We are delighted to be working with the Policy Institute and the Centre for Society & Mental Health at Kings College London to organise a free conference from 1 – 3 March 2021 focused on ‘Youth Mental Health & COVID-19 – What do we know and what should we do?’
Monday 1 March 2021 – 12.30-2pm
Evidence base (1) Overall trends: How has children & young people’s mental health changed due to COVID-19?
Tuesday 2 March 2021 – 4.30-6pm
Evidence base (2) Disadvantaged, Marginalised and Vulnerable groups: How has the mental health of children & young people living in different circumstances changed due to COVID-19?
Wednesday 3 March 2021 – 12.30-2pm
Impacts in short, medium and long term: How will the wider societal consequences of COVID-19 affect children and young people’s mental health?
We will share the recordings from each session on our Emerging Minds website. A full list of our podcasts and webinar recordings can be found here:
https://emergingminds.org.uk/podcast/
We are also working with Mental Elf who will livestream the sessions on youtube, the recordings will be available on their Youtube channel too.
Lucy Power shared her thoughts on the first day of the conference in this blog:
https://emergingminds.org.uk/youth-mental-health-and-covid-19-reflections-on-our-conference/
Panelist Anna highlights key messages from the second day of the event:
https://emergingminds.org.uk/youth-mental-health-conference-key-messages-from-a-young-person/
Cassandra Lovelock reflected on the key messages from the third day of the conference in this blog: