Supporting parents to enhance children's mental health and longer-term outcomes: An example of innovation in UK Government Policy Development - The Reducing Parental Conflict Programme (RPC) — Jenny Ballantyne

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Ballantyne
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Parental Conflict ◽  
Uk Government

Co-Parenting

2017 ◽  
pp. 774-778
Author(s):  
Annette Rotter
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Parental Conflict ◽  
Parenting Skills ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Professional Advice ◽  
Niche Area

Co-parenting therapy is a niche practice area that focuses on providing parents with tools to diminish conflict and develop their co-parenting skills before, during, and after divorce. Co-parenting therapists work to fortify parental cooperation with the goal of diminishing the long-term negative effects of parental conflict on children’s mental health. Few clinicians are trained in this area. The author describes this niche area of practice and how she became interested in this challenging and impactful area. She covers the joys and challenges of a practice focused on co-parenting therapy, discusses the business aspects of this niche area, and offers professional advice about pursuing this specialty. Resources are listed to assist interested clinicians.

Evidence Supporting the Historical Context for Current Views on Unmet Need in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
T.C.R. Wilkes ◽  
D. Cawthorpe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Regional Service ◽  
Professional Resources

Objective:In over 60 years little has changed in children's mental health and the flag waving continues: It is time for action in the trenches. It is imperative to focus health policy on the need to provide basic mental health succor to children and their families. A failure to alter the situation related to children's mental health will no doubt have catastrophic consequences for our society. We review the level of progress made in reforming regional mental health services since 2002.Methods:Using population-based representation of regional service utilization capacity permits comparison of regional, provincial and national rates of child and adolescent mental disorder.Results:Regional services in the last 6 years have served at most approximately 1% of the 0-18 year old population annually. This rate represents an increase from about 0.6% in 2002.Conclusions:Rationing the scant professional resources that exist to serve children's mental health will become increasingly difficult. For example, it is estimated that three percent of 0-18 year-olds are estimated to suffer a debilitating mental problem. Implication for policy are that our results point to service gaps in need of immediate policy development to meet basic needs of children. Several strategies are considered.

Evidence Supporting the Historical Context for Current Views on Unmet need in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
T.C.R. Wilkes ◽  
D. Cawthorpe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Regional Service ◽  
Professional Resources

Objective:In over 60 years little has changed in children's mental health and the flag waving continues: It is time for action in the trenches. It is imperative to focus health policy on the need to provide basic mental health succor to children and their families. A failure to alter the situation related to children's mental health will no doubt have catastrophic consequences for our society. We review the level of progress made in reforming regional mental health services since 2002.Methods:Using population-based representation of regional service utilization capacity permits comparison of regional, provincial and national rates of child and adolescent mental disorder.Results:Regional services in the last 6 years have served at most approximately 1% of the 0-18 year old population annually. This rate represents an increase from about 0.6% in 2002.Conclusions:Rationing the scant professional resources that exist to serve children's mental health will become increasingly difficult. For example, it is estimated that three percent of 0-18 year-olds are estimated to suffer a debilitating mental problem. Implication for policy are that our results point to service gaps in need of immediate policy development to meet basic needs of children. Several strategies are considered.

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