{"id":633,"date":"2023-04-16T00:38:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T23:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/reading-resilience-network\/?p=633"},"modified":"2023-05-15T14:16:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:16:43","slug":"rrn-workshop-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/reading-resilience-network\/rrn-workshop-4\/","title":{"rendered":"RRN Workshop 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Problem with Mental Health Awareness in Schools<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Reading Resilience Network \u2018Findings Solutions to Key Mental Health Challenges\u2019 Series Workshop 4, <\/strong>In collaboration with the Well-being and Resilience in Mental Health <\/i>Group (WARM)<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

About this event:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Workshop 4 was held on\u00a0Thursday 11th May 2023 from\u00a0<\/em>12 to 1 pm at the <\/i>School of <\/i>Psychology and Clinical <\/i>Language Sciences <\/i>(Harry Pitts Building, <\/i>Room no.G79) and was attended <\/i>Online via MS <\/i>Teams.<\/i><\/p>\n

About the talk:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In recent years, there have been extensive efforts in secondary schools to prevent, treat\u00a0and\u00a0raise awareness about adolescent mental health problems. For some adolescents, these efforts are essential\u00a0and\u00a0will lead to a reduction in clinical symptoms. But it is also vital to assess whether, for others, the current approach might be causing harm. A growing body of quantitative research indicates that some aspects of school-based mental health interventions do indeed increase distress or clinical symptoms,\u00a0and\u00a0qualitative work indicates that this may be partly due to the intervention itself. In this talk, I will argue that we need to more carefully measure and understand harm from school interventions.\u00a0We should be very cautious about the idea that providing a mental health intervention in a school is necessarily better than not providing one at all<\/p>\n

About the speaker:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Lucy Foulkes is an academic psychologist at the University of Oxford. She leads research into mental health and social development in adolescence, with a particular focus on the possible negative consequences of increased public mental health awareness. She is currently a Prudence Trust Research Fellow, investigating how school-based mental health interventions may be causing adolescents harm. <\/i>Her first book,\u00a0What Mental Illness Really Is (\u2026and what it isn\u2019t), was published in 2021. She is currently writing her second book, about adolescent development, due for publication in autumn 2024.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

Followed by Q&A, Chaired by Prof. Stella Chan<\/strong>, University of Reading.<\/p>\n

You can watch the talks below:<\/p>\n