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Mental health awareness campaigns have reduced stigma and encouraged help-seeking, but a new review asks whether they also have unintended psychological costs such as inflating distress, driving self-diagnosis, and overwhelming services.
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Coroners have been raising concerns about child suicides for years. The first analysis to synthesise these reports reveals how governance failures, communication breakdowns, and a lack of autism-specific support have repeatedly contributed to preventable deaths.
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Two major reviews find early intervention shows promise for youth mental health, but the evidence is stronger for psychosis than for anxiety and depression.
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A cross-cultural study explores why depressed adolescents in Brazil, Nepal and Nigeria often slip through the net, and what we can do about it.
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A new study from Latin America finds that active coping could protect young people exposed to stressful life events from developing depression and anxiety.
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Clinicians have long feared that asking younger children about suicide could cause harm. New evidence from a 12-month study suggests that fear is not supported by the evidence.
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Schools spend the equivalent of three full-time staff managing phone use, whether or not students are allowed to have phones in school. This new study asks if banning smartphones actually improves pupils’ wellbeing or saves money for schools.
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Children who experienced food insecurity in early childhood had higher odds of binge eating and compensatory behaviours in adolescence, even when food insecurity resolved.
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Qualitative study reveals young people on CAMHS waiting lists feel alone and dismissed, with mental health deteriorating while they wait. Communication and interim support urgently needed.
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13% of vapes confiscated from English schools contained synthetic cannabinoids mis-sold as THC. Refillable vapes and social media platforms enable this dangerous trend.
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