It seems that many parents have concerns about their child's current mental health and more broadly about their development and what kind of potential they have at school and beyond. In Neil Humphrey's article, "Are the Kids Alright? Examining the Intersection between Education and Mental Health," Humphrey offers some promising points of…

Professor Neil Humphrey's paper provides a timely, helpful, and compelling opportunity to reflect on the mental wellbeing of children and young people today, in terms of research, policy, and practice. It offers a means of 'taking stock' of what we do and do not know so far in understanding the intersection between education and mental health. In…

Neil Humphrey's intention in writing "Are the Kids Alright? Examining the Intersection between Education and Mental Health" (EJ1247696) was to provoke discussion and debate in relation to six key questions that are central to the intersection between education and mental health. Humphrey received six responses to his article in this…

In this commentary, Paget and Emond note that school exclusion is not just an education issue, but is increasingly recognised as pertinent to child health, with implications for how education, health, social care, and voluntary sector services should interact to support children at risk in a holistic, integrated manner. Children who are excluded…

In this article, I explain the practical learning challenges in distributed workplace learning (WL) that are engendered by distance and contradictory motives between distributed instructors. I draw lessons from an empirical study of the institution of a new profession in the British National Health Service that was operationalised through…

States that when counselors join a multi-disciplinary team the variety of attitudes towards confidentiality is often not made explicit. Questions how counselors can protect the patient, and themselves, within a team approach to medical care. Contends that corporate ideology is the main variable affecting the integration of a confidential…

In this article an account is given of work undertaken by an internal organization development (OD) unit within the United Kingdom's National Health Service, in the area of joint consultation within a health authority. Some thoughts are also presented on the relationship between OD practice and the field of industrial relations. (SSH)

Examines the concept of "risk" in relation to its use in service delivery to children and their families and considers the various problems, theoretical and practical, attendant upon the use of such a concept. (MP)

Introduces a collection of papers that focus on such topics as collaboration in health services planning, shared culture in community-based mental health, interagency cooperation in health and social services in mental health, the role of volunteers in community partnerships, issues facing workers trying to implement workplace change, and the use…

Describes the history, role, and objectives of the National Health Service Continuing Education Unit for Architectural Staff (CEU) responsible for the Health Service's capital building program. The CEU, recognizing their need for continuing education, performs such activities as educational advising, information dissemination, preparation of…

Argues that, in spite of recent legislative developments for the families of handicapped children in many parts of the United Kingdom, there is still lack of cohesive and comprehensive support from service delivery agencies. (Author/MP)

Discusses the effects of trends in health care services, including an emphasis on primary health care and patient involvement, on the information needs of health care professionals and managers. A proposed information network that would provide point of use access to sources of health care information is described. (three references) (CLB)

This article compares the occupational safety and health systems of Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, looking at the origins of their legislation and its effects on occupational safety and health, with a view to determining what lessons may emerge, particularly for developing countries. (Author/SSH)

The 1979 report of a working group of the World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with the West German government, on the design of training in health planning and management in the European region is presented. The working group consisted of 15 temporary advisers from 11 countries, in addition to WHO staff and a consultant. The group was…