Residents of disadvantaged neighbourhoods report higher levels of depressive symptoms; however, few studies have employed prospective designs during adolescence, when depression tends to emerge. We examined associations of neighbourhood social fragmentation, income inequality and median household income with depressive symptoms in a nationally representative survey of adolescents. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is supporting this year’s initiative and its focus on ‘stress and how we cope with it’ by delivering the hour-long ‘Stress-less’ sessions to 15 and 16-year-olds about to take GCSEs.
The Trust, one of the biggest mental health providers in Hull and East Riding, is also offering advice to the candidates on how to keep their exam nerves at bay.
Engaging in sport has been suggested to be mitigate against psychological distress. Using a prospective-longitudinal design, we examine whether sport participation is associated with reduced psychological difficulties in adolescents and whether associations differ by sport and personal characteristics.
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People who have experienced abuse, neglect and other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as living with domestic violence during their childhood are at much greater risk of mental illness throughout life.
Objective: This trial investigated the effectiveness of SPARX-R, a gamified online cognitive behavior therapy intervention for the prevention of depression relative to an attention-matched control intervention delivered to students prior to facing a significant stressor—final secondary school exams.
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s (CWP) Wirral Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is collaborating with schools from across the region to deliver the Peer Educator project, which trains young people to deliver mental health education to fellow students.
The Health Foundation has now commissioned Wirral CAMHS to co-design an online toolkit, which will be used as a national blueprint to enable schools in other areas to set up their own Peer Educator projects. The toolkit launch will take place at Wallasey Town Hall on World Mental Health Day (10 October), with professionals from CWP demonstrating the success of a three-year pilot project.
Additional support to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds at preschool and in early primary school may help narrow inequalities. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds started school with a higher prevalence of mental health difficulties, compared with their more advantaged peers, and this disparity widened markedly over the first 3 years of school.
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This European Social Fund and National Lottery funded project is a partnership between the Lancashire WildlifeTrust and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, which is pioneering nature as a holistic therapy.
Psychologists at Nottingham Trent University and the University of Dundee found that the more social groups 13-17 year olds positively identified with at the start of their study, the better their mental health was a year later.
They also identified a reciprocal relationship, where those with better mental health at the start of the study would have the greatest number of strong social groups by the end.
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Dynamic new resources for teachers will help build crucial life-skills for young people to boost their resilience and improve their mental health and wellbeing, as part of a new evidence-based programme for schools unveiled by Public Health England (PHE).
MH:2K is our powerful new model for engaging young people in conversations about mental health in their local area. [evaluation report of pilot use of MH:2K in Oldham]
Humber NHS Foundation Trust said pupil feedback from the first four schools involved showed that on average its three-month Social Mediation and Self-Help (SMASH) programme boosted participants’ confidence and self-esteem by 50 per cent and improved their feelings and behaviours by 42 per cent.
The BeReady programme at Reaseheath College welcomed experts from Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) to talk to more than 600 students about substance misuse.
Overall students said that they weren’t happy with what they were learning in their Personal, Health and Social Education (PHSE) lessons and wanted the school to run mental health awareness workshops.
We tell our hairdressers everything, so why not how we are feeling? Silence is the biggest killer of young people in the UK. With this in mind barbers and stylists in Central Lancashire are being invited to a pilot event to encourage better conversations around mental health and wellbeing.
Sue Moore, Chief Operating Officer at Lancashire Care NHS foundation Trust said:
“We are absolutely delighted to be working with the Wildlife Trust to support vulnerable young people in Lancashire to participate in outdoor activities that can improve their mental health and physical wellbeing. Not only will the project enable young people to contribute towards their local environment but it will enable them to develop new skills, grow in self-confidence and connect with their local communities. On behalf of the whole organisation we’re really excited to see the project develop and look forward to it formally launching.”
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) is delighted to be supporting local social enterprise, Worth-It, to deliver the School Resilience Programme – a programme of emotional wellbeing work, initially across 20 primary and secondary schools in
Leicester and Leicestershire. This programme, which will run until March 2017, aims to embed a whole school approach which will equip children, young people and families with strategies they can use to develop resilience in both themselves and others, and confidence to talk about emotional problems openly and without stigma.
The Emotionally Healthy Schools pilot, set up last year by Cheshire East Council, has worked to improve educational and mental health at a number of local schools.
Students at Middlewich High School, along with Ruskin High and Oakfield Lodge in Crewe, Eaton Bank Academy in Congleton, The Macclesfield Academy and Poynton High, have all benefitted from work that has taken place over the last 12 months.
The project has been based on group work with students on resilience, facilitated reflection and mental health awareness training. The pilot has improved confidence in schools when responding to the emotional needs and mental health of children and young people.
This study aimed to examine the association of eczema, asthma and hay fever with mental health in a general child population and to assess the influence of parental socioeconomic position on these associations. Open Access Article