🧵2/2 The guides are published alongside our new report 'Trauma-informed care and racialised communities' with Coffee Afrik, commissioned by @nhs-rho.bsky.social With practical tips for public service practitioners and policymakers. Find them here: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications...
Text graphic which reads: Racism causes trauma and mental ill health. Our new research explores the nature of trauma experienced by people from racialised communities and calls for better support from mental health services.
Quote from research participant: “It was just, you know, white people are kings and Black people’s history started at slavery. So, I think from a young age that kind of has an impact.”
🧵1/2 If you've been affected by the trauma of racism, or are seeking to help people who are, our new guides will help. Racism causes trauma and mental illness. Public services that don't understand race, racism and trauma-informed care can compound this - for both people seeking support and workers
Nearly 1 million young people in the UK are not in employment, education or training. Behind that number are real people, trying to find their way. Writing from their own experience, the Centre's Policy Analyst Zori Rounds looks behind the headlines 👇
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Text: Keeping children away from social media might sound like a quick and easy way to turn around the rising tide of mental distress among young people and protect children from a wide range of online harms, but it’s unlikely to be quite so simple.If the online world isn’t safe for children, how are we going to make the real world safer and more welcoming?
The Government has launched a consultation into children's digital wellbeing covering social media age bans. @andybell-centremh.bsky.social on how tackling online harms must be based on evidence & matched by a deeper understanding of what is causing the rise in mental distress. bit.ly/4aTwCEY
Alongside @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social @cfyounglives.bsky.social, Young Minds and Prudence Trust, we've developed a roadmap setting out a clear, evidence-informed plan to deliver transformative change to children and young people’s mental health. We need decisive Government action: bit.ly/4rbJjBt
We are pleased the Chancellor used her statement today to focus on young people, but they must also invest in children and young people’s mental health. Poor mental health disrupts education and reduces employment opportunities, with huge costs to the economy. www.youtube.com/live/aftSIKc...
Text graphic which reads: public services often reproduce trauma rather than alleviate it. Mental health care is often not culturally sensitive, and doesn’t address the ways people experience multiple forms of discrimination.
Text graphic which reads: Trauma-informed care is inconsistently applied and rarely anti-racist. We need universal adoption of anti-racist and trauma-informed approaches to mental health care, backed up by the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework.
Currently public services often reproduce racial trauma rather than alleviate it. We need universal adoption of anti-racist and trauma-informed approaches to mental health care, backed up by the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework. Read our report and recommendations 👇https://bit.ly/4bce30c
Quote from research participant: “It was just, you know, white people are kings and Black people’s history started at slavery. So, I think from a young age that kind of has an impact.”
Quote from research participant: “...sometimes they can just be like covert and sometimes they can be like outright racist, but sometimes it’s just so low levels… it has a weary effect on a person.”
🧵2/3 People from racialised communities experienced historical trauma as a legacy of racism, slavery, segregation, compounded by the wearing effects of racial injustice in the present. And mental health care often doesn’t address the ways people experience multiple forms of discrimination.
Text graphic which reads: Racism causes trauma and mental ill health. Our new research explores the nature of trauma experienced by people from racialised communities and calls for better support from mental health
Text graphic which reads: People from racialised communities face disproportionately high levels of trauma. Historical trauma as a legacy of racism, slavery and segregation is compounded by the wearing effects of racial injustice in the present.
🧵1/3 Our new report, ‘Trauma-informed care and racialised communities’ with Coffee Afrik and commissioned by @nhs-rho.bsky.social finds that racism not only causes trauma but also prevents people from getting the right support for their mental health. bit.ly/4bce30c
Photo of a young Black man and a young woman ina headscarf in an office meeting. Text: Quote from Alee Buckley, Senior Lived Experience Practitioner: Being embedded at a strategic level means I can influence conversations as they unfold. I can gently interrupt language that depersonalises. I can help colleagues connect policy decisions to lived realities.
Budgets, policies and pathways are not neutral. They ripple outward into real lives. And when lived experience is embedded in leadership it can quietly reshape the system from within. Reflections on strategic lived experience leadership: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/the-differen...
The @hssib.bsky.social report on diabetes treatment for people using mental health services sets out why it is essential that standards of physical health care are improved to prevent avoidable inequity. Equally Well UK is determined to make equal health a reality for people with a mental illness.
New report from@thinknpc.bsky.social and @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social outlines a systems map showing how we can close gaps in mental health support for children and young people. Read the full report 👇https://www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub/unlocking-support/
It's #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek with the theme of community. We're proud to work with @dumpthescales.bsky.social and others on the National Eating Disorder Taskforce, calling for a comprehensive strategy to prevent people dying from eating disorders.
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Text graphic reads: Specialised intervention, tailored to the needs of a baby and their caregiver, strengthens early parent-infant relationships and improves both child outcomes and parental mental health. We're calling on the Government to commit to an expansion of specialised parent-infant relationship support.
2/2: Expanding the service could save Government billions across health, social care, and education. The Government should commit to expanding specialised parent-infant relationship support. Read the report 👇https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/why-babies-first-relationships-matter/
Illustration of 25 caregivers holding babies in slings. 1 of them appears bigger in bright colours. The others are in more muted colours and appear in the background. Text reads: Only around 4% of babies and their families in need can currently access specialised parent-infant support. Expanding the service of parent-infant teams could save over £1.15 billion per year, realised over the lifetime of those seen. *Based on expanding the service to 28,800 families per year.
1/2: Support from Parent-infant teams brings huge benefits for babies, parents and for society. Our latest report with @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social 'Why babies’ first relationships matter' finds that only around 4% of babies and their families in need can currently access this specialised support.
Image: Young Black Muslim woman wearing a hijab is sat typing at her laptop, with colleagues stood beside her with clipboards. Text: Managing my mental health during Ramadan. By Zainab Shafan-Azhar.
Quote: For someone who has struggled with feelings of inadequacy, instead of perceiving increased worship as something that is encouraged, I would often see it as a form of pressure. I would constantly feel as though I should be doing more, and that what I was doing was not enough. Zainab Shafan-Azhar
Whilst Ramadan is a time of reflection, gratitude and increased worship, for some with mental health difficulties, this period brings pressure. In her blog, Zainab Shafan-Azhar reflects on her experiences and shares techniques that have helped her: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/managing-my-...
Photo of an office meeting room with a young Black woman perched on a windowledge seat talking to two colleagues in the foreground. Text: We're hiring! Associate Director of Policy (interim, 6-9 months)
JOB ALERT: Ready to step into a national leadership role- and make an immediate impact? We're seeking a highly experienced policy leader for an interim role at the heart of our organisation. We need someone who can operate confidently at senior level from day one www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/centre-...
For too long, social housing policy and mental health have been treated as separate conversations. We have partnered with Healthy Homes Hub to launch two new resources designed to help embed mental health into social housing policy and operations at every level. Find out more bit.ly/4aqOYhW
Marking #LGBTHistoryMonth, @davidwoodhead.bsky.social explores how #LGBTQ+ history helps us see how the past sits in the present. Read his latest blog 👇https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/lgbtq-history-month-and-mental-health-how-the-past-shapes-the-present/
The new Mental Health Act passed in Dec 2025 will replace the nearest relative role with a ‘nominated person’ - chosen by the person experiencing a mental health crisis.
Resources will be updated to support people in this role as the law comes into effect:
nearestrelativeresources.bristol.ac.uk
When someone is detained under the Mental Health Act, services identify a ‘nearest relative’, giving them rights & powers to support their relative.
Judy Laing describes an online resource providing trusted information for relatives in this role: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/improving-su...
It's vital that insights from this programme shape government plans for Young Futures Hubs, informing how open-access mental health provision is delivered & sustained. This must mean genuinely open access, co-produced with young people, with support available up to age 25 www.gov.uk/government/n...
Today’s announcement to extend funding for early support hubs for young people’s mental health is a welcome step. We have long called for a national rollout of hubs so that all children and young people can access timely, community-based mental health support.
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2/2: Our research is looking at the impact of the @myhappymind.bsky.social programme in primary schools in two contrasting areas: Bradford and Hampshire & the Isle of Wight, covering over 70,000 children. We'll be sharing our findings in a report due out in April. #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
1/2: This #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, we’re shining a spotlight on our work on children’s mental health. We're currently working with @myhappymind.bsky.social on a review of evidence. The programme aims to help schools, nurseries and families to create a culture of positive mental wellbeing.
Our latest blog from the new Head of @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social @efuapokuamanfo.bsky.social on the theme of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek and the Coalition's priorities to improve children and young people’s lives 👇
www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/this-is-my-p...
Text graphic reads: Specialised intervention, tailored to the needs of a baby and their caregiver, strengthens early parent-infant relationships and improves both child outcomes and parental mental health. We're calling on the Government to commit to an expansion of specialised parent-infant relationship support.
🧵 3/3 The costs of not intervening early include childhood and perinatal mental health costs, social care, education, criminal justice, and lost productivity. The Government should commit to an expansion of specialised parent-infant relationship support across the UK. Read the report👇
bit.ly/4a0S1x6
Illustration of 25 caregivers holding babies in slings. 1 of them appears bigger in bright colours. The others are in more muted colours and appear in the background. Text reads: Only around 4% of babies and their families in need can currently access specialised parent-infant support. Expanding the service of parent-infant teams could save over £1.15 billion per year, realised over the lifetime of those seen. *Based on expanding the service to 28,800 families per year.
🧵 2/3 New analysis in our report finds that based on costed expansion plans by @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social, expanding access to parent-infant team services could save Government over £1.15 billion per year, realised over the lifetime of those seen.
Illustration of a caregiver and baby sat playing together. Another caregiver and baby appear in the distance, without toys in front of them. Text reads: Specialised services for new parents who struggle to bond with their babies help children to thrive. But current provision leaves thousands of families without support.
🧵 1/3 Our latest report with @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social. Parent-infant teams offer support which strengthens relationships between babies and their caregiver, improving both child outcomes and parental mental health. But current provision leaves thousands of families without support.
🧵4/4 We’re deeply disappointed that the Plan falls short on mental health. We urge the Government and the NHS to take action now to protect the mental health of people with cancer and their families, and to ensure fair treatment for people with mental illness.
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