Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Useful Resources: Young People’s mental Health

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has a wide range of useful information about young people’s mental health written to support young people, as well as their parents and carers.

The information is written by psychiatrists and young people working together. It includes information on topics such as…

– coping with stress
– depression in children and young people
– worries about weight and eating problems
– drugs and alcohol
– psychosis and schizophrenia for young people

Click on the links above to go to the specific section, or click on the link below to go an overview of all the information:

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/parents-and-young-people

We Can Talk: Free Online Training

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The We Can Talk website offers training, advice and resources for hospital staff working with children and young people’s mental health

The project has:

Co-produced (with hospital staff, young people and mental health experts) a competency framework in children and young people’s mental health
Developed, piloted and evaluated a co-designed (and co-delivered) one-day t raining linked to the competencies to improve the knowledge, skills and confidence of any member of staff who sees children and young people in their role (clinical and non-clinical).

These offer brilliant, free, online e-learning that teaches hospital staff how to talk to young people who come in with a mental health crisis.

They are perfect for any doctor or health professional who struggles to know what to say and do with CAMHS patients in ED and the ward.

Take a look, you won’t regret it. It even gives you a Certificate and / or CPD points….

For more information https://wecantalk .online

More resources

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

To look at the resources available, click here: https://cypmhc.org.uk/resources-for-children-and-you-people-to-help-during-isolation/

Coronavirus Resources

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

For young people:

The Anna Freud National Center for Children and Families has produced this video giving advice for young people about managing their mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus situation.

Talking with children:

The Children’s Commissioner has produced a ‘Children’s Guide to Coronavirus‘ that is suitable for children aged 8+.

This ‘Coronavirus Workbook for Children‘ offers a good and non-frightening way to talk about the virus with younger Children.

Meanwhile, CBBC’s great Newsround show has a video with Dr. Chris & Dr Xand telling children what they need to know about the virus.

For parents and carers

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families has also produced this video with guidance to parents and carers about how they can help children and young people manage their mental health and wellbeing during any disruption caused by the Coronavirus.

Norfolk County Council has produced these tips for staying healthy and happy while at home.

Do you know of any more resources we should include here?
Please send us an email at ContactPMHA@gmail.com