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

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The figure consists of an overarching theme, depicted in the middle, stated as ‘Fears about being in danger’. These fears are compounded by learning experiences which visually surround the over-arching theme: ‘Stay away from fears to cope’ leads to (as indicted by an arrow) ‘What other people do to make Lily less scared’, which in turn leads again to (as indicated by another arrow) ‘Stay away from fears to cope’ (i.e. there is a cycle of fears).
Figure 1 Lily’s fear–avoidance cycle (adapted from Siddaway, Wood and Cartwright-Hatton, 2014)

 2.2 Lily’s parents seek help