Today we held an event to mark World Mental Health Day, focusing on the inequality and injustice that drives so much mental ill health. If you missed the live stream you can still hear from our fantastic speakers Rose Ssali, Kadra Abdinasir and Andy Bell by catching up here.
This week we published important new research into the mental health needs of girls in the Children & Young People’s Secure Estate. The report shares some difficult findings and makes it clear that we need far more wraparound community support for girls who have experienced trauma and adversity.
October is of course Black History Month, and it’s sad to say that a publication of ours from 20 years ago, which explored the stereotypes, cultural ignorance and coercion that have often been part of Black people’s experiences with mental health services, still rings true today. While this month gives us an opportunity to reflect, we absolutely must pair that with action to tackle racism in the mental health sphere and beyond.
We also want to share our response to data published by NHS Digital which shows that children living in poverty have higher rates of mental ill health. We’re calling on the Government to put children’s mental health first and rethink the Universal Credit cut.
Young people can be placed in the Children and Young People's Secure Estate (CYPSE) either through child protection legislation or through the youth justice system.
Out of sight highlights that girls entering the CYPSE have high levels of trauma and poor mental health. The report provides an overview of the key challenges facing girls in the CYPSE, calling for a gender-responsive approach, and more community-based alternatives to secure settings.
To mark World Mental Health Day we've put the spotlight on the inequalities and injustices that drive mental ill health.
Today we heard from Rose Ssali, Kadra Abdinasir and Andy Bell who laid bare the truth about mental health inequality and shared important insights into what we can do to eradicate these inequalities in experiences of poor mental health and access to good quality mental health support.
Dr Amy Pollard joins Thea Joshi to talk about her new role as the Centre's writer in residence, explaining how she has drawn on painful lived experience of bipolar to distil ideas which can be shared with others.
We're looking for a highly skilled administrator with a range of experience including organising events and providing administration support, such as taking minutes, arranging travel and convening meetings. Applications close 10 October.
We're looking for 25 Young Changemakers (aged 16-25) from Bristol, Birmingham, Luton and Leeds who identify as Black or Black mixed race and want to make a difference and create real change in mental health services to better support young people from racialised communities. Applications close 10 October 2021.
