...Medea Zirakashvili; Maia Gabunia; Nana Mebonia; Tamar Mikiashvili; Giorgi Lomidze; Somer Bishop; Bennett Leventhal; Young Shin Kim Purpose Even though 95% of children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), live in low- and middle-income countries...

...Dimitar Karadzhov; Jennifer C. Davidson; Graham Wilson Purpose This paper aims to present findings from 440 responses regarding the experiences of supervision, coping and well-being of 83 service providers and policymakers from eight countries working to support children’s well-being during...

... stakeholders in delivering and supporting the intervention indicates that schools are a community asset that could be further empowered to support children and families affected by death, dying and loss. Guy Peryer can be contacted at: g.peryer@uea.ac.uk Public health Storytelling Children Death...

...   23 July 2018). Clarke , S. (2015), “ A ‘child’s rights perspective’: the ‘right’ of children and young people to participate in health care research ”, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing , Vol. 38 No. 3 , pp. 161 - 80 . Fink , E. , Patalay , P. , Sharpe , H...

...Andrine N. van Woerden Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore direct and moderating effects of pro-social behaviour and conduct problems on the link between limiting longstanding illness (LL-I) and negative emotional symptoms in children. Design/methodology/approach The Welsh Health...

... with Mental Illness Scale for Children (COMIS-Child). Design/methodology/approach In total, 300 adult participants from Amazon’s MTurk completed the COMIS-Child, the Beliefs about Disclosure Scale (BDS), assessing perceptions about child disclosure, and the Attribution Questionnaire, assessing public...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Disclosure Stigma Mental illness Children Youth Mental health challenges Public endorsement of prejudicial attitudes and subsequent discrimination against adults with mental illness undermines life opportunities for these individuals, restricting...

...Nadzeya Svirydzenka; Claire Bone; Nisha Dogra Purpose – Mental health of children and young people is often discussed in terms of mental illness, however, such an approach is limited. The purpose of this paper is to explore young people's views of what mental health is and how to stay mentally...

...Björn Albin; Jiang Qin; Zhang Hong Purpose An increasing number of people are migrating within the borders of China. Some migrants have to leave their children behind, and 58,000,000 children are estimated to be living as left‐behind children. Earlier studies have found severe mental problems...

...Jiang Qin; Björn Albin Due to social transformation in China, more than 100,000,000 people are migrating within the country. Many parents are forced to leave their children behind when they migrate. In 2008, 58,000,000 children were living as left‐behind children, mainly in the rural parts of China...

...Robin Friedlander; Steve Moss Understanding the mental health problems of children who have learning disabilities presents huge challenges across many domains. This paper examines some of the assessment frameworks that may be used, offers clinical guidance on collecting information and suggests...

...Lorraine Sherr; Joanne Mueller Parental illness can affect child and adolescent psychosocial well‐being. Mental health effects of parental bereavement generally and HIV‐related bereavement specifically have been poorly explored in children. HIV‐related illness has a number of specific features...

...Woody Caan; Rachel Jenkins To promote stable mental well‐being during childhood (from birth to 19‐years‐old) should be a major priority for governments. This is the time within the lifespan when children will learn and develop the most, so positive influences are greatest at a young age. This paper...

..., this paper describes ways in which community arts programmes involving primary schools are seeking to strengthen the mental wellbeing of children. The arts, the authors argue, deal in imagination, and imagination can be stronger than will power. Thus, by harnessing the imagination, arts interventions can...

... to enable them to improve their grounds and to work towards Eco Schools and Health Promoting Schools accreditation. The evaluation demonstrated a relationship between improved grounds and a reduction in negative playground incidents, improved co‐operation at break times, children having more pride...