Neil Humphrey

Child of the North: Child mental wellbeing

By Pamela Qualter, Neil Humphrey, Ola Demkowicz, Matt Sutton and Stephanie Gillibrand Filed Under: Education, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: November 2, 2022

Children’s mental health and wellbeing was deteriorating prior to COVID-19, but there was significant decline during the pandemic, particularly in the North of England. This blog post covers the collaboration between Professor Pamela Qualter, Professor Matt Sutton, Stephanie Gillibrand, Professor Neil Humphrey and Dr Ola Demkowicz in their study of children’s mental health, originally published […]

LGBT+ inequalities in adolescent wellbeing

By Neil Humphrey Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion Posted: June 21, 2022

Improving wellbeing in every area of the UK is the overarching ambition of the Levelling Up White Paper, and government has said it will undertake further work to supplement existing wellbeing data at a subnational level. In Greater Manchester, a community-led, hyper-local project is underway to understand and improve children and young people’s wellbeing, and […]

Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing: moving towards evidence-based, data-driven responses

By Neil Humphrey Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Education, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care Posted: March 25, 2021

As children and young people return to classroom education, schools have a vital role to play in assessing and supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Here, Professor Neil Humphrey from the Manchester Institute of Education argues that schools should routinely collect reliable mental health and wellbeing data, with which they can ‘build […]

Don’t panic! Keep calm and help young people to benefit from social media

By Neil Humphrey and Margarita Panayiotou Filed Under: Digital Futures, Health and Social Care Posted: February 7, 2019

In our final blog for Children’s Mental Health Week, Professor Neil Humphrey and Dr Margarita Panayiotou discuss mental health and social media. A causal link between young people’s use of digital technologies and their subsequent experience of mental health difficulties has not been proven. Social media can have both positive and negative effects on mental […]

The first cut is the deepest: how the crisis in children and young people’s mental health was created

By Neil Humphrey Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Health and Social Care Posted: February 23, 2017

In the coming weeks, the House of Commons Education and Health Select Committees will be hearing oral evidence on their inquiry into children and young people’s mental health and the role of education. Members of the Manchester Institute of Education have written three blogs expanding on some of the key issues in their submission and […]

Child of the North: Child mental wellbeing

LGBT+ inequalities in adolescent wellbeing

The first cut is the deepest: how the crisis in children and young people’s mental health was created

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