In training I always make the distinction that what is termed risk taking behavior in young people is really them trialing out adult...

A growing body of evidence suggests that mental health education programmes can be very effective in reducing the prevalence of problems...

Young peoples drug and alcohol problems are rarely freestanding but linked to a wide range of other mental health and behavioral...

A recent study at Bath University of 200 teenagers has revealed interesting gender differences between teenage males and females with...

I have just been invited to speak at the Royal College of GPs 10th PCCSF conference in Birmingham.The theme is Safeguarding Adolescents...

Studies of children growing in stressful environments always views them from a deficit lens. However, many of the behaviors that are...

An excellent review of the historical developments in cannabis markets, leading to the current practices of smoking synthetic cannabis is...

Erica Jacobs, a passionate campaigner for young people and substance misuse prevention in Colorado has contacted me with an excellent...

I was very intrigued by the presentations of clients seeking help with legal highs or new psycho-active substances. For a period of...

There is a great deal of confusion between "Stepping Stone Theory" and "Gateway Theory" in terms of understanding the evolution of drug...

More evidence emerges to support the use of trajectory models with young people. Research by Professor Patrica Conrod targeted young...

Recent developments in the area of immuno-psychiatry have begun to identify that prenatal viral infection may be responsible for the...

A recent study found that the more days a child missed of pre-school created greater disparities in their educational attainment across...

There is always a great deal of discussion in my training and lectures on child and adolescent development regarding attachment theory. ...

The effects of poverty on human psychology is an under-researched area. However, new insights from brain scanning and cognitive testing...

After along period of development, Boswyns Young Peoples Residential is set to open shortly in Hayle, Cornwall, UK. This new service...

I have often written and discussed how young people with weak social attachments are most prone to developing substance misuse problems. ...

A great deal of my recent work in addiction and mental health has been focused on understanding and addressing divergent patterns of drug...

In a new book out by Emeritus Professor Robert Le Vine and his Research Fellow wife Sarah, they examine parenting across different...

On Tuesday the 5th of July the builders moved in at Boswyns to begin building the extension that will become the young people's...