The last year has been unimaginably difficult for all of us, but particularly for young people who have sacrificed so much. From peer pressure and exam stress to online trolls and anxiety, life can be mentally draining. But though life is full of ups and downs, there are ways you can stay on top of your mental health – including overcoming stigma, talking about your feelings, developing resilience and switching your mindset. He will play an important role in shaping children’s mental health education and support in schools

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The Prime Minister has today appointed Dr. Alex George as a Youth Mental Health Ambassador to advise government and raise the profile of mental health education and wellbeing in schools. Rather than be a book about defeating mental illness, Dr George poses this helpful and practical book as about creating mental wellness and healthy strategies and routines. In part three of the book (“A Better Day”) there’s useful advice about maintaining a healthy diet, being creative, sleeping well and developing resilience and mental strength to be able to deal with the problems that come as part of life. From peer pressure and exam stress to online trolls and anxiety, life can be mentally draining. But though life is full of ups and downs, there are ways you can stay on top of your mental health - including overcoming stigma, talking about your feelings, developing resilience and switching your mindset. Children and young people have heroically adapted to save lives and protect our NHS. This has understandably had a huge impact on their mental health, so I want to shine a spotlight on this vital issue ahead of their return to school. I’m delighted that Dr. Alex George will be working with us as we do everything in our power to improve people’s mental wellbeing.

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Children’s Mental Health Week couldn’t be a more important time to come together and help our youth improve their wellbeing. Right now young people need a voice in government, and I hope that through this role I can advocate for meaningful change in this area. It has been a tough year, but the NHS is here for children’s mental health, and with the help of Dr Alex and our partners in health, education and charities, we will keep working hard to make sure every child in this country get the mental health support that they deserve. An upbeat and positive book which feels perfectly pitched at lower secondary school kids and will no doubt be hugely helpful for many.

What if we could think of mental health in a positive way? Sweep away the rain clouds. Talk about what's on our minds. And care for our mental health in the same way we look after our bodies. Dr Alex George is the government’s specially appointed Youth Mental Health Ambassador, and clearly cares passionately about helping young people with depression, loneliness, gender identity, stress, loss and body positivity among a raft of other common issues. It covers things like exams, friendships, hormones but also heavier topics like grief and depression. I obviously couldn’t relate to exams and friendships (I have neither of those things 😂) but the grief section was my favourite part of the book. Author Luke Palmer introduces his new book, Play (Firefly Press) about four boys growing up together, the challenges, the friendships, and what hap...