(2021) further reveals a dose-response relationship between caring and mental health with strongest effects observed for those providing daily caring. The study highlighted the need for support of young carers, particularly, those providing more intensive caring. The risks are particularly high for ...
young carersGrowing evidence demonstrates that the mental and psychosocial health impacts of caring vary significantly for individual children, depending on who they are, the person that they care for, their responsibilities and the wider family situation. Although individual studies have made progress ...
Many children and young people struggle with their emotions and behaviour. We know that the majority of mental health conditions start in early adolescence, but it can be really difficult to spot them early amidst all the confusion of puberty. Around 20% of adolescents experience a mental health...
Feeling prepared is reported to be associated with low levels of distress [7]. Improvements of caregiver self-efficacy may positively influence caregiver health and well-being [22] and reduce levels of caregiver burden [23]. Likewise, education and skills training, case management, and ...
The recent publication of a national carers strategy reflects increasing awareness of the burden of informal care on relatives of people with a disability or long-term health problem. This article examines the experiences of young carers in general, and of those caring for a parent or sibling wit...
Internationally, there is a wealth of research suggesting that many children and young people experience mental health problems. However, the evidence from low- and middle-income countries and developing nations is generally limited. This scoping review
Dahlberg L, Demack S, Bambra C. Age and gender of informal carers: a population-based study in the U.K. Health and Social Care in the Community 2007; 15(5): 439-445. ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar Gillen MC, Roland C. The link between gender and depression in young adults providing care...
Rethinking Mental Health as “Youth Mental Health” “Mental disorders are chronic diseases of the young.” [1] Mental disorders constitute a major challenge to both society and science. Syndromes such as schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and personality disorders comprise some of the largest ...
Children and young people with care-experience (e.g. foster, kinship and residential care) report poorer mental health and wellbeing than the general popul
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