Fifth and final report into children’s mental health services looking at the journeys children take through mental health services in England, and how that differs depending on what they were referred for, their age, gender, ethnic background and the area-level deprivation where they live.
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[Adding psychosis screening questions to a youth clinic’s consultation template resulted in documented screening in only 28% of visits. When clinicians directly asked about psychosis (14% of consultations), 20% identified at least one psychosis risk indicator, including three patients with previously unrecognised concerns. Findings suggest that routine, direct psychosis enquiry can improve early identification, but screening remains underused in practice.]
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[This study found young people who vape or smoke cigarettes have reduced blood vessel functionality, breathing efficiency and exercise capacity compared to those who have never smoked or vaped.]
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Here is the Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) evidence-based bulletin. We hope this helps to keep you up to date with current awareness within your department. Please feel free to share and disseminate with colleagues. Some evidence is freely available, others require an Open Athens account to access. Please get in touch with the Library team should you need any support accessing the material.
Co-production involves people coming together as equals to make decisions and create services that work for them. This new co-produced resource supports anyone interested in planning, running, or evaluating a co-production project. It outlines the definitions, celebrates the approach, and explores how projects can aim for the highest levels of co-production.
The tool is grouped into four key stages of co-production:
Developed from work with adults’ social care, the core principles can be adapted to support practice with young people and more.
The resource is most effective when used to support reflection by all involved in a co-production project – including members of the public, practitioners, researchers, or managers.
Find out more:Â How to practice effective co-production | Research in Practice
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Here is the latest on mental health for children and young people.
from the CPD Magazine
https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health-difficulties-among-young-adults-have-doubled-in-past-decade/
[More than a fifth (22%) of generation Z in England report having a longstanding mental health condition in their early 20s, double the rate of millennials (10%) at a similar age ten years earlier, finds a new UCL study.]
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The ACAMH Awards aim to recognise high quality work in evidence-based science, both in publication and practice, in the field of child and adolescent mental health.
Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA); 2026.
https://www.tcpa.org.uk/resources/children-and-young-people-in-local-plans-in-england/
[Plug-in resources for embedding the rights, needs and voices of children and young people in planning policy.]
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