It’s Children’s Mental Health Week, so we want to highlight how some ways you can help your child’s mental health. Check out our booklet on Children’s Phobias and Anxieties. What should you look out for? To start with a persistent avoidance of certain situations or people. Signs of sudden laboured or fast breathing in reaction …
Half of all mental health problems have been established by the age of 14, rising to 75 per cent by age 24. One in ten children aged 5–16 has a diagnosable problem. On Tuesday 12th December Open forum Events held their Children and Young People’s Mental Health Conference. The day was good, there were 10 …
The government has announced a new green paper that proposes to help young people in schools before they get worse. This comes at the same time they release the statistic that one in ten girls ages 16 or 17 were referred for specialist mental health services in england last year. Below are the main points …
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O.C.D. manifests itself in three main categories: Obsessive thoughts with compulsive physical rituals Obsessive thoughts on their own Physical rituals on their own. Young people may feel confused and even embarrassed about their feelings or the fear and keep it to themselves. Sometimes performing certain rituals is the only relief they get. As all youths …
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A certain amount of anxiety is completely normal. Examples might be: starting a new school, moving home, parents separating, etc. It is only when the anxiety starts to affect a child’s everyday life that it becomes a problem. It is at this stage that it is wise to visit your doctor and get a specialised …
By Professor Kevin Gournay. Like adults, children have a whole range of fears and, for the most part, these fears are normal. Fears often start for no apparent reason and subside again just as quickly. As any parent knows, some childhood fears can be intense and illogical and while most children go through phases of …
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