The Cycle Against Suicide programme and parallel webinar series in relation to Anxiety

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The Cycle Against Suicide funded PhD HELP (Health Educators Leading parents) programme of research aims to provide the scientific evidence for development of the Cycle Against Suicide state of the art Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resuable Learning Toolkit for Parents (packaged as the Cycle Against Suicide HELP programme).

While myriad psychoeducational resources have been developed, few have followed an evidenced-based framework and available data is not clearcut as to whether materials currently in use are effective.

This, Cycle Against Suicide PhD programme of research, aims to address this stark knowledge gap and inform the development of an effective, scalable, reusable mental health learning tool for parents, which, while incorporating global data, is bespoke to an Irish audience.

Alongside the Cycle Against Suicide Funded PhD research programme, the academic Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University College Dublin (UCD) will provide psychoeducational outputs to support parents and teachers consisting of a parallel webinar series.
Webinar Series 2:    Anxiety in Focus – Understanding Anxiety in Children and Young People.
September-December 2024 (7-8pm)

Anxiety is one of the most common challenges of childhood and adolescence. This has been reflected in the registrations to and attendee feedback on previous Cycle Against Suicide webinars delivered by Cycle Against Suicide and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCD.

Building on our previous series, Series 2 will take a more in-depth look at anxiety in young people exploring different types of anxiety common in this age group.Each 1 hour session will incorporate content on the causes, symptoms and evidenced-based approaches which support recovery.

September 19th : What is Generalised Anxiety Disorder?
October 10th :  Social Anxiety: Why the worry?
November 7th:  Understanding Post-traumatic Stress in Children and Teenagers
December 5th: Exploring Perfectionism and Obsessive-Compulsive Characteristics
These sessions delivered via zoom are free and open to all parents and teachers to participate. register your participation please do so at: https://www.cycleagainstsuicide.com/parent-talks/