".....it is unrealistic to expect doctors to provide a solution for all that ails them, and that medicine is not a sticking plaster for every behavioural and social problem" The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan review – are we really getting sicker? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

BBC News - Doctors back total ban on smacking children in England - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Most areas cut eating-disorder help for under-18s www.bbc.com/news/article...

UK childhood mental health crisis to cost £1.1tn in lost pay, study finds www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Child mental health admissions to acute wards in England rise 65% in a decade www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... Superb piece. Captures many important and topical CAMHS themes!

Some really poor journalism around SSRi risks in The Times newspaper today. I've already had a family tell me they want their child's medication stopped due to the risk of suicide.....

£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

BBC News - Threat against UK 'smouldering', top counter terror officer warns www.bbc.com/news/article...

In the UK, half of children under 12 use social media. Most content is designed to be addictive. This is how the companies make their money. Teens spend an average of 4.8 hours a day on social media. Anxiety, depression, self harm - all UP. We are sleepwalking.

"Trump said he thinks "somebody has to find out" if there is a link between autism and childhood vaccines - an idea that has been ruled out by multiple studies around the world....." BBC News - Trump vows to end birthright citizenship and pardon US Capitol rioters www.bbc.com/news/article...

There are so many subtexts to this. Where to begin? BBC News - Prince William and Trump meet after Notre-Dame reopening www.bbc.com/news/article...

Exposure to adverse childhood experiences, especially during middle childhood, increases the risk of self-harm and depression in adolescents, highlighting the need for early and sustained intervention.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ acamhlearn.org/Learning/Imp...

BBC News - 'It's so easy to lie': A fifth of children use fake age on social media www.bbc.com/news/article...

🧵 Well. Here is the GMC on X, responding to revelations (via FOI requests) that they're been secretly employing social media specialists to monitor doctors' criticisms of their actions regarding physician associates & shape their tactics accordingly. I'm one of those being monitored. 1/n

BBC News - Australian Senate approves social media ban on under-16s www.bbc.com/news/article...

"...young people have described how after using filters they found their real face ugly" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

BBC News - CCTV shows pupils abused and locked in padded room www.bbc.com/news/article...

Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Social media ban for UK under-16s ‘not on the cards’ for now, says minister www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

BBC News - Australia wants to ban kids from social media. Will it work? www.bbc.com/news/article...

BBC News - Young adults leaving care system 'face challenges' www.bbc.com/news/article...

BBC News - Home education rises in Devon and Cornwall www.bbc.com/news/article...

BBC News - 'I started home-schooling after anxiety caused by child to vomit' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"There is a clear, consistent and sizeable link between heavy social media use and mental illness for GIRLS, but that relationship gets buried or minimised in studies that look at ALL digital activities for ALL teens" Johnathan Haidt, in 'The Anxious Generation'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... If there was a blanket rule of age 14 for smartphones I am sure we would have a happier generation of young adults. I don't think 11 is a high enough threshold. But well done, EE.

Labour plans fastfood shop crackdown

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... My Radio 4 Interview with Julia Bradbury about Emotionally Challenging Work