Name: Kids on the Edge: Identity and Mental Health
Released: 2016-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

So many children are being diagnosed with mental health disorders, facing a crisis of identity, or living under medication. For nearly a century the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in London has been offering understanding, advice and solutions for these children. This insightful series goes behind the doors at Tavistock for the first time to find out what's going on with these kids.

2016 · 50m

Director Peter Beard

EPISODE 1

The Gender Clinic

This episode follows two families who attend the Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service: the only NHS-run gender identity clinic for children and young people with gender dysphoria.
EPISODE 2

Last Chance School

This episode introduces three children at Gloucester House, the Tavistock and Portman's unique NHS-run school for children with complex emotional, social and behavioural problems.
EPISODE 3

Troubled Girls

One in three UK teenage girls is now said to show symptoms of anxiety or depression. This episode introduces two self-harming teenage girls, and shows the support they receive from Tavistock clinicians.