Psychology and Therapy

News stories relating to child psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in both individuals and groups, while also exploring the physiological and neurobiological processes that underlie certain functions and behaviours.

News stories relating to child psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in both individuals and groups, while also exploring the physiological and neurobiological processes that underlie certain functions and behaviours.

Expert's Corner: Dr Anna Preston

25/03/2019
Est. Reading: 5 minutes

Clinical psychologist Dr Anna Preston talks to Clare Jerrom about carrying out parenting assessments in an ethical, timely and multi-disciplinary way.

The benefit of having multi-agency meetings at the beginning of an assessment means families are not subjected to numerous assessments with multiple professionals over a lengthy time period while parenting abilities are established, which means [...]

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Compulsory health education in schools from 2020

26/02/2019
Est. Reading: 3 minutes

New guidance supporting schools how to teach pupils about mental health has been launched by the Department for Education.

Education secretary Damian Hinds said the guidance will mean that from September 2020 all children in England will learn in schools how to look after their mental wellbeing with a focus on the link between physical and [...]

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Ofsted finds limited progress at Sunderland

12/02/2019
Est. Reading: 3 minutes

Progress in improving services at Sunderland has been limited, Ofsted has said.

Due to a technical fault, the electronic case recording system was unavailable on the second day of the first monitoring visit since the local authority was judged inadequate for overall effectiveness for a second time in July 2018. This resulted in the inspectors [...]

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NHS Long Term Plan highlights commitment to children's mental health

08/01/2019
Est. Reading: 3 minutes

The NHS has published its long-term plan, pledging to prioritise children and young people's mental health services.

The NHS Long-Term Plan states that over the next five years, the NHS will continue to invest in expanding access to community-based mental health services to meet the needs of more children and young people.

In a new commitment, the [...]

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President of family division "concerned" about family justice professionals

29/11/2018
Est. Reading: 3 minutes

The Rt Hon Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division has stated that he is "genuinely concerned" about the long-term wellbeing of professionals working in the family justice system.

The president of the family division, who is addressing 'Wisdom from Failure: a national child protection conference' in February, said judges, magistrates, CAFCASS officers, social workers [...]

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Official mental health statistics updated for first time since 2004

27/11/2018
Est. Reading: 4 minutes

The Local Government Association has called the latest official statistics into children and young people's mental health "startling" and said they demonstrate the urgent need to invest new substantial money into children’s services.

The government's official statistics which have been uodated for the first time since 2004 show that one in eight (12.8%) 5 to 19 [...]

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