Professionals
The Perfect Ice Cream
Video: This animation explores family mental health difficulties in a sensitive way, helping young people to understand it’s not as uncommon as they may think.
Lockdown resources
Resource library: Trying to adjust to life during lockdown? Our Lockdown Resource section has ideas, games, videos, guidance, stories and activities for young people and their families.
Drama guide from The Lowry theatre
This accessible guide from The Lowry theatre group outlines a six-week scheme of work for teachers and youth workers, exploring basic approaches to drama.
Black African & Caribbean: Resources and materials for clinicians
Resource pack: Compiled by South London and Maudsley NHS Trust for working with minority ethnic groups in mental health care.
Strengthening resilience of children of parents with a mental illness
Members of Our Time have written a chapter for the book 'Family Therapy - New Intervention Programs and Researches'.
Explaining mental illness to under-11s
Video: This fantastic animation helps to get a conversation started with a child about what mental illness is.
When a parent has a mental illness
Video: Chineye talks about her experiences growing up as a young carer and meets Dr Cooklin to get some explanations about what happens when someone has a mental illness.
Jas’s story
Video: This short drama follows the experiences of young carer Jas, whose mum has a mental illness. He has to look after his mum as well as his little sister, while also dealing with schoolwork and bullying classmates.
Explaining why a parent is in hospital
Stories/Guides: These booklets have been created by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation to help children and young people from the age of three upwards understand their parents’ mental health problems and why they are in hospital.
Working with families: Being seen and heard
Video: This training film provides practical and creative suggestions on how professionals involved in the care of parents with mental illness and their children can work effectively.
