It is estimated that one in twelve young people self-harm at some point in their lives. Latest figures from ChildLine released today show a 167% increase in counselling sessions related to self-harm. These shocking statistics show how much more we have to do as a society to help...

One in 12 children and young people deliberately self-harm with around 40,000 cases needing hospitalisation each year because their injuries are so severe. Those statistics alone suggest that we must do more to help children and young people who are turning to self-harm and our new research shows how imperative...

The schools minister's comments to the Education Select Committee that "Education is... about leaving school as educated as you can be" offers a narrow view of what schooling should be about. We as a society need to look at the life skills we are providing children both at...

Today is Self Harm Awareness Day, a day where four national charities Childline, SelfHarm.co.uk, YouthNet and YoungMinds have come together to highlight the devastating impact self-harm can have on children and young people's lives. The campaign is being backed by N-Dubz star and X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos.

The statistics...

This week YoungMinds launched a report 'Improving the mental health of Looked After Young People'. The report feels incredibly timely given the announcement last week from Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) showing that in January 2012 a record number of...

Last week an ICM survey commissioned by patient.co.uk painted a grim picture of the state of young people's mental health in the UK today. With record youth unemployment, university increasingly unaffordable and unprecedented pressure to follow the latest consumer trends is it any wonder that almost half of...