Children and Young People's Mental Health training videos for GPs
Advice and guidance for GPs working with children, young people and their families.
Improving community and specialist services for children, young people and their families.
Breaking down barriers between services, aiming to ensure an integrated mental health system.
Helping GPs with referrals to specialist mental health teams and other agencies supporting children’s wellbeing.
Detailed Programme Information
The South West AHSN worked with NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to develop a series of training videos to provide tips, advice and guidance for GPs based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and beyond.
The videos support GPs’ direct work with children, young people and their families, as well as providing resources and help with referrals to specialist mental health teams and other agencies supporting children’s wellbeing.
The videos were created prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but children and young people’s mental health is more relevant now than ever. National and local data indicates that mental health problems among children and young people – including anxiety, self-harm, depression and eating disorders – have increased markedly as a consequence of COVID-19 and the associated restrictions. In an autumn 2020 survey of over 2000 young people by mental health charity, Young Minds, 80% of respondents agreed that the pandemic had made their mental health worse.
Turning the Tide
NHS Kernow CCG worked with health, education, social care and the voluntary sector to plan and deliver Turning the Tide – a plan for improved community and specialist services for children, young people and their families.
Guided by the NHS long-term plan, the aim of this project is to break down barriers between services, aiming to ensure an integrated mental health system where help is available to children, young people and families when needed.
Key to Turning the Tide is the voice of young people who contribute to these videos and helped shape the transformation plan in Cornwall.
Useful Links
- Video: Introduction to iThrive
- Video: Good GP Encounters with Young People
- Video: Children and Young People's Mental Health Resources in Cornwall
- Video: Early Help for Children and Young People's Mental Health Guidance for GPs
- Video: What is Bloom?
- Video: Tips for GPs on making referrals into Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Video: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) referral outcomes data
- Video: Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Care Pathways
- Video: Children and Young People's Eating Disorder Services
- Video: Advice for GPs Supporting Young People Presenting with Self-Harm
- Supporting toolkit: Advice for GPs Supporting Young People Presenting with Self-Harm
- NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group
- Turning the Tide
- Young Minds report: Coronavirus - Impact on young people with mental health needs
