Ground-breaking podcast series launched

This post first appeared on the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families site on August 14, 2016.

We’ve just launched a series of expert podcasts to help parents understand and manage child and family mental health problems.
The series, Child in Mind, is presented by BBC Radio 4 presenter Claudia Hammond. In each 20-minute episode, she discusses an important issue in child and family mental health with an expert and a young person or parent.
The first episode, which focuses on childhood anxiety, is now available on our iTunes podcast channel (click subscribe to listen) and our Soundcloud account. It features Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology Cathy Creswell from the University of Reading, and Beckie, whose 10 year old son Luke’s anxiety caused severe difficulties in her family’s life.

Beckie said:“I’ve always wanted to be a mum. However, along with delight and satisfaction, being a mum has also unearthed feelings of frustration and self-doubt. These feelings were particularly amplified by my eldest son’s anxiety. This podcast is a great opportunity to share my experience with other parents so that they know that they are not alone. I hope it will help to develop knowledge and confidence for parents to help their anxious children, and build parents’ self-esteem to help them become the best parents they can be.”
Other episodes in the series focus on topics including self-harm; ADHD; eating disorders; how the adolescent brain...

Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - August 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Children DW UK Mental Health Uncategorized Source Type: blogs