Resources

• Describe how mental health problems can have a negative effect on physical health in children and young people
• Outline mental health problems caused by brain disorders
• Discuss how physical illness can lead to emotional and behavioural changes in children and make it more likely that they develop mental health problems
• Describe how these joint physical/mental health problems can be helped
• Name services available and outline what treatment may be offered

This session uses self assessments that help you check what you have learnt. You do not have to use them and your answers are not seen by anyone else.

The following sessions are related:

• Poor Concentration and Overactivity 1 (410-038) View session
• Poor Concentration and Overactivity 2 (410-038) View session
• Sad, Bored or Isolated (410-021) View session
• Self-harm and Risky Behaviour (410-029) View session
• The Worried Child (410-025) View session
• Unexplained Physical Symptoms (410-034) View session

Refer to the following link for more information:

• American Academy of Pediatrics View website

Refer to the following text for additional information:

• Eiser C. The Psychological Impact of Chronic Illness on Children's Development. London: David Fulton Publishers 2000
• Gledhill J, Garralda ME. The Relationship Between Physical and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents. In: Gelder MG, Andreasen NC, Lopez-Ibor JJ, Geddes JR, eds. New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. 2nd edn. Oxford: OUP 2009:1740-1746
• NICE – Epilepsy in Children and Young People. Quality Standard 27, 2013
• NICE – Cancer Services for Children and Young People. Quality Standard 55, 2014
• NICE – Self-harm. Quality Standard 34, 2004
• O’Donohue WT, Woodward Tolle L. Behavioural Approaches to Chronic Disease in Adolescence. London: Springer, 2009
• Pinquart M, Shen Y. Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Physical Illness: An Updated Meta-analysis. Oxford: J Pediatr Psychol 2011;36(4):375-384
• Royal College of Psychiatrists Mental Health and Growing up Factsheet: Chronic Physical Illnesses – The Effects on Mental Health: Information for Parents, Carers and Anyone Who Works With Young People View document
• Secinti E, Thompson EJ, Richards M, et al. Research Review: Childhood Chronic Physical Illness and Adult Emotional Health – A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2017;58(7):753-769
• Zima BT, Rodean J, Hall M, et al. Psychiatric Disorders and Trends in Resource Use in Pediatric Hospitals. Pediatrics 2016;138(5)