World-class research into mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions
Approximately 1 in 5 (around 20-23%) children and young people aged 8 to 25 in England have a probable mental health condition. There is also an increased recognition that children with neurodevelopmental conditions, like ADHD, can sometimes experience problems with mental health.
The King's Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People was created to meet these challenges. It brings together Europe’s largest collaboration of clinicians and academics to find new ways to support children and young people.
Who we are
We are a partnership between:
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)
- With support from Maudsley Charity
Our mission is to find new ways to predict, prevent, and treat mental health conditions in children and young people and improve support for those with neurodevelopmental conditions. We aim to turn research, evidence, and innovation into better services locally, nationally, and globally.
The Partnership brings together researchers, clinicians, children and families to ask and answer important questions on children’s mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions. We want to understand the challenges and create new, innovative ways of helping, today and in the future.
Professor Philip Shaw, Director, King’s Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People
We bring together world-leading experts in children’s mental health and neurodiversity, who are pushing forward our understanding of the causes of mental health challenges, and creating new forms of help. Our clinicians are leaders in their fields, and provide highly specialised care, as well as working in our local communities.
This depth and breadth of expertise, combined with our exceptional shared clinical and research setting, means that discoveries made here can reach the children and families who need them faster than anywhere else in the world.
Our strategy sets out how we will work together to improve outcomes for children and young people, and how we collaborate to create lasting change.
Where we work
We are based at the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People in South London - a leading facility, where clinical care and cutting-edge research into children’s mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions happen hand in hand.
Designed for, and by, children and young people, it is a space that feels less like a hospital and more like a community.