Special Interest Research Group: Parent & Carer Wellbeing, to support parents of young people with mental health problems. Directing & developing research
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Parents/carers key in supporting young people with #mentalhealth problems. Funding for NHS services means they are often going it alone. Their wellbeing matters
Tell us what #research to do to help support parents/carers - survey: tinyurl.com/23sy9255
theguardian.com/society/2022…
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
25 Nov 2025
Youth self-harm in Rwanda isn’t just an individual struggle, it’s shaped by culture, family dynamics, poverty & community responses.
We need structural, culturally-grounded prevention and support.
Read more bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.…
@JoseKalisa @BathPsychology
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Are you a parent or carer of a child or young person who has eating disorder and/or who has self-harmed?
We’re developing online support and need your insight to get it right.
Please give us your views. To find out more uniofbath.questionpro.eu/pra…
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
6 Jun 2025
We would love to talk to parents /carers of young people who have self-harmed.
This is for “PPI” (patient and public involvement) to help us plan a grant application.
Please do get in touch
forms.gle/H6LwzTqMERD6pzTs9
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
26 Mar 2025
Interested in how parents experience having a child with a mental health condition?
Here’s our free to read synthesis
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content…
Thanks to fantastic co-authors! including @MindsParental
#parents #MentalHealth #qualitative
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
4 Feb 2025
Would you like to help develop a new questionnaire for parents/carers of children with OCD by completing the pilot questionnaire via the link below
@COASSIST_OCD
@ocdaction
@AnxietyUK
@ARC_GM_
@Research_Future
canva.com/design/DAGeJpUlRkU…
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
4 Nov 2024
Parents of young people with #mental health difficulties often need support. I talked with @TooledUpTips about these issues, with practical advice and research reviews. Have a listen podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s… @MindsParental @CharlieWallerUK @EmergingMindsUK
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
27 Sep 2024
How are we doing with interventions to support parents of children with anxiety / depression?
Put simply-not great!
See our systemic review for details and suggestions for future work
#parents #ParentCarers #mentalhealth funded by @NIHRresearch
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content…
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
25 Sep 2024
Got 3 mins? Learn about our @NIHRresearch study
Parents of young people with additional needs experience many challenges, including parents of young people with #mentalhealth difficulties
Watch our video to see what we found about the current evidence
tinyurl.com/ynzad6cy
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
16 Sep 2024
We had our @CCYSResearch three day meeting last week.
All about understanding self harm and suicide in young people in relation to culture and context.
Sooo much to share about it - check out ccysresearch.wordpress.com/ blog posts to learn more!
Thanks @GW4Alliance @GW4Health
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
5 Aug 2024
Pleased to see this paper out
Systematic review
Examining psychological wellbeing of parents/carers of young people with #mentalhealth difficulties - more research needed but evidence for low wellbeing
@MindsParental
@NIHRresearch funded study
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content…
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
16 Jul 2024
And most importantly our summary of our literature reviewing findings in a resource for parents.
The key differences between these versions lies in the recommendations provided.
Thanks to our amazing team who made all this happen!
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
16 Jul 2024
Our summary for clinicians and service providers re: supporting parents of young people with #mentalhealth difficulties. See next tweet for the resource of parents
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
16 Jul 2024
Delighted to share our summary of our @NIHRresearch funded literature reviews
to understand needs and support available for parents of young people with a #mentalhealth difficulty.
This is the two page version for researchers - see below for other formats
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Have a read of this review - openly available 🤓
Covers parents experiences of child/young person self harm, and why we need more support for parents
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
6 Apr 2024
Parental Minds is 4 in June!! The growing demand from families creates a growing demand for staff! Please help us support those in need 🙏
gofund.me/f77de1e5
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
1 Mar 2024
On #SelfHarmAwarenessDay reposting this link to our systematic review. Many children and young people self harm, and interventions are essential to support them. Parents can need support too. The review below looks at their needs - showing what support might be useful #parenting
19 Feb 2024
📚So pleased to see this mixed methods review finally out!
Focusing on experiences of #parents of children who self-harm.
Qualitative studies tell a clear story of impact on parents' emotional wellbeing & more.
Better quantitative work really needed
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
19 Feb 2024
📚So pleased to see this mixed methods review finally out!
Focusing on experiences of #parents of children who self-harm.
Qualitative studies tell a clear story of impact on parents' emotional wellbeing & more.
Better quantitative work really needed
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
UK Parent Mental Health Day (27 Jan) aims to challenge the stigmas surrounding #Parents’ & #Carers’ #MentalHealth.
This #UKParentMentalHealthDay, we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, & share with your networks. bit.ly/3vPgd3F
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
27 Jan 2024
Support for the young person is clearly paramount. Our review found that it is also really important to consider and support parents and carers as well. And this should extend beyond information and parenting training / resources, to include emotional support and self-care
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Parents of children with mental health problems retweeted
27 Jan 2024
Today is #UKParentMentalHealthDay - aiming to challenge stigma re #Parents’ & #Carers’ #MentalHealth.
This includes how parents/carers feel when their child has mental health challenges.
⬇️See summary of our systematic review of parent/carer wellbeing where child self-harms
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