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 COVID-19 Resources

Below is a list of eNurture partners providing useful guidance and advice on how to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people during the COVID-19 pandemic

 
 
 

other covid-19 resources

Mind: Managing feelings about lockdown easing
This useful section of the Mind website includes information and advice to help explain feelings that people might have about the coronavirus lockdown easing. It also provides tips on managing these feelings and where to get more support.

Nip in the Bud
Films and accompanying fact sheets to help teachers and school staff with children who may have a diagnosis, may be showing symptoms of a potential mental health condition or may be struggling as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic.

Teenagers’ Experiences of Life in Lockdown (TELL)
TELL is a research project led by The University of Manchester and Liverpool John Moores University. It aims to understand 16- to 19-year-olds’ experiences of the UK lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project places particular emphasis on this age group's wellbeing. Click here to watch a film exploring some of the challenges faced by 16- to 19-year-olds in lockdown and how they have been coping. The teenagers in the film share their own advice on how to care for your mental health and wellbeing in lockdown. UK-based 16- to 19-year-olds can share their thoughts on the film for the opportunity to enter a prize draw for an iPad (information on the website). The study website also contains toolkits for teachers, parents and carers.

FutureLearn - COVID-19: Helping Young People Manage Low Mood and Depression

FutureLearn provides youth mental health courses to explore and understand the mental health issues that affect young people. This free COVID-19 course has been developed by the University of Reading for young people with low mood and depression and their parents and carers, or anyone who has contact with young people during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Reachwell
Reachwell is a group of UK academics who work with children and adolescents, and who are concerned about the lack of focus on the needs of this age group, from tots to teens, in policy making during the pandemic. Reachwell aims to provide scientific evidence that might help to redress this imbalance. The website contains brief blogs about mental health in relation to Covid-19 primarily aimed at policy makers but written to be accessible to all. Recent posts include:

  • Dr Maria Loades: Lockdown loneliness in children and young people may continue to impact on mental health for years to come.

  • Prof Tamsin Ford: Challenges for children’s services as Lockdown eases.

  • Dr Darren Moore and Prof Neil Humphrey: COVID-19 Lockdown: The impact on education.

Research papers and reports

Mental Health Foundation: Signs of hope for British teenagers' mental health but loneliness and anxiety remain high: New findings from long-term study
Research by Mental Health Foundation and Swansea University reveal that loneliness and anxiety remain extremely common among teenagers despite the easing of lockdown. Read about the study


Barnardo’s Report: Mental Health and Covid-19: In Our Own Words

This report brings together insights gathered by young people - who surveyed nearly 150 children and young people - and those gathered by Barnardo’s through their national survey of over 100 children and young people they support, as well as 4,000 children and young people through a YouGov survey.


Evidence Based Practice Unit & Child Outcomes Research Consortium
Emerging evidence: coronavirus and children and young people's mental health

This is a series of rapid reviews of research on children and young people's mental that has been carried out around the world during the coronavirus pandemic to help answer three questions:

  • What are the key mental health challenges for children and young people during the pandemic?

  • What are the key mental health challenges for disproportionately affected groups?

  • What might help children and young people to manage these challenges?

The latest review (June 2021) is out now.


Kaess, M., Moessner, M., Koenig, J., Lustig, S., Bonnet, S., Becker, K., Eschenbeck, H., Rummel‐Kluge, C., Thomasius, R., Bauer, S. and (2020). A plea for the sustained implementation of digital interventions for young people with mental health problems in the light of the COVID‐19 pandemic. J Child Psychol Psychiatr. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13317

Orben A, Tomova L, Blakemore S (2020) The effects of social deprivation on adolescent social development and mental health (preprint paper)

The physical distancing measures mandated globally to contain the spread of Covid-19 are radically reducing adolescents’ opportunities to engage in face-to-face social contact outside their household. In this interdisciplinary review, we describe recent literature from a variety of domains that highlights how social deprivation in adolescence might have far-reaching consequences.

UK Youth Report: The impact of COVID-19 on young people & the youth sector

UK Youth is a leading national charity committed to improving young lives by working as a nationwide Movement of over 5,500 youth clubs and organisations to deliver innovative youth services, grow effective practice and campaign to increase support for youth work.