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Healthy Eating Week 2023

Healthy Eating Week is an annual event that promotes the importance of consuming nutritious foods for overall well-being. This year, Healthy Eating Week 2023 aims to help people to find ways to eat healthy, even if on a restricted income due to the current economic situation. This is very important, as those already struggling financially are understandably at higher risk of negative mental health responses to their personal situations. For helpful information and details on Healthy Eating Week ...

Sleep and Mental Health

Sleep is an essential component of overall health, and its impact on mental health cannot be overstated. Adequate sleep is crucial for our brain to function. Therefore, it is no surprise that the quality and quantity of sleep we get can significantly affect our mental health.Sleep deprivation can lead to a range of poor mental health responses, including depression, anxiety, and various other negative mood responses. This can also lead to less physical activity and encourage unhealthy food choic...

June Newsletter 2023

Its Father’s Day later this month, so we all at Teenage Mental Health thought it would be a good idea to highlight the importance of fathers in children email wellbeing.Fathers play a vital role in the mental and emotional well-being of their children. Studies have shown that children with involved fathers have better outcomes in areas such as self-esteem, academic performance, and mental health. In this blog post, we will explore some of the positive effects that fathers have on their childre...

Father's Day

Its Father’s Day later this month, so we all at Teenage mental health thought it would be a good idea to highlight the importance of fathers in children email wellbeing.Fathers play a vital role in the mental and emotional well-being of their children. Studies have shown that children with involved fathers have better outcomes in areas such as self-esteem, academic performance, and mental health. In this blog post, we will explore some of the positive effects that fathers have on their childre...

Mid May Newsletter 2023

Welcome to the TMH newsletter monthly update edition.Our monthly newsletter has lots of information in it, but sometimes there are so many things to talk about once a month just isn't enough, so this update edition aims to give you up to the minute help and support.It’s mental health awareness week this week, so we at TMH thought our readers may appreciate some information on the importance of this on teenagers and children’s mental health....

Academic and Exam Stress

With GCSE Exams for many students, Coursework and Dissertation Deadlines looming for many, we feel it would be a good time now to put out something from TMH to help inform parents and carers of some information, and provide some tips or advice we all might want to consider.According to a survey conducted by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in 2020, almost all of the headteachers (98%) in secondary schools in the UK reported that they had students who struggled with exams due ...

May Newsletter 2023

May 2023 NewsletterWelcome to the Teenage Mental Health May newsletter, filled with news information and helpful advice to help you help those around you. This month we are thinking about the impact of physical health on our mental wellbeing as well as how exercise can impact our overall sense of wellbeing.Just in case you don’t know who we are Teenage Mental Health is a not-for-profit mental health provision providing in person talking therapies to anyone in mental health distr...

Walking To School

This month’s newsletter is encouraging readers to think about the impact of exercise on our mental health, the best way to increase our ability to regularly fit exercise into our daily lives to find ways that can easily become part of our daily routine, such as walking the children to school. Walking to school is a simple,yet effective way to improve parent-child relationships and a child's emotional well-being.In today's fast-paced world, many families find themselves rushing to get out the d...

April Newsletter 2023

More and more as a society we are realising the importance of good physical health and its impact on our mental health and emotional wellbeing. As its world health day on the 7th of April now would be a good opportunity to think about the link between both physical and mental health.Maintaining good physical health is essential for overall well-being, and it also plays a crucial role in maintaining good mental health. The link between physical health and emotional well-being is well-established,...

March Newsletter 2023

It is brain awareness week this month on the 12th to the 18th of March and we at Teenage Mental Health thought this presented a good opportunity to write a blog about brain functions and the importance of these for good mental health. Brain Awareness Week is an annual event that aims to raise awareness about the importance of the brain and its functions. The human brain is truly one of the most amazing and complex organs in the body, responsible for everything from our thoughts and emotions to o...

Brain Awareness Week

It is brain awareness week this month on the 12th to the 18th of March and we at Teenage Mental Health thought this presented a good opportunity to write a blog about brain functions and the importance of these for good mental health. Brain Awareness Week is an annual event that aims to raise awareness about the importance of the brain and its functions. The human brain is truly one of the most amazing and complex organs in the body, responsible for everything from our thoughts and emotions to o...

Mid-February Newsletter

During these dark winter months we at Teenage Mental Health note a significant increase in patients and their parents reporting feeling quite emotionally low, or more depressed than usual.So we thought it might be an idea to mention seasonal affective disorder and give our readers some more information on this seasonally negative problem on our general mental health and wellbeing.Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that occurs during specific seasons, most commonly in the f...

February Newsletter 2023

Welcome to our new relaunched bi monthly newsletter. We hope that you enjoy reading our articles and that some of the contents is helpful to you and those you support.Please feel free to share this newsletter with anyone that you feel might find it useful and if you know of anyone that would like to receive this newsletter please send their email address to hello@teenagementalhealth.co.uk and we will add them to our distribution list....

Children and Technology

It is Safer internet day on February the 7 th and with this in mind we at TMH thought it would be a good excuse to think about the effect of the internet and technology on our mental health. The increasing use of the internet and digital devices by children has brought about a range of negative effects on their mental health. One of the most significant concerns is the impact of social media on children’s self-esteem and body image. Research has shown that children who spend a lot of time on s...

Christmas Season

Christmas can be such a lovely time of year, the dark winter nights have been drawing in,suddenly there are colourful decorations and bright little lights to illuminate the long winter darkness. Normality seems to be suspended or paused, with everything mundane or normal seeming to stop for the party time of Christmas.Sadly whilst normality may pause for some to be filled with festive joy, for others, especially those in emotional pain or experiencing grief, the mental suffering never pauses. In...

Talking About Suicide and Suicidal Thoughts

This month is suicide prevention month, and for a very short while the media spotlight is firmly drawn to highlighting the rates of death by suicide in the UK, with a focus on how we should all be working together as a society to try and prevent others ending their lives by suicide. In my role as the clinical director at Teenage Mental Health, suicidal thinking and ideation are one of the common daily presentations of the patients that my team and I work with. However, as the organisations name ...

Exploring Intrusive Thoughts

What are Intrusive thoughts?Intrusive thoughts are experienced by most of the population, many people don’t even realise they have them whilst others consciously battle with intrusive thoughts on a daily basis. This blog aims to explain the nature of intrusive thoughts and touch lightly on their origins, explore ways in which someone can ease the psychological distress caused by intrusive thoughts and advise when further action should be taken.  Much like a song stuck in your head, intrus...

Exam Results Day 2022 – Stresses, Surprises and Uncertainty

In the UK this year A-level and AS level results day is Thursday, August 18th and GCSE results are released on Thursday, August 25th. Previous generations of students will remember the nerves and excitement of sitting exams, in big school halls with all their friends. They will remember the excited buzz of finishing an exam, meeting friends and family afterwards to celebrate and discuss how well they thought they had done. They might remember the encouraging conversations with teachers, and the ...

Self Care

Taking a look at the definitions of selfcare and its importance as well as ways to start and improve on the skill. This blog also includes a self care checklist and some creative ways to practice self-care on a limited budget....

Opening Up About Your Mental Health

This blog is directed at young people (or folks of any age) who are struggling in silence with difficult thoughts, emotions and feelings, or mental health symptoms such as self-harm, disordered eating, anxiety and/or depression who feel unable for any reason to open up to others. For the readers not in some form of emotional distress but concerned for others they feel might be or are known to be, this will be helpful for you too. Something to help hold in mind how important that moment is when s...

Returning to School Post Lock-Down

Returning to school another year older or starting somewhere new can be an exciting and apprehensive time for any child, but since the pandemic hit, many children have been left traumatised by their schooling experience and so returning to any form of academic establishment will present new and increasingly difficult challenges for them. This blog aims to highlight some of these challenges and the ways in which they can be managed....

Leaving School in a Pandemic

Children of all ages have faced many difficulties during the pandemic, however leaving school could be considered one of the biggest obstacles a child may have to face; leaving a familiar environment indefinitely without experiencing a transitional period to mourn its loss can conjure difficult emotions and situations that seem hard to tackle. ...

Mental Health and Exercise

Now that summer has arisen, and restrictions are lifting it is a better time than ever to get outside and be active. Whether it's going for a run, playing football in the park, or simply walking to the shops instead of driving, it's important to get out and be active. Not only is exercise crucial to your physical health but it also greatly impacts on your mental health. This is because when you exercise, feel-good hormones and chemicals such as serotonin and dopamine get released, thus lifting y...

Having A Child In Therapy

Taking the first step, although it may be small, can lead to much greater results occurring in the future. When a baby takes their first step, they are wobbly, unsure, and even conscious they may fall again but that first step still led them to start their journey of learning how to walk. In therapy, we need to take that first step and be aware that changes do not happen overnight, although it feels difficult. Smaller steps may take longer but bigger steps can be a lot more challenging. ...

Barriers to Body Acceptance

Although a culture encouraging self-love and body acceptance is sweeping the nation, many of us find the idea difficult to practice or even comprehend. Why do we find it so hard to love our bodies. Acknowledging the psychological harm that has already been inflicted by an inherently toxic society may shed light onto some of the deeply ingrained thoughts and feelings we have been taught about our bodies. This blog will be looking at the effects of body dysmorphia, bodies in the media, toxic beaut...