Adverse Childhood Experiences and their impact on health-harming behaviours in the Welsh adult population

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 5th April 2022

Adverse Childhood Experiences and their impact on health-harming behaviours in the Welsh adult population A study of public health and wellbeing in Wales identified long-term effects of chronic stress brought on by harm or neglect in childhood known as ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences). 2028 Welsh adults were surveyed and found that 47% had experienced at least 1 ACE and […]

Sport Outcomes Evidence Review

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 25th June 2019

Sport Outcomes Evidence Review Commissioned by Sport England to review the outcomes they contributed to as part of Sporting Future, the government strategy for supporting physical and mental wellbeing, and individual, social, community, and economic development, through sport. These outcomes are hoped to be achieved through participating, spectating, and volunteering in sport. For physical wellbeing, […]

Mental Health Promotion and Mental Illness Prevention: The Economic Case

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 19th June 2019

Mental Health Promotion and Mental Illness Prevention: The Economic Case Health care services can often struggle to prevent mental illness and work to promote mental wellbeing due to a lack of resources and the costs associated with this. The following report seeks to justify this investment based on the projection of the cost of not […]

E-petition 176555 relating to mental health education in schools

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 8th February 2019

E-petition 176555 relating to mental health education in schools The petition referenced in this debate report called for mental health education to be mandatory in primary and secondary schools, in order to make this provision of a universal standard. The government response is that this is covered in personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) […]

Adverse Childhood Experiences and their impact on health-harming behaviours in the Welsh adult population

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 13th December 2018

Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Education Profession 2017

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 12th February 2018

Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Education Profession 2017 Research undertaken by YouGov, with content provided by the Educational Support Partnership, surveyed 1250 educational professionals across key stage, further, and higher education levels, using questions from other employment research to make comparisons with. Their findings support the need for a health and wellbeing policy consistently […]

Access and waiting times in children and young people’s mental health services

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 12th February 2018

Access and waiting times in children and young people’s mental health services The Education Policy Institute utilised the Freedom of Information Act to gain access to information regarding the referrals of young people to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Over a quarter of young people referred to specialist mental health services in 2016-17 […]

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) linked to leading causes of death

Posted by Kristina Freeman
On 12th February 2018

Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study used 9058 questionnaire responses, to look at the experiences of young people and how adverse experiences are linked to many of the leading causes of death […]

Time to Deliver

Posted by admin
On 22nd August 2017

Children and Young People’s Mental Health: Time to Deliver The Education Policy Institute’s Independent Commission on Children and Young People’s Mental Health report, ‘Time to Deliver’, calls for every school to have a mental health lead, evidence-based training and be inspected on pupil wellbeing. Mental health problems have a long term cost estimated to be […]

Children of the New Century

Posted by admin
On 22nd August 2017

Children of the New Century ‘Children of the New Century’ sets out mental health findings from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS); a three-year project following a large sample of children born at the start of the 21st century. The report utilises the results of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) taken from the perspectives of […]