Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Difficulties

Children and young people may experience a wide range of underlying, unmet social and emotional needs which show themselves in many ways. These may include withdrawal or isolation, as well as verbal and physical aggression or agitation. Other mental health difficulties such as anxiety or depression can cause self-harm, substance misuse, eating disorders or physical / psychosomatic symptoms that are medically unexplained. Some children and young people may receive diagnoses such as ADHD which do not necessarily explain the underlying cause.