How will the wider societal consequences of COVID-19 affect children and young people’s mental health?
Full session
The third day of our conference on Youth Mental Health & COVID-19 centred around the evidence base on the wider consequences of COVID-19 on the mental health of children and young people.
The speakers were as follows:
00:00 – Introduction, Dr Helen Fisher, Kings College London
03:37 – Social justice, health equity, and COVID-19
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, University College London
15:16 – Young people’s assessment of the short, medium, long-term individual consequences of the COVID-19 crisis,
Dr Golo Henseke, University College London
29:00 – Interventions to address common childhood emotional and behavioural difficulties in the context of COVID-19,
Professor Cathy Creswell, University of Oxford
39:39 – Social inequalities in adolescent mental health and school experience,
Dr Jo Inchley, University of Glasgow
52:52 – Digital opportunities to improve access to CAMHS and support young people’s mental health going forwards,
Dr Johnny Downs, Kings College London
01:04:32 – A Northern Ireland perspective on what “building back fairer” looks like for children’s mental health,
Koulla Yiasourna, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
01:15:14 – What will young people need to support their mental health as we emerge from the pandemic? ‘No Wrong Door’ responses for 2021 and beyond.
Professor Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales
01:27:00 – Panel discussion
Introduction
Dr Helen Fisher, Kings College London
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Social justice, health equity, and COVID-19
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, University College London
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Young people's assessment of the short, medium, long-term individual consequences of the COVID-19 crisis
Dr Golo Henseke, University College London
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Social inequalities in adolescent mental health and school experience
Dr Jo Inchley, University of Glasgow
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Interventions to address common childhood emotional and behavioural difficulties in the context of COVID-19
Professor Cathy Creswell, University of Oxford
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Digital opportunities to improve access to CAMHS and support young people's mental health going forwards - CHECK DRAFT
Dr Johnny Downs, Kings College London
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A Northern Ireland perspective on what "building back fairer" looks like for children's mental health
Koulla Yiasourna, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
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What will young people need to support their mental health as we emerge from the pandemic? ‘No Wrong Door’ responses for 2021 and beyond.
Professor Sally Holland, Children's Commissioner for Wales
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What will young people need to support their mental health as we emerge from the pandemic? ‘No Wrong Door’ responses for 2021 and beyond.
Professor Sally Holland, Children's Commissioner for Wales
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Resources suggested by conference participants
Co-SPACE Study Oxford – https://cospaceoxford.org/findings/
The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health – Digital Interventions – https://www.acamh.org/topic/digital-interventions/
Child anxiety treatment in the context of COVID-19 – https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN12890382
Children’s Commissioner for Wales: No Wrong Door: bringing services together to meet children’s needs https://www.childcomwales.org.uk/publications/no-wrong-door-bringing-services-together-to-meet-childrens-needs/
Children’s Commisioner for Wales: Coronavirus & Me – results of January 2021 Survey – https://www.childcomwales.org.uk/coronavirus-our-work/coronavirus-and-me-survey-results-2021/
Emerging Minds Network podcast – Teen Sleep – https://emergingminds.org.uk/podcast-teen-sleep-during-covid-19/
The Institute of Health Equity – The Marmot Review 10 Years On – http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/the-marmot-review-10-years-on
The Institute of Health Equity – Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review – http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/about-our-work/latest-updates-from-the-institute/build-back-fairer
The Lancet, ‘Healthy because you deserve it, unhealthy because you don’t?‘ – https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00366-4/fulltext
The Lancet, Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of brief guided parent-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and solution-focused brief therapy for treatment of childhood anxiety disorders: a randomised controlled trial – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215036617301499
The Mental Health – Digital Health – https://www.nationalelfservice.net/treatment/digital-health/
NHS Digital Mental Health of Children and Young People in England (MHCYP) surveys and what they can tell us about the impact of COVID-19 – https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-in-england/2020-wave-1-follow-up
Consultation on draft mental health strategy for Northern Ireland – https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/mentalhealthstrategy
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People: Still Waiting – a comprehensive overview of children and young people’s experiences and pathways to accessing mental health services or support – https://www.niccy.org/StillWaiting
Health NI: Interdepartmental Action Plan in response to the “Still Waiting” Report – https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/stillwaitingreport-response
The Oxford Brain Study – resources to help professionals understand the science of how experiences shape our brains and the long-term implications for mental and physical health – https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/research/cap/child-adolescent-psychiatry-subgroups/the-oxford-brain-story
Supporting Parents and Kids Through Lockdown Experiences: SPARKLE Trial – https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/supporting-parents-and-kids-through-lockdown-experiences-sparkle-trial
TRIUMPH Network Transdisciplinary Research for the Improvement of Youth Mental Public Health – http://triumph.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/
University College London – COVID-19 youth economic activity and health monitor (YEAH) – https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/centres/centre-learning-and-life-chances-knowled/covid-19-youth-economic-activity-and-health-monitor-yeah
Conference partners
We were delighted to work with these partner organisations to put on this event:
