Best for You: Learning Network Event

On 7/10/22 By carolinedecatesIn Events, Ideas, ResourcesLeave a comment

The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Northwest London are holding an online ‘Learning Network Event’ on November 8th, between 2pm and 5pm.

At the event, you can find out more about a new and innovative service that addresses the needs of young people experiencing a mental health crisis in London. The event’s aim is to share learning with clinicians, managers, researchers and policymakers who may be thinking about different approaches to tackle the challenges ahead.

Click here for more information about the event and to register.

Royal College of Psychiatrists

On 22/9/20 By Paediatric Mental Health AssociationIn Education, Ideas, ResourcesLeave a comment

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

More resources

On 1/5/20 By Paediatric Mental Health AssociationIn Ideas, ResourcesLeave a comment

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

On 24/4/20 By nolczakIn Ideas, ResourcesLeave a comment

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

The ABC of Self-Harm in Young People – A Psychiatric Approach to Resuscitation

On 20/12/19 By nolczakIn Ideas, ResearchLeave a comment

RCEMLearning, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s e-learning platform, recently published an article on their website about self harm in young people.

To read the article click here.

NCEPOD – Mental Healthcare in Young People and Young Adults 2019

On 5/11/19 By nolczakIn News, Reports, ResearchLeave a comment

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) recently published a review of the quality of care provided to children and young people with mental health conditions admitted to a general health hospital or mental health facility and an assessment of healthcare utilisation in this group using routinely collected national datasets.

Click on the link below to go to the publication:

NCEPOD – Mental Healthcare in Young People and Young Adults (2019)