The Duchess of Cambridge has recorded a video message to show her support for the United Kingdom’s first Children’s Mental Health Week.
Children’s Mental Health Week runs from today until Friday and has been organised by the charity Place2be, of which Kate Middleton is Royal Patron.
In the video, Kate says: “A child’s mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support. William and I sincerely believe that early action can prevent problems in childhood from turning into larger ones later in life”.
She also makes reference to the “stigma” surrounding mental health adding that children do not always get the help they need.
A statement released by Kensington Palace reads: “As Royal Patron of Place2Be The Duchess of Cambridge is a committed champion of issues related to children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.
“Her Royal Highness has seen that issues such as addiction, poverty, abuse, neglect, loss and illness of family members, can have a long-lasting and traumatic impact if left unsupported.
“The Duchess of Cambridge is especially concerned with early intervention mental health support for young people, to tackle these issues at the earliest possible stage, so that children have the brightest possible futures, as they deserve”.
