It’s hard to believe that it’s that time already, but the half-term break is almost upon us. Autumn is an important period for anyone with an interest in the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people. Once the long summer holidays have ended for another year, familiar anxieties tend to return. Going...Read More

In time, it’s possible that we’ll look back upon the Mental Patient costume affair and consider that the retailers responsible have done our cause a significant service. Not intentionally, you understand, because at this point, motives – like judgement – remain suspect. Tesco, Asda and Amazon have made a monumental error in selling Halloween outfits...Read More

Our service is unique. Just like the children and young people we meet and the complex issues they’re encountering. No two assessments are the same because no two people are the same and, whilst they’re often related, all the problems that an adolescent might encounter differ in one way or another. The difference might be...Read More