Education, education, mental health: supporting secondary schools to play a central role in early intervention mental health services

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This report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argues that early intervention mental health for children and young people needs to be rejuvenated and that secondary schools should play a central role in this, complementing wider community and NHS provision. It identifies variation in the availability and quality of school-based early intervention provision and highlights the need for high-level national strategic leadership on the part of the government in leading the change on this.

A summary of the report is available to read here.

The full report can be accessed via this link.