Blogs - 2020
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How to manage your mental health during the continuing coronavirus restrictions
One of our Young Champions gives some advice on how to keep managing your mental health during the continuing coronavirus restrictions this winter.
- 15th December 2020
- By: A Young Champion at the Anna Freud Centre
- Posted in: General News
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Have yourself a mentally healthy Christmas
One of our Parent Champions gives some tips on how to manage the Christmas season during the coronavirus pandemic.
- 10th December 2020
- By: Nicola, Parent Champion at the Anna Freud Centre
- Posted in: General News
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Precious foundations: The first 5 years of a child's life
Our Chief Executive, Professor Peter Fonagy, has written this blog in response to The Royal Foundation's new findings of the biggest ever UK study on the early years of childhood.
- 30th November 2020
- By: Peter Fonagy
- Posted in: General News, Media coverage
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5 Steps: Understanding mental health need in schools
The 5 Steps framework, recently launched by the Anna Freud Centre, calls for change in how schools and colleges support the mental health of their pupils and staff. The second step, ‘Understanding...
- 18th November 2020
- By: Dr Rebecca Somerfield
- Posted in: General News
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Is it OK for new parents to have difficult thoughts?
One of our Parent Champions reflects on having difficult thoughts as a new parent, and appeals for more openness about these experiences if we are to fully support parents.
- 22nd October 2020
- By: By a Parent Champion
- Posted in: General News
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5 Steps: Leadership for mental health in schools
The 5 Steps framework, just launched by the Anna Freud Centre, calls for change in the way schools and colleges support the mental health of their pupils and staff. This change requires leadership,...
- 30th September 2020
- By: David Frost
- Posted in: General News
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Social media: How parents can limit its negative impact on mental health
For #SelfcareSummer, one of our Parent Champions writes about her experience of how social media can have a potentially negative impact on mental health and how we can limit this in our lives.
- 28th August 2020
- By: Louisa
- Posted in: General News
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Why coding is a perfect self-care activity
For #SelfcareSummer, Rosie a research assistant from our partner organisation the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC), writes about coding as a form of self-care.
- 26th August 2020
- By: Rosie
- Posted in: General News
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Crafting for self-care
For #SelfcareSummer, Nick from our partner organisation the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC), writes about crafting as a form of self-care.
- 25th August 2020
- By: Nick
- Posted in: General News
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For the day when it ‘just couldn’t get any harder’
For #SelfcareSummer, one of our Parent Champions writes about the power of a pause in helping your mental health.
- 31st July 2020
- By: Vicky
- Posted in: General News