Bronwyne Coetzee

A flowchart showing questions to be asked when involving children in decision-making

Please don’t expound the benefits of child participation while you develop laws & policies without them. An infographic explaining what you should do when you haven’t involved children on the right. The left is for those wanting to do their best to get it right- Lansdown’s 3Cs plus the Lundy Model.

<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library In their paper, Birrell et al. (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2025) are rightly concerned about the future of universal school-based mental health interventions. They highlight the successes an....

Let's not abandon ship altogether on universal school based interventions argue @bronwynec.bsky.social & I in this @acamh.bsky.social CAMH debate in response to @jackandrews.bsky.social et al acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... -let's return to the drawing board&codesign w. YP+communities

<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library In their paper, Birrell et al. (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2025) are rightly concerned about the future of universal school-based mental health interventions. They highlight the successes an...

What are your thoughts on the future of universal school-based mental health interventions? Follow the debate here: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14753588...

Our view below.

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Being an #earlycareer mental health researcher is tough esp you followed a non-traditional career path. It's a highly competitive field with many structural barriers. I'm still figuring it out but here are 12 things since I changed careers in my late 20s, a 🧵:
▶️Good quality mentorship makes the...

‘Resilience interventions do work’ – why coping strategies should be a staple of education Early instruction that teaches young people how to recognise negative thought patterns and manage their mental health may help to avoid problems in later life

This Guardian article explores interesting findings around boosting emotion regulation and coping skills - but IMO this is not “learning resilience” as the framing suggests. Resilience (adaptive functioning in the face of significant adversity) is… (cont) www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Social Media Bans Won’t Solve Youth Mental Health Issues Australia recently announced plans to ban young people from social media due to concerns about platforms like Instagram and TikTok harming their physical and mental health. This move follows similar a...

Banning social media ≠ solving youth mental health issues. It's time for better, evidence-based policies rather than scapegoating social media. Teens need digital skills to thrive.

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Drawing on work with Craig Sewall and @peteetchells.bsky.social's call.

Super useful metaanalysis on the prevalence of youth mh problems in subsaharan Africa www.cambridge.org/core/service... @bronwyne.bsky.social