Youth Mental Health & COVID-19: The Evidence Base 1 – Overall Trends

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How has children & young people’s mental health changed due to COVID-19?

Full session

The first day of our conference on Youth Mental Health & COVID-19 centred around the evidence base for overall trends.

Here is a list of the speakers with references around timings for ease of access.

00:00 – Introduction – Professor Cathy Creswell, University of Oxford

02:53 – Tracking the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of children, young people and families: findings from the Mental Health of Children and Young People in England surveys
Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, University of Exeter

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14:18 – Tracking the mental health of children and young people over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the CO-SPACE study
Dr Polly Waite, University of Oxford

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24:33 – Anxiety and depression in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: initial findings from the RAMP and COPING studies
Dr Katherine Young, Kings College London

35:02 – Suicidal behaviours in young people in the COVID context
Professor Ann John, Swansea University

46:27 – In isolation instead of in school; interviews with young people affected by school closures and COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020
Dr Deborah Fry, Professor McLuskey & Dr Tracy Stewart, University of Edinburgh

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55:00 CoRAY project – producing mental health resources for and by young people in the COVID-19 context
Dr Rebecca Watson, Elise Sellars and Co-RAY Young People’s Advisory Group

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01:06:50 – Keep Cool, a rapid knowledge mobilisation project to promote adolescent mental health in the era of COVID-19
Meg Kiseleva, Kings College London

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01:12:35 – Panel Discussion

Introduction

Professor Cathy Creswell

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Tracking the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of children, young people and families: findings from the Mental Health of Children and Young People in England surveys

Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, University of Exeter

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Tracking the mental health of children and young people over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic: findings from the Co-SPACE study

Dr Polly Waite, University of Oxford

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Anxiety and depression in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: initial findings from the RAMP and COPING studies

Dr Katherine Young, King's College London

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Suicidal behaviours in young people in the Covid context

Professor Ann John, Swansea University

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In isolation instead of in school; interviews with young people affected by school closures and Covid 19 lockdowns in 2020

Dr Deborah Fry, Professor Gillean McLuskey & Dr Tracy Stewart, University of Edinburgh

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CoRAY project- producing mental health resources for and by young people in the Covid-19 context

Dr Rebecca Watson, Elise Sellars and Co-RAY Young People's Advisory Group

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

Keep Cool, a rapid knowledge mobilisation project to promote adolescent mental health in the era of COVID-19

Meg Kiseleva, Kings College London

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Conference partners

We were delighted to work with these partner organisations to put on this event: