Mental health

Collapsing mental health support pits parents against schools

Some parents reported for 'fabricating' mental illness

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Mental health

Revealed: The rising costs for schools of educational psychologists

Many councils that once provided services for free now charge, investigation finds

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Mental health

Thousands on waiting lists as trusts struggle to foot mental health bill

Schools have increasingly sought to fund more support themselves

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Mental health

‘Left to rot’: The families on the edge of the mental health crisis

'It's a constant battle to get help'

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Mental health

Special investigation: How collapsing mental health services are failing children

Four-month investigation reveals the devastating toll on families and schools

Samantha Booth
Jess Staufenberg and Samantha Booth
Mental health

Schools pick up the pieces as suicidal kids turned away from CAMHS

Teachers are told to 'keep them safe' as schools are left to 'plug the gap'

Samantha Booth
Jess Staufenberg and Samantha Booth
Mental health

Special schools ‘bursting at seams’ – but DfE doesn’t collect the data

Heads say the system is 'completely overwhelmed'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Mental health

MPs want mental health support teams extended to all schools in six years

Committee calls for 'urgent action' to prevent services slipping backwards

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Mental health

Stressed teachers can’t fight the child mental health crisis

A childhood mental health crisis is upon us, writes Brigid Wells, and having over-worked teachers on the front line...

JL Dutaut
BRIGID WELLS