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Mental health screening for children
**helen**
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Imagine from when you were small, as well as having standard sight tests, hearing tests, dental check-ups etc you were also given a test to assess your mental wellbeing.
What might such tests look like?
What impact might that have in later life?
What are the potential pros and what are the potential pitfalls?
Came up in conversation in a meeting I had today and thought you guys might have some thoughts about it...
What might such tests look like?
What impact might that have in later life?
What are the potential pros and what are the potential pitfalls?
Came up in conversation in a meeting I had today and thought you guys might have some thoughts about it...
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But it would be good because a lot of the time, mental health illnesses are missed/covered up very well and they begin to spiral out of control. That's when people sometimes feel like they are too 'out of control' to get help. If they assessed mental wellbeing when they were a child, they wouldn't get to that stage
Its a tough one :chin: I bit a lot of debating went on in that discussion
It could be a good idea and I would agree in principle but we'd also have to have mental health services that could cope with this kind of screening.
Exactly this. CAMHS services are in complete crisis at the moment. As a nation we are failing the children who present as most unwell, so I see little point in funding screening to pick up even more cases until there is the money, staff and time to treat the children already known to services.
And how about if all teachers, teaching assistants, youth workers, parents, social workers etc were 100% more aware of how to be support young people to proactively manage mental health difficulties? Could that make a difference?
What else could make a difference?
These aren't my views by the way - just throwing some more thoughts into the mix
I've always though teachers should be more clued up on it to be honest. Social workers definitely. My old social worker didn't have a clue about any mental health illnesses. In fact at one point she was trying to diagnose me with something that was nothing to do with the 'symptom's' I was showing/saying. Social workers see a lot of young people with mental illnesses therefore I feel like they should know a bit more about it. Even the basics would be good
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And yes, I do agree with social workers needing training. My former social worker was useless, questioned my diagnosis and ignored my needs. And like Becki, tried diagnosing me with something I don't have.
There is a disturbing relationship between Big Pharma and US psychiatry.
Teachers will become more aware and it may even help us to develop our knowledge of mental health, therefore developing our knowledge of psychology.