Research, references and other resources

• RCGP topic guide on children and young people (physical and mental health)
• Consultations with young people with mental health problems: a practical guide
• The Adolescent Health Group provides a forum for GPs and practitioners who have an interest in adolescent health to come together.
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health eLearning course - enables you to recognise the most common presentations of mental health difficulties in children and young people.
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) course - a suite of eLearning modules and screencasts on various aspects of ADHD.
• Autistic spectrum conditions eLearning course
• Self-harm: Five minutes to change your practice
• Consultations with patients on the autistic spectrum: Five minutes to change your practice
• Children’s mental health: Five minutes to change your practice
• Personality disorder: Five minutes to change your practice

Empirical research studies in general practice that have findings which inform the framework:

• Mughal F, Chew-Graham C, Townsend E, et al. How GPs can help young people avoid future self-harm: a qualitative study. BJGP 2024; 74 (749): e832-e838
• Mughal F, Ougrin D, Stephens L, et al. Assessment and management of self-harm and suicide risk in young people. BMJ 2024;386:e073515

The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative Resilience Scale - a proven tool for helping people understand how resilience is built and maintained.

‘Resilience’ - a 2-minute video introducing the concepts of trauma and resilience

‘All emotions are ok’ - free PDF version of a book which is designed to help parents and carers explore and discuss emotions and feelings with children and young people.

• Cortese S, Besag F, Clark B, et al. Common practical questions – and answers – at the British Association for Psychopharmacology child and adolescent psychopharmacology course. British Association for Psychopharmacology. Journal of Psychopharmacology 2022; 1-16.
• ACAMH guides - Each mental health Guide contains ACAMH evidence-based research.
• NICE Mental Health Guidelines - This webpage covers all NICE’s guidelines on mental health, including for children and young people. The table presents the guidelines alphabetically. Updates planned or in progress and areas they are actively monitoring are listed for each guideline, and there are links to the individual update pages for more information.
• Royal College of Psychiatrists Psychopharmacology Committee. Use of licensed medicines for unlicensed applications in psychiatric practice. 2nd edition. CR210.
• Sharma A, Arango C, Coghill D, et al. BAP Position Statement: Off-label prescribing of psychotropic medication to children and adolescents. British Association for Psychopharmacology. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 2016; 30(5): 416-421.

• Personalised Care Institute - Accredited for working with children, young people and families.
• Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University - This site contains lots of information on child development and how to combat the effects of adversity.
• The ATTUNE Project is made up of a varied group of academics, creative practitioners, and healthcare professionals from all over the UK working together to help support the mental health and wellbeing of young people. They are working with organisations and young people to co-produce a resource to help organisations work in more trauma-informed ways. The project is scheduled to complete in August 2025, when more resources will be available online.
• The UK Trauma Council produces evidence-based resources to improve professionals’ and carers’ understanding of the nature and impact of trauma.
• The Royal College of Psychiatrists website hosts documents and resources for the psychiatry specialist training scheme, including child and adolescent psychiatry. Although the curriculum isn’t designed for GPs with an extended role, and it should not be used in this way, the content may be helpful for GPwERs in identifying learning needs and opportunities for further professional development.
• Rock Pool is a community interest company who work with the NHS – amongst other organisations – to train front-line staff in delivering trauma-informed care.

• American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR). 2023.
• Attune Project. 
• NHS England. Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2023. 2023.
• NICE. Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence. 2022.
• RCGP. GP Curriculum. [Online]
• RCGP. RCGP Guide to Clinical Extended Roles. 2021.
• The Cass Review. Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People. 2024.
• World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision. 2022.