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One child in 20 has a severe behavioural problem. This often has a devastating impact on a child's future, greatly increasing the risk of suicide, poor health, unemployment and crime.

Yet there is increasingly strong evidence of the effectiveness of well-designed early intervention programmes.

Effective parenting interventions have been found to cost about £1,200 for each child and to create benefits of £225,000 over the lifetime of a child with severe conduct problems.

Early years interventions are recommended in Graham Allen MP's independent review and by Centre for Social Justice in its recent review of mental health.

What's new


06 March 2013 Centre for Mental Health lecture calls for early intervention and integration Professor Richard Frank, a former adviser to the US Government, yesterday delivered the 2013 Centre for Mental Health Lecture with a call for mental and physical health services to ‘meet people where they are’ and to focus on intervening early to get the best results.
15 October 2012 Parenting interventions must be fully funded and run well to help the most vulnerable children say Centre for Mental Health Parenting interventions can dramatically improve children's futures but they must be made widely available, delivered well and targeted at the children who need them most, according to a report from Centre for Mental Health.
23 May 2012 Diversion is a key element of a more effective approach for young adults in the criminal justice process Centre for Mental Health welcomes a new report by The Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance that sets out ten recommendations for a more effective approach for young adults in the criminal justice process, including diversion.

06 March 2013
Centre for Mental Health lecture calls for early intervention and integration
Professor Richard Frank, a former adviser to the US Government, yesterday delivered the 2013 Centre for Mental Health Lecture with a call for mental and physical health services to ‘meet people where they are’ and to focus on intervening early to get the best results.

15 October 2012
Parenting interventions must be fully funded and run well to help the most vulnerable children say Centre for Mental Health
Parenting interventions can dramatically improve children's futures but they must be made widely available, delivered well and targeted at the children who need them most, according to a report from Centre for Mental Health.

23 May 2012
Diversion is a key element of a more effective approach for young adults in the criminal justice process
Centre for Mental Health welcomes a new report by The Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance that sets out ten recommendations for a more effective approach for young adults in the criminal justice process, including diversion.

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Turning young lives around briefing paper 10/04/2013

What about the children? a thematic inspection by Ofsted 10/04/2013

Children whose parents have mental health difficulties are poorly supported and protected 25/03/2013