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Infant Mental Health Awareness Week: Understanding early trauma
This year, Infant Mental Health Awareness Week is taking place 13-19 June with the theme of ‘Understanding Early Trauma’.
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Anna Freud Centre’s ‘world-leading’ research, according to the Research Excellence Framework
The impact of UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences and the Anna Freud Centre’s research on the wider world have been recognised in the Research Excellence Framework 2021.
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Tackling loneliness this Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week, taking place 9–15 May this year, has the theme of ‘loneliness’.
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Reflecting on Stephen Lawrence Day
On 22 April 1993, at the age of 18, Stephen Lawrence was murdered in an unprovoked racist attack. On Stephen Lawrence Day, Natalie Merrett reflects on the importance of today, how far we...
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Family trauma and children’s services: Co-designing support to reduce the impact of parental conflict
Andrea King is Director of Clinical Services at the Anna Freud Centre. She has worked as a senior leader in a local authority, for central government, for NHS England and NHS Improvement...
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Statement on Government decision not to outlaw trans conversion ‘therapy’
The Anna Freud Centre is dismayed at the Government’s decision to abandon its commitment to fully outlaw conversion therapy. The Centre is absolutely opposed to conversion ‘therapy’ and ...
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New anti-racism resources for schools to help young people’s mental health
Today, the Anna Freud Centre releases a free portfolio of resources for schools to support staff in understanding the mental health impact of racism on children and young people, and to ...
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Statement from the Anna Freud Centre in relation to Child Q
The Anna Freud Centre is deeply concerned about the events surrounding the strip searching of Child Q, which have been highlighted in a safeguarding review for the London Borough of Hack...
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New mental health resources for FE colleges
Today, the Anna Freud Centre has released free mental health resources developed specifically for staff working in Further Education (FE) colleges, to support their students.