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Autism Berkshire welcomes NHS mental health services transformation plan

Autism Berkshire welcomes the Government’s plan to expand NHS mental health services and to create 21,000 new jobs over the next few years, including 2,000 more nurses, consultants and therapists for CAMHS teams. The announcement by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt that £1.3 billion would be invested to provide the extra staff and to retain existing
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Supporting Teenagers with Autism workshops offer advice on social skills and mental health matters

Autism Berkshire is running a new series of free workshops for parents and carers of teenagers with autism living in Berkshire this autumn. Led by specialists from the Centre for Autism at the University of Reading, the workshops will look at a range of issues to help parents support their teenage children. Social skills, relationships and communication will
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Mental health support to be transformed, pledges Prime Minister

Prime Minister Theresa May this week announced plans to transform attitudes towards mental health and improve support services, particularly for children and young people. While autism is not a mental illness, more than 70 per cent of people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) experience mental health problems such as anxiety and depression during their lives,
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Autism training forms part of police focus on mental health

A drive to train police officers about mental health issues has helped to bring about a 72 per cent fall in the number of people being taken into custody by Thames Valley Police under the Mental Health Act over the past 12 months. The force, which covers Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, revised its policies on
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