The BBC says (May 30th, 2018): “Dr Chris van Tulleken is on a mission to understand why we’re giving over three times more medicine to our kids today than we did 40 years ago. He looks into one of the…
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This piece by George Monbiot was published in The Guardian (8th October 2013). Although its focus is on schools and children’s education, its essence is also very relevant to children’s wellbeing and mental/emotional health: “A week in the countryside is worth three…
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In this blog post from the Mad In America website , psychiatrist Lawrence Kelmenson writes: “As modern psychiatry grows larger and larger, it becomes hungrier and hungrier for more clients. Its formula is to invent fake ‘illnesses’ that everyone meets criteria for, and to lure people to seek…
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What can child and adolescent counsellors and therapists learn from research? What evidence is there for the effectiveness of different therapies and techniques? How can developmental or neuroscience research inform or inspire therapeutic work with young people? Edited by Nick…
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This interview with psychiatrist Dr. Sami Timimi is part of Childhood Made Crazy , an interview series from psychologist Eric Maisel that takes a critical look at the current “mental disorders of childhood” model. The series is comprised of interviews with practitioners, parents, and other children’s advocates as well…
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In America, medication is becoming almost as much a staple of childhood as Disney and McDonald’s. Kids pack their pills for school or college along with their lunch money. Some are taking drugs for depression and anxiety, others for attention…
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It often falls to teachers to support families in crisis, but they don’t always have the skills. The Guardian newspaper’s “Secret Teacher” series carried an article explaining how, in order to feel confident helping their students, some teachers have…
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A demand for mental health counsellors in every secondary school in England is being considered by the government, the public health minister Nicola Blackwood has said. Schools will also be surveyed on how they currently deal with mental health issues…
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“Counselling in UK Secondary Schools: What we know, what we’re doing, what we need to find out” … an informative and interesting lecture (February 2016) by Prof. Mick Cooper. Click here to watch it.