Mental health

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    Early Intervention in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities – This is how we do it in Dorset

    The theme of this event is service innovation and delivery. We will showcase two excellent initiatives/areas of good practice within Dorset Healthcare involving our trailblazers Mental Health Support Team (MHST) and specialist Pan Dorset Intellectual Disability CAMHS.

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    Embedding Evolutionary Psychiatry into the Educational Frontline

    Evolutionary psychiatry examines mental health through the lens of evolutionary biology, focusing on ultimate causes like gene-environment interactions and evolutionary mismatches rather than just proximate mechanisms. This approach highlights how traits once adaptive in ancestral environments may now contribute to mental health vulnerabilities. This is sure to be a truly fascinating and valuable session.

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  • Sam Goldstein

    Fostering Resilience in Challenging Times: Practical Guidelines for Pediatric Mental Health Professionals

    Early bird for first 50 places! In today’s complex youth mental health landscape, professionals play a key role in equipping young people with the skills to navigate adversity. This two-part masterclass, led by world-renowned pediatric neuropsychologist Dr. Sam Goldstein bridges cutting-edge research with practical applications.

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    Masterclass
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  • Pim Cuijpers

    Prevention and treatment of depression in children and adolescents

    EARLY BIRD OFFER! Emeritus Professor Pim Cuijpers – I will give an overview of the research on preventing the onset of major depression in youth and will show that prevention is indeed possible but also faces important challenges in terms of effectiveness and implementation.

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  • Ariadna Albajara Saenz

    From Valencia to Understanding the Mental Health Impacts of Floods on Children and Young People

    Floods are the most common type of natural disaster, with 1.81 billion people facing significant flood risk worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Among those affected, children and young people are especially vulnerable due to limited coping strategies compared to adults and high dependence on caregivers. Despite this, research on the impacts of floods on their mental health remains scarce.

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  • The STADIA Trial: Exploring clinical and cost effectiveness

    Many children and young people with diagnosable mental health disorders are not receiving timely help, says new research.
    Press release by The University of Nottingham for new paper published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry by Kapil Sayal et al.

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  • Creating Positive Change through Self-Awareness and Expression

    Children’s Mental Health Week (3 – 9 February 2025) serves as a fantastic opportunity to look further at how we can empower, equip, and give a voice to children and young people, as well as encourage positive change with regards to their mental health and well-being.

    By focusing on ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’, alongside our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’, we encourage you to focus on how we, as a society, can help encourage children and young people to feel empowered in sharing their experiences in order to improve children’s and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

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  • Bill Yule

    Celebrating the life and work of Professor William Yule

    Emeritus Professor William ‘Bill’ Yule passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at home on 5 November 2023. Near the one year anniversary of his death, friends, family and colleagues gathered at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience to celebrate his life and work.

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  • Invitation to submit nominations for the 2025 Helmut Remschmidt

    A message from our colleagues at IACAPAP. We are delighted to invite you to submit nominations for the 2025 Helmut Remschmidt Research Seminar (HRRS2025) which will be held from 7-12 September 2025 at Kloster Irsee, Germany. The HRRS2025 will have a particular focus on emerging researchers from the European Region with a theme of “Empowering child and adolescent mental health through evidence-based approaches”.

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