Alice Phillips is a PhD researcher based at the University of Bath, Psychology Department. Their research focusses upon the mental health needs of children under care of social services (e.g., foster care), and how to meet these needs with mental health services. Alice also researches childhood maltreatment and trauma, and its impact upon mental health during adolescence and emerging adulthood, as well as the relationship between trauma, social support and interpersonal functioning.
Alice Phillips
Alice Phillips is a PhD researcher based at the University of Bath, Psychology Department. Their research focusses upon the mental health needs of children under care of social services (e.g., foster care), and how to meet these needs with mental health services. Alice also researches childhood maltreatment and trauma, and its impact upon mental health during adolescence and emerging adulthood, as well as the relationship between trauma, social support and interpersonal functioning.
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Mental health and care-experienced young people: are our mental health support services appealing and accessible?
Children in care are much more likely to experience mental health problems than young people in the general population. Early life experiences, such as abuse, neglect, parental drug-use or violence likely play a major part in this. So too could the instability that is often inherent in the care system.
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