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The Open University

Child mental health: is it in crisis?

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

There is much discussion about the issue of children and young people’s mental health problems in the media, and we often hear this issue referred to as a ‘crisis’. But what does the evidence say? Are rates of mental health problems rising? In this free course, Child mental health: is it in crisis?, you will explore these important questions as well as delving into a case study of a young person with anxiety who is refusing to go to school, which is based on the real-life experiences of a service user of a child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS).This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K119 Wellbeing across the lifecourse.

Syllabus

  • 1 Is there a crisis?
  • 1.1 What does the evidence suggest?
  • 2 ‘My child won’t go to school’
  • 2.1 The case study of Lily
  • 2.2 Lily’s parents seek help
  • 2.4 Supporting Lily and her parents

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