scholarly journals Editorial: Mental health needs of children and young people of Black ethnicity. 1 Is it time to reconceptualise racism as a traumatic experience?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunice Ayodeji ◽  
Bernadka Dubicka ◽  
Omolade Abuah ◽  
Babatunde Odebiyi ◽  
Rezina Sultana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Children And Young People

'Place2Be: advancing mental health care in schools' Catherine Roche

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Recorded Lecture

Catherine Roche, Chief Executive, Place2Be, recorded on 16 June 2017 at 'The Jack Tizard Memorial Lecture and Conference; Public mental health for children and young people: addressing mental health needs in schools and communities'. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

Assisting Carers to Respond to the Mental Health Needs of Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh Fergeus ◽  
Cathy Humphreys ◽  
Carol Harvey ◽  
Helen Herrman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Developed World

Across the developed world, efforts are being made to identify and develop effective interventions that will reduce the prevalence and severity of mental health problems among children and young people in out-of-home care. Foster and kinship carers have been identified as critically important in this process. In order to develop an understanding of what interventions and/or supports assist carers in responding effectively to the mental health needs of the children and young people in their care, a scoping review was undertaken. Using the scoping study method, 1064 publications were identified, and 82 publications were selected for further analysis. The review shows that promising interventions that aim to improve the mental health of children and young people living in out-of-home care have been developed and trialled both in Australia and internationally. However, the review also highlights the lack of research specifically focused on the role of the carer.

'Measuring Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools: Challenges and opportunities' Prof Miranda Wolpert

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Recorded Lecture ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Recorded on 16 June 2017 at 'The Jack Tizard Memorial Lecture and Conference; Public mental health for children and young people: addressing mental health needs in schools and communities'. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

scholarly journals Approaches to Children, Young People and Mental Health: Confusion in the Ranks, Confusion Among the Commanders

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Health Training ◽  
Mental Health Interventions ◽  
Consensual Approach

AbstractThe need to provide support for the mental health needs of children and young people is not in dispute. However, there does exist confusion as to the most appropriate means and methods of providing such support. This confusion is particularly evident among those who work closely in providing daily for the mental health needs of children and young people, yet who lack specific mental health training. The confusion is heightened by the fact that those who have developed expertise in mental health cannot offer a consensual approach. This article discusses this confusion and its implications for other sectors by considering some of the theoretical and practical debates in the psychological literature concerning the most effective approaches to mental health interventions. Some commonsense recommendations from this literature for those working with children are offered.

scholarly journals The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in the UK: reflecting on the mental health needs of victims and survivors

2018 ◽  
Vol 213 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonina Ingrassia
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Institutional Responses ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Independent Inquiry

SummaryThe nature and extent of the sexual abuse of children and young people and the pervasiveness of inappropriate institutional responses to its occurrence continues to raise serious concerns. The work of the Inquiry is a powerful reminder of the role of mental health services in addressing the needs of victims and survivors.Declaration of interestNone.

scholarly journals Evaluation of a mental health drop-in centre offering brief transdiagnostic psychological assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with long-term physical conditions and their families: a single-arm, open, non-randomised trial

2020 ◽  
pp. ebmental-2020-300197
Author(s):  
Matteo Catanzano ◽  
Sophie D Bennett ◽  
Ellie Kerry ◽  
Holan Liang ◽  
Isobel Heyman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Assessment And Treatment

BackgroundChildren and young people with long-term physical conditions have significantly elevated mental health needs. Transdiagnostic, brief psychological interventions have the potential to increase access to evidence-based psychological treatments for patients who attend health services primarily for physical health needs.ObjectiveA non-randomised study was conducted to assess the impact of brief, transdiagnostic psychological interventions in children and young people presenting at a drop-in mental health centre in the reception area of a paediatric hospital.Methods186 participants attending a transdiagnostic mental health drop-in centre were allocated to assessment and psychological intervention based on a clinical decision-making algorithm. Interventions included signposting, guided self-help based on a modular psychological treatment and referral to the hospital’s paediatric psychology service. The primary transdiagnostic mental health outcome measure was the parent-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), which was given at baseline and 6 months post-baseline.FindingsThere was a significant positive impact of attending the drop-in mental health centre on the SDQ (Cohen’s d=0.22) and on the secondary outcome measure of Paediatric Quality of life (Cohen’s d=0.55).ConclusionsA mental health drop-in centre offering brief, transdiagnostic assessment and treatment may reduce emotional and behavioural symptoms and improve quality of life in children and young people with mental health needs in the context of long-term physical conditions. A randomised controlled trial to investigate the specificity of any effects is warranted.Clinical implicationsDrop-in centres for mental health needs may increase access and have beneficial effects for children and young people with physical conditions.

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