Professor Stephen Scott was joined by fifty six viewers from eight schools in Thinking About Adolescent Mental Health for the first Thinking About webinar of the 2021-22 season.
Do you have questions about your, or others, mental health? Professor Stephen Scott addressed the following questions in this webinar and then invited the audience to ask questions of their own.
What do mental health professionals consider is a serious problem - what are they looking for?
What is the science underlying mental health difficulties, including genetics and the brain?
How common are issues, from anxiety and depression to eating disorders and drug & alcohol misuse?
What works to get people better? Is counselling enough?
Am I experiencing typical things for an adolescent, or am I significantly troubled?
How can I make myself happier and stronger?
Professor Scott ended with four tips for looking after your mental health:
Keep up your friendships
Keep up your skills
Look after your body
Take time for your mental well-being - try yoga or mindfulness activities
Stephen Scott is Professor of Child Health and Behaviour at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. He works as a consultant psychiatrist specializing in two areas, conduct problems and adoption & fostering. He is Director of the National Academy for Parenting Research, a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Maudsley Hospital and Chair of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Professor Scott is a Trustee of Place2Be. Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity that provides counselling and mental health support and training in UK schools. Our tried and tested model is backed by research.
The Thinking About... series is held as a Zoom webinar. Students are invited to host the guest speaker whilst other participants can ask questions remotely via the Q&A. Other than the hosts and the speakers no other participants will have live cameras or microphones. registration will take place via a Zoom link.
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