On Saturday morning, Lauren a VIR from the North-East region went on BBC Radio 4′s Today programme to talk about the problems of transitions from Children to Adult mental health services. Lauren...
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News from the VIK team in the north-east region.
VIR Lauren and ‘Jane’ talk to the BBC about transitions
North East Update
Work is continuing on developing the Regional Youth Board and we now have approximately 20 members. North East VIKs, Allie and Jack have been fully involved in all of the discussions about how the You...
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Looming Transition #2
My consultant called the day previous to the meeting saying that he may not be able to attend the transition meeting due to a mix up with the dates and as a result had alternative commitments to atten...
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Looming Transition
What ever happened to the saying ‘age is just a number’? Maybe it’s just a figment of my imagination, in the mental health world it seems that way anyhow. I’m 17, it’s nineteen days until I ...
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Mental Health and Obesity
I have just read an article that talks about the link between mental health and obesity. No one is suggesting that everyone with a weight problem has a mental illness and I guess that the same can be ...
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