Paediatric Mental Health Association

Allowing young children to play with their friends must be prioritised as soon as possible when lockdown is eased. This was the argument...

There was an interesting article about the Coronavirus and mental health in the UK published in the comment section of the The Guardian...

The PMHA is delighted to be supporting #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, organised by the charity @Place2Be. Of course, for those of us in the...

Paediatricians have seen a huge rise in cases of anorexia nervosa and other food restriction disorders in this age group, with some...

Did you know that you can now see a lots of ACAMH events from wherever you might be at the moment? With the global spread of the...

The RCPCH’s Spring meeting, scheduled for April 2020, was regretfully cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But now the the meeting...

Listening to parents to build back better This new report from Best Beginnings, Home Start UK, and the Parent-Infant Foundation reveals...

Last month, the RCPCH published an interesting report ‘Reimagining the future of paediatric care post-COVID-19 – a reflective report of...

During the interval of a recent concert by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Dr Dickon Bevington, Consultant Child and...

An article by Dr Emma Blake, Consultant Paediatrician, now Chair / Convenor of PMHA Well, in these crazy times – with universal...

A letter in The Guardian written by a group of health and disability experts highlights that the COVID-19 pandemic has meant access to...

Request from Dr Lee Hudson: Clinical Associate Professor, UCL GOSH Institute of Child Health, London “My colleagues and I (including the...

Opportunities for unstructured play in the early years are really important, says Ramchandani A while back, The Guardian published this...

We should be overhauling the school system, not rushing to send children back By Suzanne Moore on Monday 18th May, 2020. “The emotional...

The Internet is playing a growing role in most of our lives, including the lives of children. Especially during the current Coronavirus...

“Children’s lives have been turned upside down by coronavirus. For some children, with the right support and resources, the situation...

The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition website has some more good resources to help children and young people, as well...

We’ve put together a range of resources to help children and young people, as well as their parents and carers during the current...