Youth Depression Network

Engaging with young people and their networks to see new pathways to recovery from depression

  • How to manage the stress of caring for teenagers with depression

    I have worked as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the NHS in England for 7 years and recently we have received news that our fabulous small team is being cut further. How can we deliver a comprehensive and high quality service in this NHS environment. Maybe we should innovate, but not reinvent the…

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  • THRIVE

    In 2015 prior to May there were many promises in the media of support for mental health services in the UK. In the last year there had been wishes for parity of funding and staffing resources to emerge between physical and mental health. The previous Coalition Government had even enabled the publication of Future in…

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  • Exam Stress

    I should have written this blog over one months ago, but it got held up. Well at least it is in time for next year! Exams are like football matches in the sense that there is always a young person engaged in an exam or a big match somewhere. Many students in the world have…

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  • Where are all the therapists?

    In the UK Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) have to try to offer comprehensive treatments for young people with understaffed teams. This will mean that many depressed teenagers awaiting therapy will be waiting for months to be seen for basic cognitive behaviour therapy for depression. Therefore one would think that there needs to…

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  • Easter

    Easter is a time of year when many Christians in the world celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Over two billion people in the world have a Christian faith. In the last few weeks we have learned about the persecution of Christians to death in the Middle East and Kenya. Our faith can be a…

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