We know that mental health problems run in families, but is there anything that we can do to prevent this from happening?  This symposium pulls together a range of groundbreaking work, looking at the impact on children of intervening with their parents.

Professor Sam Cartwright-Hatton (University of Sussex) will discuss the impact on children of simply treating the parent's mental health. The findings may surprise you (and not in a good way)!

Dr Abigail Dunn (University of Surrey) will discuss the results of new, preventive, psychological interventions that target the transmission of anxiety disorders from parents to children. In particular, she will describe the results of a recent, very large RCT of an intervention aimed at preventing anxiety in the children of highly anxious parents. 

Professor Steve Jones (University of Lancaster) will discuss his research which explores the impact of supporting parenting in parents who have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.