Prof Ellen Townsend - how lockdown harms children

Professor Ellen Townsend leads the Self-Harm Research Group (SHRG) within the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham. She up Reachwell, to collect evidence and advocate for children and young people during lockdown. We talked about the impacts of Covid and lockdown on children and young people, how we move on from fear and help everyone get back to normal post-Covid. 

Her links:

Research group: https://sites.google.com/view/self-harm-research-group/home 

Reachwell: https://reachwell.org/ 

A study she mentions during the podcast: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2772834?utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamanetworkopen&utm_content=wklyforyou&utm_term=111320 

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