Intervention

  • Sam Goldstein

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

    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.

    Event type
    Masterclass
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Pim Cuijpers

    Prevention and treatment of depression in children and adolescents

    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.

    Event type
    Introductory and Update Session
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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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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  • Cries. Poor fair-haired little girl closing her ears and sitting in the armchair while her parents shouting at her

    Words Matter: Understanding, Impact, and Prevention of Childhood Verbal Abuse

    Set of three webinars on Childhood Verbal Abuse (CVA). This is characterised by adults shouting, yelling, denigrating, and verbally threatening the child. These types of adult actions can be as damaging to a child’s development as other currently recognized and forensically established subtypes of maltreatment such as childhood physical and sexual abuse.

    Event type
    3 x90min webinars
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Dr. Shuo Zhang

    From COP29 to Net Zero Mental Health Care: What does it mean for Child and Adolescent Mental Health professionals?

    Climate change and biodiversity loss are affecting the mental health of children and young people worldwide. Although many of us care deeply about ecological issues, they can seem less relevant to clinical practice and research. In this blog, Dr Shuo Zhang and Shailpriya Nand briefly summarise the literature on climate change and youth mental health before considering how Child and Adolescent Mental Health professionals can play a vital role in both reducing the carbon costs of healthcare and strengthening population mental health.

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  • Emeritus Professor Philip Graham

    Sixty-Five Years Working With Children

    Emeritus Professor Philip Graham delivered this Keynote lecture ‘Sixty-Five Years Working With Children’, on Thursday 7 November at the 2024 ACAMH Awards. Professor Graham was the recipient of ACAMH’s Michael Rutter Medal for Lifetime Contribution to Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

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    Assessing and understanding trauma: bridging the gap between research and practice

    The session will provide a bridge between research and clinical contexts of measuring trauma and adverse life experiences in looked-after children populations. Dr Saul Hillman, Richard Cross, and Katharine Anderson present

    Event type
    Talk with Q&A
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Dr. Cornelius Ani

    Dr. Cornelius Ani – Deputy Editor in Chief

    Dr. Cornelius Ani is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Division of Psychiatry, Imperial College London, and a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the African Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Dr Ani is responsible for the Letters to the Editor section and he contributes editorial expertise in the area of Low and Middle Income Countries, inequalities, and physical health.

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    Trauma Aware Education

    Dr. Judith Howard, Associate Professor of Education at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and Dr. Lyra L’Estrange, Senior Lecturer in Education at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), will lead this session on Trauma Aware Education on ‘An education system solution to the complex systemic problem of child abuse and neglect: One Australian university’s approach’.

    Event type
    Live Stream
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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