Children and young people's mental health: publications
Reports and surveys relating to children and young people with mental health problems
Report on the Implementation of Standard 9 of the
National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity
Services
Louis Appleby, the National Clinical Director for Mental Health Services,
Sheila Shribman, the National Clinical Director for Children's Services and
Naomi Eisenstadt, the Secretary of State's Chief Advisor on Children's
Services have sponsored the publication of a report on implementation of the
CAMHS Standard of the National Service Framework.The report sets out the
progress made by CAMHS in the last four years, highlights medium term
priorities for local CAMHS staff and managers.
Annex A
Annex A provides examples of good practice which can be adopted more
widely.
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National service framework for children, young people and
maternity
The Children's National Service Framework is a 10-year
programme intended to stimulate long-term and sustained improvement in
children's health. Setting standards for health and social services for
children, young people and pregnant women, the NSF aims to ensure fair, high
quality and integrated health and social care from pregnancy, right through to
adulthood.
Standard 9: The mental health and psychological wellbeing
of children and young people.
This Standard addresses the mental health needs of children and young
people and should be read in conjunction with Standards 1-5. Standards 1, 2 and
4 describe further mental health promotion interventions for children, young
people and their families.
The NSF emerging findings
This is a consultation document setting out the direction of travel
for the whole NSF. It aims to help health and social care communities in local
planning for the full NSF and to seek their views. It sets out the
relevant objectives, targets and capacity assumptions from improvement,
expansion and reform.
Promoting mental health in
early years and school settings
The Department has published guidance to support teachers and others,
working alongside health professionals.
Effective joint working between child and
adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and schools
The research identifies the many advantages of joint working between
CAMHS and schools highlights ways in which this might be improved.
Innovation Report
The CAMHS Innovation projects (1998-2004) established multi-agency CAMHS
services in 24 local authorities which aimed to meet the needs of children and
young people who do not easily have access to CAMHS. These projects were able
to develop early intervention services and services to meet the needs of looked
after children and young offenders. Evaluations of the projects showed most
children had improved outcomes in terms of their mental health and engagement
in education. They also provided models of service development for other
CAMHS.
2004 ONS survey
Meltzer & Gatward with Goodman & Ford (2000), The mental
health of children and adolescents in Great Britain, London. This national
survey of psychiatric morbidity among children and adolescents was carried out
by ONS and commissioned by the Department of Heath, Scottish Executive and
National Assembly for Wales. The aims of the survey were: to produce
prevalence rates of thre main categories of mental disorder (conduct
disorder, hyperactivity and emotional disorders); to determine the impact and
burden of children's mental health problems; and to examine service
provision.
1999 ONS survey executive summary
The primary purpose of the survey was to produce prevalence rates of
the three main childhood mental disorders: conduct disorder, hyperactivity and
emotional disorders (and their comorbidity). The second aim was to determine
the impact and burden of children's mental health problems in terms of
social impairment and adverse consequences for others. The third purpose was to
examine the use of servcies.
Nuffield Report
The Nuffield Foundation funded their study of the mental well
being of 15 and 16-year-olds in 1974, 1986 and 1999. A minority of adolescents
have always had mental health problems, but the research showed that this small
group had almost doubled in size over this period.
Last updated: 15 July 2008
