Tag: Children

The New Childhood: Mental Health in a Connected Age. A focus on children aged 13 and under.

Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) and Mental Health Innovation (MHI); 2026.

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/the-new-childhood/
[This new report from the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) and Mental Health Innovations (MHI) identifies key ways to better understand the mental health of children aged 13 and younger, and outlines how to improve the support they receive. It features insights from children, captured through the Middle Years Project, and an analysis of how this age group uses Shout, MHI’s free, confidential, 24/7 text support service.]
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 CYMPH Evidence based bulletin June 2026

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.

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Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) evidence-based bulletin

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Implementing skills-based treatment in naturalistic contexts.

Price H. Tizard Learning Disability Review 2026;31(2):127–137.

Where children develop behaviours that challenge (BtC), these can affect their, and their family’s, quality of life. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of Practical functional assessment (PFA) and Skills-based treatment (SBT), delivered in naturalistic settings, in the United Kingdom. The quantitative data indicated that each of the children developed skills relating to communication, tolerance and cooperation.

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Learning Disabilities current awareness bulletin

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Research in Practice

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All staff can create a free account with research in practice. The evidence has already been evaluated and outcomes shared to make it easier for staff to keep up to date or make implementations to practice. You can register here: Create account | Research in Practice     The role of Adult and Children’s Services in better supporting parents with a learning disability 
A new briefing highlights how Adult Services can better support parents with a learning disability – an issue linked with increased involvement in the child protection system and, too often, family separation. 

Research shows that parents with learning disabilities are disproportionately represented in the child protection system and more likely to have their children removed. The publication forms part of a growing body of work that aims to strengthen practice, clarify legal responsibilities, and improve outcomes for parents and children.  Supporting Parents with a learning disability – the role of adult services: Research Briefing (2026) | Research in Practice

Resources for Health Play Services for England

Play Well Toolkit

NHS England

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This toolkit, produced by NHS England and Starlight, will help commissioners, service managers, health play practitioners and clinical leaders to design, plan and deliver high-quality health play services for babies, children and young people. It includes guidelines, recommended standards and a quality checklists.

NHS England » Play well – resources for health play services for England

Commissioner’s concerns about children’s mental health

A report by the Children’s Commissioner Rachel de Souza on children’s mental health services has found an “alarming” postcode lottery when it comes to accessing children’s mental health services. The report follows the Commissioner’s The Big Ask, which surveyed children across England about their mental health. The report states one in five children said they were unhappy with their mental health and Ms De Souze said she is particularly worried about older teenage girls as two in five of 16 to 17 year old girls said they were unhappy with their mental health.

Children’s mental health services 2021-2022 | Children’s Commissioner for England (childrenscommissioner.gov.uk)

Covid 19

Current awareness updates

JCVI update on advice for COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 5 to 11.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); 2022.
[JCVI advises a non-urgent offer of two 10 mcg doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty®) to children aged 5 to 11 years of age who are not in a clinical risk group. The intention of this offer is to increase the immunity of vaccinated individuals against severe COVID-19 in advance of a potential future wave of COVID-19. Published 16 February 2022]

Growing problems, in depth: The impact of Covid-19 on health care for children and young people in England.
Quality Watch; 2022.
[“…The sharp increase in children and young people with mental health problems is a serious concern. Services are facing unprecedented levels of demand, and young people are waiting longer to receive mental health care. In particular, there has been a surge in eating disorder cases, and conditions are deteriorating to the extent that a greater number of children and young people are attending A&E departments…”]

Social care reform: an independent review by Baroness Cavendish.
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); 2022.
[A report looking at how the government can lock in the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic to build a more robust, sustainable and joined-up system of social care.]

NHS Confederation

Tackling the increase in demand for mental health support in children and young people

Recent survey results reinforce the urgent need for more funding to support the growing demand for children and young people’s mental health services.

Read more here.