"Distorted" views on ... and young people would suffer”. It says that children are placed into homes for a range of complex reasons, including trauma in early childhood, mental health issues ...

A new report has laid bare the scale of crisis facing community child health services, with treatment waiting times for ...

For children and young people, the most important of these reforms has to be that of community – and specifically neighbourhood – health. This integrated approach, bringing together health, social ...

International Day of Play, on June 11, 2025, prompts us to consider the relationship between young people's opportunities for play and their mental health. Play is intrinsically motivated activity ...

Experts highlight the need for a clear framework when it comes to AI research, given the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by children ... impact young people's mental health, and an ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A new centre focused on improving the lives of children with inflammatory bowel diseases has opened in Cambridge. The ...

More than £9,000 has been raised to support children and young people thanks to the success of Fusion Golf Day 2025, held at ...

“There was just nowhere to send them.” A recently started program by Riley Children’s and IU Health aims to remedy that. To connect young people in Indiana with the mental and behavioral ...

Children as young as ... The Department of Health and Social Care said that it is the first nationwide campaign across England to inform young people about vaping and nicotine addiction.

“Mental health services for children and young people are in a dire state. They have never been given the attention or funding that they need from Government. “The Mental Health Bill, even ...