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Mike
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NHS manager, nurse & social worker: works in children's & young people's mental health, 14-25, transition to adulthood, SEND, biopsychosocial, collaboration, innovation. Interested in what works... Views my own
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Hi, a question for anyone working in the mental health or disability fields where young people transition from child to adult services.

Does your service practice in line with the NICE QS140 Quality Standards?

www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs140
Overview | Transition from children’s to adults’ services | Quality standards | NICE
www.nice.org.uk
Essential reading..

'The wellbeing by age that used to exist is now gone, replaced by a crisis in wellbeing among the young'

www.nber.org/papers/w33490
Declining Life Satisfaction and Happiness Among Young Adults in Six English-speaking Countries
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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March 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Hot off the podcast press this morning... Really looking forward to having a listen 👂

open.spotify.com/episode/2NoA...
E113 - What were they Thinking? Mentalisation Based Therapy (w/ Peter Fonagy & Anthony Batemen)
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February 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This series is a really good listen on BBC sounds. It might have gone a bit under the radar so I'm just flagging it back up for anyone interested

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Is Psychiatry Working? - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Is Psychiatry Working? on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Well said.... 'demanding an end to NHS outsourcing to private mental health providers'.

Surely we can do a better job
🚨 BREAKING: Young patients stage demonstration outside a @priorygroup.bsky.social hospital, demanding an end to NHS outsourcing to private mental health providers.

#MadYouthOrganise #MentalHealth #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
February 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This looks like a really interesting paper
February 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Amazing opportunity👇
February 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Thanks Peter. I wouldn't have found this if both you, and I hadn't joined. I look forward to reading

By the way.. I loved your episode on the Psychiatry & Psychotherapy podcast you did with Dr Bateman last year...

...A link to this incoming
February 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Great opportunity this
February 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Essential watch. Amazing work going on at Salford University and via the national organisation of FASD
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Explained
bit.ly/FASD-Explained

Dr. Raja Mukherjee & Sandra Butcher addresses critical inquiries surrounding FASD with the aim of empowering individuals and professionals with actionable insights.

#FASD #MentalHealth #ACAMHlearn
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Explained
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February 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hi, a question for anyone working in the mental health or disability fields where young people transition from child to adult services.

Does your service practice in line with the NICE QS140 Quality Standards?

www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs140
Overview | Transition from children’s to adults’ services | Quality standards | NICE
www.nice.org.uk
February 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Prioritising young people - The Lancet Psychiatry www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Essential reading
Prioritising young people
The transition from adolescence to adulthood represents a crucial juncture of biopsychosocial change. It is a time when environmental factors, including family dynamics, friendships and social interac...
www.thelancet.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reposted by Mike
2/2 to learn more about how paediatricians are responding to this huge crisis in youth MH please read @rcpch.bsky.social position statement:

www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/ro...
The role of paediatricians in children and young people's mental health - position statement 2024
Childhood mental health problems are common and increasing across the UK. Our position, updated in February 2024, outlines the role for paediatricians in prevention, early recognition and holistic car...
www.rcpch.ac.uk
January 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Reposted by Mike
1/2 Huge study from the team behind the MAPS study, and mandatory reading for paediatricians, MH teams and child health workforce.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Admission to acute medical wards for mental health concerns among children and young people in England from 2012 to 2022: a cohort study
We found large increases in the number of children and young people admitted to acute medical wards for mental health concerns over a 10-year period. Further work is needed to understand factors drivi...
www.thelancet.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM