roots in the post-war psychoanalytic movement that sought to understand the impact trauma has on children and young people and what support needs to be put in place to give them the best chance of recovering.