I am honoured to be appointed for this role where I’ll be working closely with government to make mental health an absolute priority and hope to have a positive impact on the lives of young people and their education for good. I would say the book is aimed at kids aged 10-16 roughly. But also great to read as a parent of a child in that age range to help gain a better understanding of children's mental health.

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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.Non-fiction books can be a great tool to help teenagers explore and investigate problems in their lives and around the world. 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.

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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. 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. His appointment comes on top of the existing support government is providing to ensure children’s mental health is a priority – including the Wellbeing for Education Return project, which provides funding to councils so they can offer training and advice from mental health experts to schools and colleges on how best to support their pupils.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. Alex is a resident presenter on ITV’s Lorraine, has presented for Watchdog and also appeared on Celebrity Masterchef. Alex has a hugely successful podcast, The Waiting Room, and a rapidly growing audience on YouTube & TikTok. He is also a fully qualified Level 3 PT. Across his platforms, Alex has become a leading voice in mental and sexual health, and uses his platform to make health and medicine more accessible to millennials and beyond. 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. Dr Alex is an A&E doctor, he has become known for his honesty and insight around mental & physical health and wellbeing, using his broadcast and social media platforms to bring accessible advice around health and medicine to his followers. He recently presented his own documentary for BBC One and Children in Need, is a regular guest on Lorraine More

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One big message that runs throughout the book is the importance of opening up about how you are feeling when you start to feel overwhelmed (even before then if you can) How finding someone you can share these feelings with will help you see light at the end of the tunnel and that there is no shame in asking for help. I only wish I had this book as a young person! What an asset this can be for those struggling to understand themselves and their peers. I’d even say an asset for parents, too. Puberty is a confusing time. These helpful books not only explain the changes that happen to children’s bodies and emotions, but can also empower them as they grow into teenagers and beyond. Encompassing mental health, friendship issues, navigating the online world, and much much more, we hope these books will be a comfort and a support. Night Mayor Franklefink has vanished from the Transylvanian Express - and it's up to you to solve the case! Part of the Solve Your Own Mystery seri... We all have a brain, but it’s likely that, ironically, we very rarely ever think about what it’s doing for us all day long (and at night). But it’s doing some pretty amazing things: keeping us breathing, giving us dreams, regulating our blood pressure and all manner of other complicated things.This is great book for mental health in CYP and explains the ideas in simple language. Some lovely illustrations and a user friendly self help book. Mostly a CBT based model with hints of an acceptance based model.

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Author Luke Palmer introduces his new book, Play (Firefly Press) about four boys growing up together, the challenges, the friendships, and what hap... 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. I recommended to a teacher that I know that copies of this be given to all the Year 7s (11-12 year olds) upon starting secondary school and she’s going to read my copy to see if she agrees, which I think she will. The last year has been unimaginably difficult for all of us, but particularly for young people who have sacrificed so much. An upbeat and positive book which feels perfectly pitched at lower secondary school kids and will no doubt be hugely helpful for many.In this empowering and hopeful handbook, Youth Mental Health Ambassador Dr. Alex George is here to show us how. This book provides all the scaffolding and practical techniques to help children deal with everything from peer pressure to exam stress to online trolls, and help them look toward their future with optimism and positivity. Because no matter what, there is always hope for a better day.