How do you respond to a young person who tells you they self harm? How do we challenge negative thinking patterns? This month, new articles and resources have been published to help you respond to these and other challenges in supporting young people's mental health.

Take 5 minutes to recover from the post-Easter workload, and have a read. Find them useful? Don't forget to share them with a colleague and help raise awareness of tools for better youth practice!

Questions answered: Self harm, depression, online help

Repeat, repeat, repeats...
New research highlights biological determinants of anti-depressants

Young person interviews eheadspace
Learn more about the eheadspace online counselling service and get advice for using it in practice

Self harm = attention seeking?
Why do young people self harm, and how can professionals respond to confessions of self harm?

Young people invited to learn more about negative thinking

"We all have negative thoughts now and then and we are not always aware of them. Did you know we can train our brains and change them over time?"

On Thursday evening (12 March, 9:30pm AEST) the ReachOut.com forums will be joined by guest psychologist Sophia - from Youth Focus in WA. Sophia will be responding to young people's questions about negative thinking and how to challenge it, and sharing practical tips and strategies.
 

Read more about the discussion forum and access other resources on negative thinking

Youth work + mental health: Recent papers

ACYS and the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition recently released a Youth Studies Australia supplement highlighting a few key papers from the 2011 Australian Youth Sector Conference.

The 5 papers cover a range of important themes in youth mental health, including:

• The role of youth workers in mental health
• Youth participation in mental health
• Attitudes to technology in mental health

Download the supplement

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