Young people and mental health

The Mental Health Foundation and Paul Hamlyn Foundation has published How to…improve mental wellbeing in youth work practice. The guide is aimed at youth organisations working with young people, to help to embed mental wellbeing improvement practices within the organisations. To download the guide visit http://mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/mental-wellbeing-in-youth-work-practice.

The Race Equality Foundation has published a briefing looks at the policy framework for mental health service provision and provides examples of existing practice which promote mental health for BME children and young people. It also highlights the impact of poor or incomplete data on commissioning and provision of mental health services for BME children and young people, and looks at specific factors that put children and young people from BME communities at risk of developing mental health problems as well as protective factors that can help build resilience. To download the guide visit http://better-health.org.uk/briefings/importance-promoting-mental-health-children-and-young-people-black-and-minority-ethnic-com.

The Department for Education has produced guidance to help teachers better identify underlying mental health problems in children and young people. For further information visit www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2.