Description
This event will hear thought-leaders in Children’s mental health, and front line innovators dealing with the issues caused by the use of digital technology, as well as the benefits generated from doing so.
The latest Government green paper will be examined, and hear how two specialist NHS Trusts are using digital techniques to improve the mental wellbeing of children and young people.
During the afternoon sessions, delegates will be split into 3 parallel streams; the first covering digital tools that clinicians can use with their patients, the second explaining digital tools that children and young people can use on their own to manage or improve their mental health, and the third looking at the academic evidence being generated on this topic.
This event will conclude with interactive workshops, enabling delegates to try out the digital tools for themselves, and discuss the pros and cons of their use with the entrepreneurs who have created them.
You may have the opportunity to influence the further development of these tools and stimulate ideas to create products of your own.
topics include:
Key mental health issues being faced by children and young people at the moment
The Government’s position and how it intends to improve the provision of mental health for children and young people, paying particular regard to digital techniques.
How the NHS is already using digital tools to improve the mental wellbeing of children and young people, the lessons learned from their implementation, and how others can implement them more painlessly.
Understand the range of digital tools and techniques available to manage and improve the mental health of children and young people
An overview of the latest evidence that explores:
How the use of digital technology may be adversely affecting the mental health of children and young people
How the use of digital tools may be used to improve the mental health of children and young people
Showcase digital tools that clinicians can prescribe to their younger patients to help them manage their mental health.
key speakers:
Dame Benita Refson – CEO of Place2Be
Mr Gregor Henderson – Strategic Adviser, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England
Dr Richard Graham – Clinical Lead, London Digital Mental Wellbeing Service: Good Thinking
Mr Andrew Jackson – CEO of ProReal
Ms Silja Litvin – CEO and Founder of PsycApps
Dr Kerstyn Comley – Co-CEO of MeeTwo
Ms Tessa Reardon – Red Ninja (University of Reading)
Professor Stephen Scott CBE – Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, King’s College London
streams (please choose which stream you would like to take part in when you register)
Stream A: Digital tools for clinician-led treatment of mental health in children and young people
Stream B: Tools for digital self-management of mental health in children and young people
Stream C: Academic evidence around the use of digital tools to manage children and young people’s mental health
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agenda
8.30 am
Registration, tea and coffee
9.20 am
Welcome and introduction
Mr Clive Flashman, President, Digital Health Section, Royal Society of Medicine
9.30 am
Opening keynote: Where do we take our fears?
Dame Benny Refson, President, Place2Be
10.00 am
The Government’s Green Paper and beyond: The potential for a more far reaching agenda for children and young people’s mental wellbeing
Gregor Henderson, Strategic Adviser, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Public Health England
10.30 am
A school’s perspective on the opportunities and challenges of digital media for young people’s mental health
Ed Vainker, Principal, REACH Academy Feltham
11.00 am
Panel discussion
11.15 am
Tea and coffee break
11.30 am
The digital future of children’s mental health
Emma Selby, Clinical Nurse Specialist, NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
12.00 pm
Innovation in digital mental health
Dr Fiona Pender, Chesire and Wirral Partnership
12.30 pm
Mentally thriving or surviving in the digital age
Dr Richard Graham, Clinical Lead, London Digital Mental Wellbeing Service: Good Thinking
1.00 pm
Panel discussion
1.15 pm
Lunch
Stream AStream BStream C
2.20 pm
Lessons from the front line: How young people shaped Kooth: A digital mental health service
Xenzone and Kooth
3.10 pm
Avatars and mental health
Andrew Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, ProReal and David Tinker, Development Director, ProReal
3.55 pm
Tea and coffee break
4.15 pm
ChatHealth messaging: Supporting a million young people in schools
Jimmy Endicott, ChatHealth, Leics Partnership NHS Trust
5.00 pm
Closing remarks
5.10 pm
Close of meeting
Evaluation surveys and certificates will be sent by email