Mental health

Child mental health clinicians promote mental wellbeing and work with children and families with mental health difficulties. Find out more about the sub-specialty or our key topic page on child mental heath.

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COVID-19 &Us - views from RCPCH &Us

RCPCH &Us worked with with young people to reflect on their experiences of COVID-19 and the lockdown. This helped inform future planning for times of national crisis such as a natural disaster, another pandemic, terrorist incident or other cause of nationwide disruption.

Mental health

COVID-19

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Patient experience

Adolescent health

Wellbeing for children and young people

News

We must join forces to create integrated physical and mental health teams

6 March 2020

Mental health and wellbeing have entered the collective conscience of paediatric medicine, with widespread speculation that social media use and rising academic stress are among the many new challenges impacting this generation of children and young people.

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APPG inquiry into the 'Five Year Forward View on Mental Health'- consultation response

In 2018 the College replied to calls for evidence on this APPG. We welcome the inquiry into the implementation of the plan. Promoting child and young people’s mental health remains a top priority for the college, as laid out in our State of Child health report.

Mental health

Health policy

News

RCPCH Scotland responds to the Scottish Health Survey 2018

25 September 2019

The Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) provides a detailed picture of the health of the Scottish population in private households and is designed to make a major contribution to the monitoring of health in Scotland. RCPCH Officer for Scotland, Professor Steve Turner, responds.

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Public health prescribed activity - consultation response

In 2018 we responded to a call for evidence by the Department of Health and Social Care into local authority prescribed activity.

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Some positive action, but more needs to be done to improve Scotland’s child health

4 September 2019

Responding to today’s Programme for Government, RCPCH Scotland highlighted the mixed bag offered by Scottish Government for Scotland’s children. RCPCH Scotland welcomed the actions being taken on air pollution, child poverty, early year’s mental health and disability assistance.

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Transforming children and young people's mental health provision: inquiry - consultation response

In January 2018 the RCPCH responded to the Health and Education select committee’s request for an inquiry into this green paper. We had five key points on the scope and implementation of the proposals: supporting mental health care for all children; prevention and early intervention; building on wha...

Mental health

Public health

Health inequalities

Wellbeing for children and young people

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Transforming children and young people's mental health provision: green paper - consultation response

In February 2018 the RCPCH responded to this green paper by the Department for Health and the Department for Education. While we support the paper's ambition, we do not believe it is sufficiently ambitious to achieve the goals we outlined in our State of Child Health report. The green paper also mis...

Mental health

Health policy

Health inequalities

Wellbeing for children and young people

Looked after children

William Harvey Research Foundation - Innovation Award [CLOSED]

https://www.williamharveyresearch.com/grants/grants

Funds pioneering research that advances the discovery of new medicines.

Award programme/theme

Innovation award

Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine - Research Prize [CLOSED]

https://www.lister-institute.org.uk/how-to-apply/

These awards are aimed at researchers in the early years of running their own groups, for whom receipt of the prize would make a significant difference to their research work. The Institute accepts applications from tenured and non-tenured researchers, clinicians and non-clinicians to undertake high quality biomedical research and has no priority diseases or restrictions on the research area supported.

Award programme/theme

Project grant

Funding amount range

£100,001 to £250,000

Maximum duration

5 years

Submission deadline

1 September 2024