“Reductive” models of wellbeing education risk failing children unless improved, researchers warn

An improved vision for wellbeing education should replace the over-simplistic approaches currently employed in many schools, such as happiness lessons, which

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 21, 2022 ~8 min

Pre-school play with friends lowers risk of mental health problems later

Children who learn to play well with others at pre-school age tend to enjoy better mental health as they get older, new research shows. The findings provide

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 14, 2022 ~7 min


Scientists find that the impact of social media on wellbeing varies across adolescence

Girls and boys might be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use at different times during their adolescence, say an international team of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 28, 2022 ~7 min

One in three young people say they felt happier during lockdown

One in three young people say their mental health and wellbeing improved during COVID-19 lockdown measures, with potential contributing factors including

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 22, 2022 ~7 min

Teenagers at greatest risk of self-harming could be identified almost a decade earlier

Researchers have identified two subgroups of adolescents who self-harm and have shown that it is possible to predict those individuals at greatest risk almost

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 15, 2021 ~6 min

Physical activity may help to close the wealth gap in school attainment by improving self-control

Guaranteeing every child the opportunity to participate in certain types of physical activity could support their academic attainment and help to close the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 20, 2021 ~7 min

Year 8 students work with Cambridge researchers to help their peers learn about the census

Year 8 students work with Cambridge researchers to help their peers learn about the census.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 13, 2021 ~4 min

Autism rates have increased and show differences in ethnic minorities and links to social disadvantage

Around one in 57 (1.76%) children in the UK is on the autistic spectrum, significantly higher than previously reported, according to a study of more than 7

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 29, 2021 ~4 min


Pandemic restrictions aggravating known triggers for self-harm and poor mental health among children and young people

Experts have issued a stark warning about the effects of the pandemic on the mental health of children and young people.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 10, 2021 ~4 min

High insulin levels during childhood a risk for mental health problems later in life, study suggests

Researchers have shown that the link between physical and mental illness is closer than previously thought. Certain changes in physical health, which are

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 13, 2021 ~6 min

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