Addiction & Substance Use – Ask The Expert

FREE ONLINE EVENT FOR TEACHERS. Dr. Paolo Deluca to share his knowledge and insights into addiction and substance use amongst young people. Given the vastness of this topic, attention will be given to trends and prevalence of substance use and the risks and consequences of frequent and long-term drug use.

Event type

Teachers and other Education Professionals

Location

LIVE STREAM

Research Review: Examining harmful impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures on parents and carers in the United Kingdom: A rapid review

Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “This rapid review aimed to appraise the available evidence on the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK parents and carers”. Hope Christie (pic) et al.

19 August 2022

Adventurous Play: A Prevention For Anxiety

As part of ACAMH’s celebration of Playday, the national day for play (3 August 2022), we are joined by Professor Helen Dodd to discuss child mental health and the importance of adventurous play.

1 August 2022

Refugee Week 2022; Encouraging Inclusivity, Resilience, and the Right to be Safe

This Refugee Week (20 – 26 June), we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks. We have gathered a range of FREE learning resources from leading academics, clinicians, and researchers to raise awareness this Refugee Week.

20 June 2022

COMET; Student Mental Health and Single-Session Interventions

For this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Maria Loades to discuss the Common Elements Toolbox (COMET), a study testing a digital intervention to help university students improve their wellbeing.

6 June 2022

How to Cope When Your Child Can’t: How parents can help themselves and each other

This free session uses the latest evidence-based research, and examples from parents to help us understand what we can and cannot do; to help us to accept any distress, worry, anxiety, sadness or loss of control in our situations; to see that we can tolerate these things; and to know that there are ways to move forward.

Event type

Talk with Q&A

Location

LIVE STREAM

Sleep and Screen Time – Pedagogy in practice

This FREE online event is exclusively for teachers and school leaders, and offers insights into best practice in supporting children and adolescents to understand sleep and the importance of good quality sleep, as well as the potential impacts (positive and negative!) of screen time, building on the latest evidence base.

Event type

Teacher Exclusive Event

Location

LIVE STREAM

CAMHS around the Campfire journal club – Technology-delivered CBT for pediatric anxiety disorders

FREE SESSION [Booking Closed] For this session we are pleased to welcome Dr. Matti Cervin (pic), Lund University and Dr Tobias Lundgren, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, to discuss their JCPP paper ‘Technology-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis of remission, posttreatment anxiety, and functioning’.

Event type

Informal Journal Club

Location

LIVE STREAM

ADHD, Comorbidity, and Longitudinal Research

In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Aja Murray, winner of ACAMH’s Kathy Sylva ‘Rising Star’ Award 2021, about her research into developmental aspects of mental health phenotypes and their comorbidity, with a particular interest in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

4 April 2022

Myth Busting: Autism – children and adolescents

To celebrate Autism Awareness Week we are putting on this FREE webinar, to look at the evidence-base, focus on the facts, and bust some myths when it comes to Autism. Join our hosts Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian, and Dr. Marianna Murin, both specialists in the field of Autism, plus we’ll also have a live discussion to answer your questions.

Event type

Webinar

Location

Online