Question group
Mental health and wellbeing
Questions in this group:
Mental health and wellbeing
Wellbeing: How do care-experienced children and young people describe the development of their sense of identity, how this is shaped by their experiences (positive or negative) of care, and how this impacts on their mental (and physical) health?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Wellbeing: What are care experienced children and young people’s own views on their wellbeing, including their sense of happiness and sense of belonging (to peer groups, to family, to society)? What improvements do they suggest to services to increase their positive sense of wellbeing and why?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Early Childhood Development (ECD): How can early identification of emotional, behavioural, or developmental concerns in care experienced children be better linked to sustained mental health and wellbeing support over time?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Early Childhood Development (ECD): What patterns can be observed in early developmental concerns and subsequent service involvement, and how do these vary depending on the nature and timing of support provided? How do emotional, behavioural, and early social and emotional development outcomes for infants and young children who are experiencing care vary by caring environment and age at first experience of care, and what factors influence these differences?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: How does living cross-border whilst experiencing care affect children’s access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and specialist mental health services?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: How ‘adoptee-competent’ are health services and health professionals? Do they understand the impact of adopted children and young people’s early trauma and neglect and the implications of unknown family medical histories?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: How do key transition points – including moves between homes, stability of caring environment and changes in professional support - affect continuity of mental health support and emotional wellbeing for care experienced children and young people, including those who have been adopted?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: What barriers and enablers do children, carers, and practitioners identify in accessing timely, appropriate mental health and wellbeing support, particularly in community-based and preventive services?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: How do care experienced children and young people, including those who have been adopted, experience accessing mental health support, including waiting times, continuity, transitions between services, and responsiveness to trauma, neurodivergence, and disability? How do they understand this experience to be shaped by their care experience?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: How does uptake of community-based care and preventive services (e.g. community wellbeing hubs, parenting programmes, youth resilience interventions) by care-experienced children and their families compare to their peers? Does this vary by locality, age, or other characteristics?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Access to, and experience of, services and support: To what extent are identified mental health and emotional wellbeing concerns of care experienced children and young people, including those who have been adopted, met through timely, preventive and ongoing support, as opposed to acute or crisis‑driven services?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Understanding outcomes and experiences: What is the prevalence of mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions among children living cross-border in residential caring environments, compared with those living within their home jurisdiction?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Understanding outcomes and experiences: How do mental health experiences and outcomes vary by age, caring environment, care history, and timing of entry to and exit from care, and which groups show the greatest gaps between identified concerns and access to appropriate support?
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Mental health and wellbeing
Understanding outcomes and experiences: What is the prevalence of mental health conditions and levels of emotional wellbeing observed among care experience children and young people across different ages and care experiences, including adoption (for example through distress, functioning, service contact or self‑reported wellbeing)?
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