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Child mental health: is it in crisis?
Child mental health: is it in crisis?

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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Phillipa Waterhouse, and is based on OU K119 course materials written by Mathijs Lucassen.

Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] ), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence.

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Section 1 image: Headlines:

  • Beal, J. (2022) ‘Child mental health services at “breaking point” as referrals rise’, The Times, 11 April. Available at: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/child-mental-health-services-at-breaking-point-nhs-referrals-lockdown-tphkjjzn9 (Accessed: 14 December 2023).
  • Buckland, D. (2022) ‘Parents in plea for support as mental health crisis takes toll on youngsters’, Express, 7 August. Available at: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1651678/mental-health-children-parents-services-waiting-times (Accessed: 14 December 2023).
  • Independent (2022) ‘Youth mental health is in crisis. Are schools doing enough?’, 17 August. Available at: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-joe-biden-student-mental-health-schools-fairfax-county-b2147263.html (Accessed: 14 December 2023).
  • Johnston, L. and McCann, J. (2022) ‘Campaigners warn the UK is facing mental health crisis for youth’, Express, 21 August. Available at: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1658272/mental-health-crisis-youth-uk-campaigners-warning (Accessed: 14 December 2023).
  • Lewis, J. (2022) ‘The teenage mental health crisis is now a societal disaster’, The Telegraph, 12 October. Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/12/teenage-mental-health-crisis-now-societal-disaster/ (Accessed: 14 December 2023).

Section 2.1 image: © The Open University

Figure 1: Adapted from Siddaway, A.P., Wood, A.M. and Cartwright-Hatton, S. (2014) ‘Involving parents in cognitive-behavioral therapy for child anxiety problems: a case study’, Clinical Case Studies, 13(4), pp. 322–35.

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Activity 3 video: © Hamlett Films/The Open University

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