All Mental Health articles
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ArticleWhy the real meaning of Advent matters and how you can encourage participation
Gareth Crispin suggests that you can get preparing for Advent now, and reap the benefits later
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Article‘The number of teens not enjoying life has doubled’: How can Christians respond?
Are the teens in your orbit enjoying life?
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BlogInstagram and poor mental health
This Children’s Mental Health Week, we want to equip you to help young people and children who may be struggling with their emotional & mental wellbeing. Beth Stout, chief executive of Golddigger Trust, shares what we can be doing to help children and young people in the digital age, with reports of Instagram negatively impact young people’s mental health.
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BlogKeeping children and young people mentally healthy during isolation
This Children’s Mental Health Week, we want to equip you to help young people and children who may be struggling with their emotional & mental wellbeing. How can we support our children and young people to maintain and protect their mental health while ensuring we’re looking after our own in isolation?
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BlogUsing cartoons to talk to children about their mental health
Talking about difficult feelings with children can be hard - especially while in lockdown when emotions are potentially running higher than normal. This Children’s Mental Health Week, we want to equip you with the resources to talk about ‘feelings’. Here, Ian Long from the Blob Tree introduces their latest resource images for talking about mental wellbeing in isolation.
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BlogFighting anxiety
This week marks the annual Children’s Mental Health Week - designed to raise awareness on how we can best tackle the mental health crisis amongst young minds. With anxiety in children on the rise, psychologist Dr Kate Middleton explores some of the ways we can support the young people we work with.
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BlogChildren's Mental Health Week: What can we do next?
This Children’s Mental Health Week, we want to equip you to help young people and children who may be struggling with their emotional & mental wellbeing. Joel Harris from mental health charity Kintsugi Hope, commends the efforts of us youth and children’s workers at raising awareness for the issue, but asks: what can we do next? Keep reading to find out his top tips.
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BlogBe kind: helping young people deal with difficult emotions
This Children’s Mental Health Week, we want to equip you to help young people and children who may be struggling with their emotional & mental wellbeing. Rachael Newham from mental health charity ThinkTwice explains why kindness is the most important factor in helping children to deal with their mental health.
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BlogMental Health: You can make a difference
Finding a child or youth is battling with their mental health can be the hardest part of youth and children’s work. Surveys tell us this is all too common, NHS chaplain and youth worker, Andrew Bennett helps us believe there are things we can do.
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BlogSix things you can do to help your child’s mental health during lockdown
Of course, some children are loving lockdown. No school and no early morning bus journey in the freezing cold. But some are hating it and may be hiding it well. Jenni Osborn offers some ideas to make lockdown that much better for you and your children.
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BlogHelping young people with their mental health
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to equip you to help your children and young people who may be struggling with their emotional well-being. Andrew Phillips from Premier Christian Radio spoke to Nathan Jones, founder of mental health charity TalkThrough, about how we can be supporting young people through this time, and gives practical advice for engaging in conversations about mental health at home.
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BlogBe kind: helping young people deal with difficult emotions
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to equip you to help young people and children who may be struggling with their emotional well-being. Here, Rachael Newham from mental health charity ThinkTwice explains why kindness is the most important factor in helping children to deal with their mental health.
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BlogMental Health Awareness Week: what can we do next?
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to equip you to help young people and children who may be struggling with their emotional well-being. Here, Joel Harris from mental health charity Kintsugi Hope, commends the efforts of us youth and children’s workers at raising awareness for the issue, but asks: what can we do next? Keep reading to find out his top tips.
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BlogUsing cartoons to talk to children about their mental health
Talking about difficult feelings with children can be hard - especially while in lockdown when emotions are potentially running higher than normal. This Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to equip you with the resources to talk about ‘feelings’. Here, Ian Long from the Blob Tree introduces their latest resource images for talking about mental wellbeing in isolation.
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BlogKeeping children and young people mentally healthy during isolation
As the first week of home schooling comes to an end, parents up and down the country can congratulate themselves for getting to Friday afternoon. Children will be delighted to have the opportunity for family time over the weekend. But, how can we support our children and young people to maintain and protect their mental health while ensuring we’re looking after our own?
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BlogEating Disorders Awareness Week: How we can help young people struggling with eating disorders
Elizabeth McNaught was diagnosed with anorexia at 14 and spent periods of her teenage years in hospital and community care. Now a doctor, Elizabeth has told her story in Life hurts: a doctor’s personal journey through anorexia. She spoke to YCW editor, Ruth Jackson, about looking out for the signs and gives practical ideas for helping young people.
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Faith at homeSupporting children struggling with their mental health
Caroline Flack’s tragic suicide has reminded us how important it is to protect our children’s mental health. YCW editor Ruth Jackson spoke to Amy Sixsmith, the diocesan mental and wellbeing youth worker for the Manchester Diocese, about how we can do this.
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BlogFighting anxiety: Children's Mental Health Week
This week marks the annual Children’s Mental Health Week - designed to raise awareness on how we can best tackle the mental health crisis amongst young minds. With anxiety in children on the rise, psychologist Dr Kate Middleton explores some of the ways we can support the young people we work with.
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Faith at homeThe adolescent brain
Like toddlers, teenagers often get a bad press when it comes to their behaviour. Sweeping generalisations can be made about the adolescent years, and many unsuspecting teenagers find themselves at the receiving end of unfavourable statements. For parents, the transformation that occurs in their children can have a significant impact. While for some the changes are barely noticeable, others may endure extreme ‘personality transplants’ in their children, and the rollercoaster of emotional adjustment to this new season can be daunting for parents and teenagers alike.
