All-Parliamentary Party Group Report on Mental Health ‘Beyond Pills’: An Opportunity for Youth Work

Ord, Jon (2024) All-Parliamentary Party Group Report on Mental Health ‘Beyond Pills’: An Opportunity for Youth Work. Youth & Policy. ISSN 0262-9798

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Abstract

Jon Ord responds to the All Parliamentary Party Group report on mental health 'Beyond Pills', signposting the opportunities for youth work in this emerging non-medicalised space. In May 2024 the ‘Beyond Pills’ All-Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) published a report on mental health, entitled ‘Shifting the Balance Towards Social Interventions: A Call for an Overhaul of the Mental Health System. Myself, and many others it seems, in the youth work field were unaware this government inquiry was taking place, and those involved in the production of the report have not given much thought as to the possibility, nor the importance, of youth work interventions around issues of mental health. The important recommendations in the report do, however, cohere with a youth work approach to supporting, ameliorating and preventing young people’s mental health problems. This article reflects on the current mental health ‘crisis’, discussing recent research on some of young people’s mental health problems. It then discusses the reframing of mental health and assesses the role of youth work within this. It concludes that whilst it is frustrating that the report does not highlight youth work, the new approach recommended within it provides an opportunity for youth work to grasp, in creating supportive developmental opportunities for young people ‘beyond pills’.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	APPG, Beyond Pills, medical model, mental health, youth work
Depositing User:	Ms Raisa Burton
Date Deposited:	24 Oct 2024 11:03
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2024 11:03
URI:	https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17900

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