The NSPCC-funded research programme will enable experts at Birmingham's Institute for Mental Health and the Centre for Applied Psychology to explore the best way to provide effective help and support to children who contact the charity through its Childline service, the university has said.
The partnership has been set up in response to increasing numbers of children contacting Childline with concerns about mental health difficulties and suicide.
During the height of lockdown - between March and the end of May - counsellors delivered around 17,000 sessions to children concerned about their mental health and wellbeing and suicide.
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