Parent Mental Health Day with stem4
Parent Mental Health Day is held on 30th January.
Parent Mental Health Day (PMHD), founded by stem4 in 2022, is held each year on 30th January. The day was created to raise awareness of the vital link between parents’ and carers’ mental health and the wellbeing of the whole family.
While PMHD remains an important moment in the calendar, the challenges parents and carers face are year-round. That’s why this page is your hub for practical tools, expert advice, and support to help you look after your own mental health and support the young people in your care, every day of the year.
Parents’ and Carers’ Mental Health Resources
- Understanding Anxiety in Young People
- Understanding Depression in Young People
- Understanding Self-Harm in Young People
- Understanding Eating Disorders in Young People
- Understanding Addiction in Young People
For more resources visit https://stem4.org.uk/resources/
Combined Minds is an app developed for teenage mental health charity stem4 by Dr. Nihara Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, to help families and friends support young people with their mental health.
When a child or young person has a diagnosed mental health condition, families and friends want to support them in the best way but also know when to step back.
The Combined Minds app helps families and friends to find ways to provide the right environment to help the individuals they support affect their own change. As important influencers in the lives of young people, this provides positive impact on their mental health.
There are no doubt a number of challenges your children will face as they negotiate life. Helping them develop their resilience to navigate these challenges is an important task of parenting. Whilst resilience might be a trait in some, for the most part resilience is learnt.
Click here for some tips from Dr. Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, for parents to help young people manage stress, uncertainty and upset, learn to problem solve, manage friendships, and get the best of themselves.
Below are some further resources you might like to consider:
- Your doctor/G.P.
- Mind
- Young Minds: Parents Helpline
- Call for free on 0808 802 5544 from 9:30am – 4pm, Monday – Friday.
- KOOTH (online counselling for young people)
- Togetherall (online counselling for adults)
- Samaritans
- Cruse Bereavement Care
- Relate (relationship support)
- Gingerbread (single parent support)
- Parenting Mental Health
(Last updated November 2024)
stem4 Podcast – Episode 4 – Talking about Resilience
stem4’s mental health podcast, Understanding Teen Minds, aims to provide insight into the world of teenage mental health, looking at everything from signs and symptoms to early intervention.
In this podcast episode, stem4 founder and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Nihara, helps parents and carers understand what resilience is and the steps they can take to create it in both themselves and their families.
Interested in hearing more? Series two of the podcast is designed for the parents and carers of young people. You can find more episodes here and subscribe below.
Partner with stem4 to Support Youth Mental Health
Work with stem4 to support parents, carers, and young people through sponsorship, fundraising, or employee engagement initiatives. Visit stem4.org.uk/get-involved/corporate-fundraising/ or email corporate@stem4.org.uk to receive our Corporate Sponsorship Document, which outlines opportunities for you to get involved.
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