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All Rights Reserved. 05/02/2012 20:20:50 60 http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=518 Improving outcomes for children depends on wider health issues and changes to professional practice. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=517 Twitter should do more to protect young users from online predators, a child protection unit has said. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=516 The Children's Society latest report reveals that half a million children across the UK are unhappy with their lives. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=519 Statutory agencies 'failed to stop unlawful use of force against children in privately run centres' http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=515 Barnardo's and SAMH have worked together to produce a joint briefing document to encourage as many organisations as possible to respond to the Scottish Government’s mental health strategy consultation. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=511 Thousands of vulnerable children in the UK could end up in care that does not appropriately meet their needs due to a foster home shortage, a charity warns. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=514 The scale of Scotland’s under-age alcohol problem was laid bare yesterday when a new survey showed that more than one third of 15 year-olds and one in seven 13 years olds admitted that they had taken a drink in the previous week. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=513 The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC) consists of 14 charities that are passionate about the well-being of the UK’s children and young people. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=512 The number of obese children in Wirral has dropped according to official figures published this week. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=509 Some children can face a wait of up to three and a half years before receiving treatment for mental health problems, an MSP has revealed. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=508 Terms like "bipolar", "autistic" and "schizophrenic" are often used in jest to describe character traits. But how harmful is it to bandy the names of such conditions about? http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=507 Bill Summary Notes http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=506 First Minister Alex Salmond launched a Programme for Government today with a pledge to pursue economic growth and reformed public services to deliver better outcomes for all of Scotland's people. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=505 "The test of the morality of a society is what it does for children". So said Dietrich Bonhoeffer and, here in Scotland, we'd like to think we do a lot. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=504 A group of senior pupils from a school in a deprived area of Glasgow have been involved in a unique experiment that mapped their social network through their use of smart phones, with the aim of helping them into university. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=503 SCOTS are drinking almost a quarter more alcohol than their counterparts in England, according to new figures released days before landmark legislation is introduced at Holyrood to tackle the nation’s drink culture. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=502 Early intervention to support vulnerable families and children in care received a £6 Million boost as announced by the Children’s Minister Tim Loughton. 37 local authorities would share this funding. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=501 The proportion of 18 to 24-year-olds in England not in employment, education or training (Neet) has risen to 18.4%, official figures suggest. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=500 Children as young as four have been treated in accident and emergency departments in Wales for the effects of alcohol, research shows. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=498 Gail Porter has discussed her time in a psychiatric hospital after being sectioned earlier this year, revealing she was afraid she would never be allowed to leave. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=499 Childhood abuse doubles the risk of developing multiple and long-lasting episodes of depression, say scientists. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=496 More than one in 10 people detained in Scottish mental health wards for two months or more are being given medication illegally, according to the Mental Welfare Commission. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=497 The number of young people admitted to Kent's hospitals after self harming has more than doubled in three years. Figures obtained by the BBC show that 542 children needed hospital treatment in 2010-11. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=495 With girls admitting to dressing and acting in a sexualised way to 'build their brand' and a mobile stock of porn serving as a status symbol for boys, parents and teachers fear that innocence is under attack. http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/news_events/article.asp?id=494 Parents are being warned of a trend among children of watching television while using other interactive devices.