After the Mubarek report, there is now recognition that there need to be significant changes to mental health services at young offender institutions. The author asks whether young people with mental health problems can ever be treated in such settings.
After the Mubarek report, there is now recognition that there need to be significant changes to mental health services at young offender institutions. The author asks whether young people with mental health problems can ever be treated in such settings.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, young offender institutions, young offenders, youth justice;
The Back to Life project, run by the national volunteering charity TimeBank, matches young adults with mental health problems aged 18-35 with a same-sex mentor of a similar age. It aims to combat social isolation and help young adults with reengage with their community. This article looks at the success of the project which is funded for three years until September 2011 by South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds to work in the boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham and Croydon.
The Back to Life project, run by the national volunteering charity TimeBank, matches young adults with mental health problems aged 18-35 with a same-sex mentor of a similar age. It aims to combat social isolation and help young adults with reengage with their community. This article looks at the success of the project which is funded for three years until September 2011 by South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds to work in the boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham and Croydon.
Subject terms:
social isolation, loneliness, mental health problems, mentoring, social inclusion, volunteers, young adults, adults, depression;
Reports on one of the winners of the Isabel Schwarz travel fellowship awards. Aurelie Freeman visited Australia to see how mental health services provide a quick and early interventions in Australia. Aurelie visited the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The Centre has also joined with Orygen Youth Health and Research Centre which provides services for 15-24 year olds.
Reports on one of the winners of the Isabel Schwarz travel fellowship awards. Aurelie Freeman visited Australia to see how mental health services provide a quick and early interventions in Australia. Aurelie visited the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The Centre has also joined with Orygen Youth Health and Research Centre which provides services for 15-24 year olds.
Subject terms:
intervention, mental health problems, mental health services, young people, access to services, assertive outreach, children, early intervention;
The pressure is on to find more adoptive parents in the run-up to new adoption legislation hitting the statute book. Asks whether this will mean agencies accepting people who they would previously have rejected, people with health problems and perhaps mental health problems.
The pressure is on to find more adoptive parents in the run-up to new adoption legislation hitting the statute book. Asks whether this will mean agencies accepting people who they would previously have rejected, people with health problems and perhaps mental health problems.