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

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，以支持父母解决他们孩子的心理健康问题，这些产品源于临床专业知识和十年的研发。我是一名临床顾问心理学家，拥有脆弱儿童心理健康方面的专业知识，我热衷于使用技术让儿童和家庭获得心理专业知识。我的Berri数字工具包可以识别并帮助支持儿童的心理需求，涵盖行为、情绪健康、人际关系、风险和潜在状况指标等领域，为照顾者和专业人员提供个性化报告。与临床医生花费时间进行评分和解读的纸质方法相比，这是向前迈出的一大步。贝里在公共托儿所为儿童使用时，已经为地方当局节省了数百万英镑。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 GB，就会有108 GB回到公共财政。然而，在英国大约有200万儿童与他们的家人一起生活，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接受了专业意见。这一问题在大流行后以及在生活费用压力显著增加家庭压力的情况下尤为严重。因此，我们建议开发一个版本的Berri来支持忧心忡忡的父母，并帮助他们满足孩子的需求。妇女在创新基金将允许我研究关心他们孩子心理健康的父母的需求，并收集规范数据来开发一个变体的Berri来满足这一群体。然后，我们可以试用该系统，以获得用户反馈和家长表彰。我们还可以拍摄和编辑我们为父母设计的心理教育材料，他们可以利用这些材料获得支持孩子心理健康的技能。改善孩子的心理健康和减轻父母的压力对社会有许多积极的影响。除了让能够接受教育的年轻人更快乐，让压力较小的父母能够就业之外，它还将降低一生中的医疗和社会护理成本。

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.