Online tools for parents concerned about their child's mental health

为关心孩子心理健康的父母提供的在线工具

• 批准号: 10057747
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: BERRI LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10057747
• 关键词: Online; tools; parents; concerned; about

Two million children and young people in the UK have unmet mental health needs, causing enormous anxiety to their parents. We propose to bring to market a transformative suite of psychological screening, training and support products to support parents with their child's mental health, born out of clinical expertise and a decade of research and development.I am a consultant clinical psychologist with specialist expertise about the mental health of vulnerable children, and I'm passionate about using technology to make psychological expertise accessible to children and families. My BERRI digital toolset can identify and help to support children's psychological needs, across the domains of Behaviour, Emotional-wellbeing, Relationships, Risk and Indicators of underlying conditions, providing individualised reports for carers and professionals. This is a giant step forward compared to paper measures that take clinician time to score and interpret. BERRI has already demonstrably saved millions of pounds for local authorities when used with children in public care. An independent social and economic impact analysis shows a return of £108 to the public purse for every £1 spent on our services.However, there are approximately 2 million children in the UK living at home with their families who have significant mental health needs, and at a time when NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are harder to reach than ever, less than 1/8 of children with mental health needs receive professional input. This issue is particularly acute post-pandemic, and at a time when cost of living pressures are adding significantly to family stress. We therefore propose to develop a version of BERRI to support concerned parents, and help them to meet the needs of their children.The Women in Innovation grant would allow me to research the needs of parents concerened about their child's mental health, and gather normative data to develop a variant of BERRI to address that population. We can then pilot the system to get user feedback and parent testimonials. We could also film and edit the psychoeducational materials we have designed for parents, who can use them to gain skills to support their child's mental health.Improving child mental health and reducing parental stress has numerous positive impacts on society. As well as making happier young people who can engage in education, and less stressed parents who can engage in employment, it will reduce the costs of health and social care across the lifespan.

在英国，有200万儿童和年轻人的心理健康需求没有得到满足，这给他们的父母带来了巨大的焦虑。我们建议将一套变革性的心理筛查、培训和支持产品推向市场，以支持父母照顾孩子的心理健康，这是临床专业知识和十年研发的成果。我是一名咨询临床心理学家，对弱势儿童的心理健康有专业知识，我热衷于利用技术让儿童和家庭获得心理专业知识。我的BERRI数字工具集可以识别并帮助支持儿童的心理需求，包括行为、情感健康、关系、风险和潜在条件指标，为护理人员和专业人员提供个性化报告。与需要临床医生花时间进行评分和解释的纸质测量相比，这是一个巨大的进步。BERRI已经为当地政府节省了数百万英镑，当它被用于公共护理机构的儿童时。一项独立的社会和经济影响分析显示，在我们的服务上每花费1英镑，就会给公共钱包带来108英镑的回报。然而，在英国，大约有200万儿童与家人住在一起，他们有重大的心理健康需求，而在NHS儿童和青少年心理健康服务比以往任何时候都更难获得的时候，只有不到1/8的有心理健康需求的儿童得到了专业的投入。这一问题在大流行后尤其严重，而且在生活费用压力大大增加家庭压力的时候。因此，我们建议发展一个BERRI版本，以支持有关的家长，并帮助他们满足子女的需要。“女性创新”基金将允许我研究那些关心孩子心理健康的父母的需求，并收集规范数据，开发一种BERRI的变体，以解决这一人群的问题。然后，我们可以试用该系统，以获得用户反馈和家长推荐。我们还可以拍摄和编辑我们为父母设计的心理教育材料，他们可以通过这些材料获得支持孩子心理健康的技能。改善儿童心理健康和减轻父母压力对社会有许多积极影响。它不仅能让年轻人更快乐地接受教育，让压力更小的父母能够就业，还能降低整个生命周期的健康和社会关怀成本。