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  • Eating Disorders Awareness Week

    Eating Disorders – Perception, Prevention, Intervention

    According to the World Health Organisation, in 2019 almost 3 million children and young people, worldwide, experienced eating disorders. This Eating Disorder Awareness Week (27 February – 5 March 2023), we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks.

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  • Marie Young

    Eating Disorders and CAMHS – Real Life Insights

    Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, are not straight forward; to celebrate eating disorder awareness week, we spoke to Marie Young (pic), a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Eating Disorders Specialist Nurse, and Bea Fenske, an Eating Disorders Nurse, from Community Eating Disorders Service (CEDS) Bedfordshire and Luton CAMHS, to give us an overview of what it is like to work in a Community Eating Disorders Service.

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  • Dr. Nora Trompeter

    How England’s calorie labelling policy is impacting young people

    Last year the government introduced the out-of-home calorie labelling policy in England to help people make informed nutritional decisions as part of a broader strategy to reduce rates of obesity. However, little is known about how this policy impacts young people’s mental health, especially those with lived experience of eating disorders. Here we summarise the existing research and highlight areas for further investigation.

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  • Dr. Lucy Maddox

    Nature based interventions in CAMHS wards can benefit patients and staff: helpful ideas from a qualitative practice-based paper

    There is evidence that our surroundings matter, both psychologically and physically. Where we spend our time has an impact on how we feel. Much of what we have learnt about this comes from research in hospital settings.

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  • Depressed teenager

    Depression: Identifying and Supporting Children and Young People (recording)

    This webinar covers an especially important topic, particularly following the pandemic, as children may struggle to articulate how they are feeling, and parents/teachers may not know how to approach the child.

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  • Child and Adolescent Resilience and Mental Health

    Let’s Connect – Children’s Mental Health Week 2023

    With the theme of Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 being ‘Let’s Connect’, Rasanat Fatima Nawaz and Professor Tamsin Ford explore the importance of connectedness in promoting mental health and well-being for children and young people.

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  • Children’s Mental Health Week 2023

    Let’s Connect – Creating Meaningful Connections to Support Mental Health

    Now in its ninth year, Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 focuses on the theme of ‘Let’s Connect’; encouraging the need for meaningful connections to support our mental health and wellbeing. With this in mind, do explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and do share with your networks and colleagues.

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  • jcpp advances

    JCPP Advances selected for coverage in APA PsycINFO

    ACAMH open access journal JCPP Advances has been selected for coverage in APA PsycINFO, beginning with the 2023 volume.

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  • Little boy standing at the grave of his parents in the graveyard

    Bereavement, Grief, and Loss – Ask The Expert (recording)

    For this session we welcomed Dr. Tina Rae to share her knowledge and insights into the complex subject of bereavement, grief and loss. In this session, loss will be considered in its broader sense; taking into consideration the impacts of the pandemic and other global crises that are affecting families and young people. 

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  • Mindful Emotion Coaching

    Mindful Emotion Coaching (recording)

    This free session is the fourth of ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group Monthly seminars. In this session we discuss ‘Mindful Emotion Coaching’.

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