Sussex NHS Trust Produces New Mental Heath Help Videos For Children

Friday, 28 July 2023 06:39

By John Warburton @Warblefly

Help for parents and carers of children, from Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

A specialist NHS Trust in Sussex has launched a new series of online videos, to help parents and carers support their children to manage a range of mental health conditions.

The films, from the specialist mental heath care trust in Sussex, are recordings of live workshops that took place in May.

They focus on anxiety, autism, eating disorders and sleep, with more workshops to be added over the coming months.

More than 2,300 people tuned into watch these sessions live, which the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust says shows a great deal of interest and concern around the subjects.

One of the on-line sessions: on ways of helping autistic children

The trust called the videos "a vital resource for parents and carers", particularly during the school summer holidays if extra support is needed.

Kate Stammers, Clinical Lead for Sussex Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), said:

"These workshops are a vital tool in helping parents and carers understand their children's mental health and what they can do to support them.

"We recognise the impact of the pandemic on children and young people's mental health and these workshops will help give some clarity to families who may be unsure as to how to handle certain situations."

Each workshop is accessible with subtitles and gives an overview of a specific difficulty and also some hints and tips on how young people can be supported.

There are also links to some resources that parents may find helpful, either while their young person is waiting to see CAMHS, or as an alternative to CAMHS.

The workshops are available to watch here:

https://www.sussexcamhs.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-families-carers-and-professionals/parent-and-carer-workshops

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