Beth Cumber

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Beth is a Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the University of Sheffield. She has a clinical background of working with children and young people as a Mental Health Nurse and CBT therapist and of working with mental health nursing students as a Teaching Fellow. Beth’s research interests include childhood adversity, trauma informed care, early intervention, eating disorders and child and adolescent mental health care.

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Mental health admissions to medical wards: 65% increase in a decade for young people

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Mental health admissions to acute medical wards rose 65% for young people in England (2012-2022), with eating disorder admissions up 515% and anxiety admissions doubling in 10 years. Self-harm admissions accounted for more than half of the total. Adolescent girls by far the biggest group affected.

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Prevention is where it’s at for children and young people’s mental health

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Beth Cumber summarises an umbrella review investigating the effectiveness of preventive interventions for children and young people at-risk of developing mental health problems.

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Are crisis responses for children and young people effective?

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Beth Cumber summarises the CAMH‐Crisis project – a large systematic review exploring crisis response interventions for children and young people, with a focus on effectiveness, lived experiences and service organisation.

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