Parliamentary enquiry on CAMHS and children and young people’s mental health
The ACP has submitted its response to the Parliamentary Select Committee enquiry on CAMHS and children and young people’s mental health. Follow the link to read the ACP response and others. Our...
View ArticleACP holds successful annual conference
The annual ACP conference took place on Friday 20 June and Saturday 21 June in London. Entitled Post Millennium Technologies and Tangled World Wide Web, this year’s event boasted a full programme of...
View ArticleACP advice for 12-year-old with no aspirations in life
ACP member Georgina Taylor contributed her expert opinion to a real-life scenario in the Guardian’s Problem Solved column concerning a boy who had lost interest in life. His parents contacted the...
View ArticleWe Need to Talk coalition: manifesto published
The We Need to Talk coalition, which lists the ACP among its members, has this month published its new manifesto calling on the next government to provide better access to psychological therapies for...
View ArticleACP expert advice published in The Guardian
This month two ACP members – Stuart Hannah and Ryan Lowe – contributed their time and expertise to respond to real-life scenarios featured in the Guardian’s Problem Solved page. In the first case...
View ArticleNICE: new guideline for sexually harmful behaviour among young people
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has begun work on a new guideline entitled Sexually harmful behaviour among young people. It aims to help health, education, children’s...
View ArticleUNITE: industrial action planned 13 October
The ACP’s UNITE representatives are keen for members to be aware of two important forthcoming events this month. Following a recent ballot of members, UNITE – together with other unions – is taking...
View ArticleEmotional and mental health of children in care ‘not sufficiently...
A new report published by charity Action for Children says the emotional needs of children who have been in care are not being well looked after. The study, Too Much Too Young, suggests issues children...
View ArticleBetter support for child witnesses of domestic violence
Child witnesses of domestic violence are being given inadequate support, or in some cases none at all, the BBC reports today. It tells the story of a mother-of-two in Essex who fled her abusive husband...
View Article“Shocking failure” to address mental health problems in pregnancy and new...
Mental health problems in pregnancy and new mothers is costing society more than £8 billion, according to a new report released today by the London School of Economics and Centre for Mental Health. The...
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