From family schedules to vision nights, Jess, Executive Assistant at Kids Matter, plans a meaningful November. I don’t know about you, but at the start of a new month I like to sit down with the diary and, with a cup of tea in hand, start planning and preparing for all the important things that … Read more
By Vanessa Reyes Ruiz, Child Advocacy Program Manager at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida In today’s challenging world, we all need some kind of support – but it’s not always easy to ask for help. This was true for Samantha Sullivan. An independent single mother of two, she encountered mounting hardships that threatened her … Read more
Emeritus Professor Philip Graham delivered this Keynote lecture ‘Sixty-Five Years Working With Children’, on Thursday 7 November at the 2024 ACAMH Awards. Professor Graham was the recipient of ACAMH’s Michael Rutter Medal for Lifetime Contribution to Child and Adolescent Mental Health. The ACAMH Awards aim to recognise high-quality work in evidence-based science, both in publication … Read more
In the wake of rising anxiety and depression among children and families, Little Otter’s Co-Founder and Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, Dr. Helen Egger, dives deep into the root causes and lasting impacts of this crisis. From the upheaval of COVID-19 lockdowns to increased social media use and economic instability, Dr. Egger shares her insights … Read more
That is the clever title of recent American Economic Review publication by Cyrus Aghamolla, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Xuelin Li, Richard T. Thakor. The abstract is below. This study examines the link between credit supply and hospital health outcomes. We use bank stress tests as exogenous shocks to credit access for hospitals … Read more
How early intervention can tackle the school absenteeism crisis Since Covid-19, the number of children missing school has skyrocketed, with around 150,000 students attending less than half of their lessons. The rise in children missing school is one of the most pressing challenges facing the government today. Yet a new report by the Centre for … Read more
We are thrilled to introduce the talented interns at Kids’ Minds Matter. They each bring their own passion, dedication, and experiences to helping children and families in our community. Through their internship with the Child Advocacy team at Golisano Children’s Hospital, these Florida Gulf Coast University students will gain hands-on experience while learning about the meaningful … Read more
Climate change and biodiversity loss are affecting the mental health of children and young people worldwide. Although many of us care deeply about ecological issues, they can seem less relevant to clinical practice and research. In this blog, we briefly summarise the literature on climate change and youth mental health before considering how Child and … Read more
By KIM BELLARD I must admit, last week’s election took me by surprise. I knew all the polls predicted a close race, but I kept telling myself that the American I believed in would not elect such a man, again, knowing full well all the things he has said and done – in his personal, … Read more
Cost effectiveness analyses (CEA) aim to examine how a new health technologies impact health outcomes and costs over a patient’s lifetime. While extrapolating long-run health benefits and measuring potential cost offsets are important, another important item to estimate is how the cost of the new health technology is likely to evolve over times. This is … Read more