With rights in mind

Briefing paper
18 Jan 2010

This paper helps to explore the relationship between social welfare problems, mental health and young people.

This research paper reviews evidence across a number of linked topics high on policy agendas, in both Government and non-government circles.

These include:

  • The mental and emotional health, and general well-being, of young people;
  • Social exclusion experienced by young people with complex needs, as they negotiate the transition from childhood to adulthood;
  • The extent and nature of social welfare law problems, their effects on people’s lives, and approaches to resolving them.

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