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4 - Stressors Affecting Mental Health

from Part 1 - What Affects Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2022

Meinou Simmons
Meinou Simmons
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Oxford City CAMHS
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Summary

Chapter 4 looks at a range of stress factors (stressors) that can affect children’s and young people’s mental health, including abuse and neglect; adverse childhood experiences (ACEs); trauma; bereavement and parental separation; and the impact of COVID and similar global health challenges.

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stressabuse and neglectACEstraumabereavementparental separationCOVID
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A Guide to the Mental Health of Children and Young People
Q&A for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers
 , pp. 89 - 128
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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