Child mental health problems and poverty
Waiting lists for children and young people with mental health problems are at an all-time high. Almost the only policies proposed to deal with this situation involve increasing the number of mental health professionals. Little attention is given to dealing with the underlying causative stresses, of...
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| description | Waiting lists for children and young people with mental health problems are at an all-time high. Almost the only policies proposed to deal with this situation involve increasing the number of mental health professionals. Little attention is given to dealing with the underlying causative stresses, of which poverty is easily the most pervasive. It is suggested that unless levels of poverty are reduced, the rates of psychiatric disorders will not change. As psychiatrists, we need to become much more active in pressing for action over child poverty. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-92da65c3b7f44ef891d2902c0340ac0d2025-01-22T07:35:46ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Bulletin2056-46942056-47081310.1192/bjb.2024.111Child mental health problems and povertyPhilip Graham0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3301-0312Barbara Maughan1University College London, London, UKKing's College London, London, UKWaiting lists for children and young people with mental health problems are at an all-time high. Almost the only policies proposed to deal with this situation involve increasing the number of mental health professionals. Little attention is given to dealing with the underlying causative stresses, of which poverty is easily the most pervasive. It is suggested that unless levels of poverty are reduced, the rates of psychiatric disorders will not change. As psychiatrists, we need to become much more active in pressing for action over child poverty.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469424001116/type/journal_articleChild and adolescent psychiatrymental health serviceschildhood experiencepovertyattention-deficit hyperactivity disorders |
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