Shining a light on children's mental health

<p>Mental health can be a challenging and sensitive topic. In this podcast, five child health professionals talk about how they are are tackling the issue through advocacy and innovation.</p> <p>The spring edition of the College’s member magazine <a title= "Milestones" href="membership/milestones-magazine" data-cke-saved-href="/membership/milestones-magazine" data-cke-saved-title="Milestones">Milestones</a> has a special focus on supporting children and young people’s mental health. To mark this, Milestones Editor and Mental Health Lead Dr James Dearden speaks to a number of its contributors. With a wealth of experience between them, they discuss the increase in mental health issues in young people and the role of paediatricians in supporting them.</p> <blockquote> <p>It's really clear that that we need to involve ourselves in mental health. It's really clear that that's what young people are asking of us... We expect it these days of teachers, GPs, social workers, so we should absolutely expect it of ourselves.</p> <p class="author-text">Karen Street, consultant paediatrician and RCPCH Officer for Mental Health</p> </blockquote> <p class="author-text"><a href= "https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-02/mental-health-podcast-1-transcript.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Download transcript</a></p> <p class="author-text"><a href= "https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/key-topics/child-mental-health">RCPCH resources for members on supporting child health mental health</a></p>