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Place2Be, a children's mental health charity, found a link between "worrying" and lack of sleep. The research highlights the things which children across different age ranges are most likely to worry about, and identifies the copying strategies employed. 

The Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) which represents charities providing services for disabled people has issued the warning ahead of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill reaching the House of Commons committee stage on 22 January.

Opinion polling suggests limited faith in government plans that will ‘require teachers to cultivate resilience’, promoted as a response to increasing concern for young people’s mental health.

Academics are exploring what the concepts of mindfulness and resilience mean to students, through research being conducted at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland.

In light of over 70% of our readers calling for honesty about mental health unknowns in a mental health curriculum, MHT highlights why transparency is so important. 

NHS England admit they may need a full decade to ensure that 100 percent of children and young people who need specialist care can access it.

91 percent of MHT readers have given their backing to improving both mental health literacy and outcomes by introducing children to an overview of mental health disorders at school.

A pilot scheme examining the effects of therapy dogs on prisoners by was launched in three prisons by Rethink Mental Illness.

Local councils have a duty to provide alternative educational arrangements for young people who are unable to attend school, reminds the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

The independent report into the Mental Health Act was commissioned by Theresa May - it puts forward a number of recommendations.

"Our current legislation was written when people with mental health needs were seen as people to be feared rather than helped,” Sir Simon Wessley said upon sharing his independent review's recommendations.

The Care Quality Commission has pledged to review restrictive interventions (restraint, prolonged seclusion, and segregation) in a variety of settings.