Children in Migration & Mental Health
Trust is the basis for receiving report: Observations by BRIS, Sweden
Our European Regional Manager Ronja Ulvfot recently blogged about her invitation to speak about child helplines and children in migration at the Expert Seminar on European and International Policy Agendas on Children, Youth Affairs and Children’s Rights. In this blog, Terese Ahlstedt from our child helpline member Bris – Barnens Rätt i Samhället – based […]
Children in Migration & Mental Health
Observations by The Smile of the Child, Greece
Our European Regional Manager Ronja Ulvfot recently blogged about her invitation to speak about child helplines and children in migration at the Expert Seminar on European and International Policy Agendas on Children, Youth Affairs and Children’s Rights. Here, our child helplione member The Smile of the Child – based in Greece – presents further observations […]
Mental health: helping the child helpline counsellors to help children and young people
Child Helpline International launches eLearning on Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support A teenage girl called the child helpline, seeking help on behalf of a friend who is 16 years old: “My friend says she just wants to die … please, can you help her?” The girl reveals that her friend has behavioral problems. She has […]
World Mental Health Day 2022
We’re marking World Mental Health Day by publishing a new factsheet on children and young people’s mental health.
Youth Mental Health: How child helplines support children and young people with their mental health concerns
According to the World Health Organization[1], one in seven 10 to 19-year-olds in the world lives with a mental disorder. Child helplines play a crucial role in supporting these children and young people globally, day in and day out. Our latest report presents data on the contacts received by 103 of our child helpline members […]
Youth Mental Health: How Child Helplines Support Children & Young People
This report presents data on the contacts relating to mental health concerns that were received by our child helpline members during the years 2018 through 2020. It is clear from this data that children and young people turn to child helplines when they face mental health issues.