Mental health support must adapt to meet neurodivergent children and young peoples’ needs
Our new briefing calls for mental health services to adapt to neurodivergent communication and sensory needs.
Type: News
Behind the employment statistics: why early mental health support matters
Zori looks behind the headlines and explores how mental health support can help young people to overcome barriers to employment, education and training.
Type: Blog
Social media and children’s mental health
Andy examines the concerns and debate around the dangers posed to children by social media
Type: Blog
Future Minds: A roadmap to transform children and young people’s mental health by 2035
The Future Minds roadmap puts forward concrete solutions to transform children and young people’s mental health.
Type: Publication
Youth Matters: A new national strategy and a critical moment for young people’s mental health
Kadra examines the details of the new national youth strategy for England, launched today.
Type: Blog
Why young women’s mental health should be taken more seriously
Adetola explores the factors behind the worsening mental health of young women, and the types of tailored support that can help.
Type: Blog
Empowering minds
Our evaluation of the Pilgrim Trust’s Young Women in Mind programme of community-based mental health support projects.
Type: Publication
Bridging the gap
An evaluation of Barnardo’s Inner Resilience and Development (BIRD) service supporting children and young people with mental health problems.
Type: Publication
Invest in childhood
Priorities for preventing mental ill health among children and young people
Type: Publication
Mapping the mental health of the UK’s young people
This map tool shows prevalence of mental health difficulties across the UK, including rates of eating disorders and self-harm, hospital admissions and secondary care referrals, and wider factors such as loneliness, school absence and bullying.
Type: Publication