Child and Young Peoples Mental Health, Cheshire East
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The project is an initiative by Healthwatch Cheshire East, in light of the national and local transformations to children and young people (CYP)’s mental health services. It explores CYP’s knowledge and understanding of mental health and sought to answer questions on how children understand mental health.
The project was undertaken in 7 schools in Cheshire East that included 3 primary schools and 4 high schools.
The project included all services provided by: NHS East Cheshire CCG, CAMHS, NHS South Chehire CCG, NHS Vale Royal CCG.
Conclusion:
The research project’s aims were to explore children and young people’s understanding of mental health and how they access support. The results show that CYP have some understanding of mental health. Although some children used words that were derogatory when asked about what mental health meant to them. However, their understanding is mostly of mental ill health and did not include positive mental health. This research also found that the CYP accessed support mostly through their schools. Additionally, any sources of support outside of the school were mainly Child line, with some children having memorised the number.
Numerous recommendations were made as a result of this report.
No response from a provider is included in this report.