News Release, 8 December 2000
The Mental Health Foundation has today (11 December) been awarded £204,785 from The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, for a new programme which will help to develop mental health crisis services for young people between 16 and 21 years of age.
Nigel Duerdoth, Mental Health Foundation director of programmes, commented: "With the funding, the Mental Health Foundation will be developing ways of talking to young people about what support they need in a crisis and how best to provide it. Many young people find current services intimidating or inaccessible, so if we are to develop services that really make a difference we need to involve young people and find out what would best help them - not just tinker with existing services."
The programme has been developed following a two-year inquiry into the mental health of children and young people by the Mental Health Foundation which revealed that one in five children and young people will experience some form of mental health problem. The Foundation's report, Bright Futures, called for the practice of placing young people under 18 on adult psychiatric wards to cease, and for more work to be done on providing appropriate in-patient care for under 25-year-olds.
Within its overall theme of supporting young people, The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund has sought to target in this round of grants, young people who have particular difficulties in making the transition from adulthood to independence.
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