'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast · The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Mind the Kids - Income(ing): Poverty and Resilience

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Children from the poorest 20% of households are four times more likely to have mental health problems by the age of 11.
Dr. Jane Gilmore and Professor Umar Taseeb interview Dr. Divyanaraja Rakesh from King's College London about how poverty impacts children's cognitive development through executive function, exploring physical, social, and scarcity mindset pathways. They discuss the Moving to Opportunity study showing early intervention matters most, and challenge simplistic views of resilience, arguing it must be supported through structural change rather than just taught as individual skills.

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A careful look at poverty, brain plasticity, and the open questions around resilience.

Mind the Kids treats child poverty as a question of child development and family life, and it moves through brain plasticity and resilience without trying to pretend the answers are simpler than they are.

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You want a research-led look at poverty, resilience, and why timing can matter for children.

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