Mood Disorders

Fluctuations in mood to the extremities of feeling can have a negative effect on your general emotional state. These Mood Disorders can interfere with your ability to effectively function. At times the individual can be disproportionately sad, have feelings of emptiness or irritability, together with times of depression interchanging with periods of extreme happiness or […]

Event type

Day Conference

Location

Southampton

Risk of serious harm to self, and others

Risk of serious harm, to self and others, is an important topic to discuss. When should we be concerned, and what can we do? With the rise in the prevalence of mental health difficulties in children and young people, there is an increasing need to recognise the range and degree of risks presented by young […]

Event type

Conference

Location

Southampton

Southern Research Day – April 2019, Member content

15 April 2019

Dr Anula Nikapota – R.I.P.

It is with great sadness that I have to inform you Dr Anula Nikapota died on 4 April, suddenly while on holiday with her family. We are very shocked by her sudden death. Many of us will remember Anula for her many accomplishments for ACAMH on top of her great expertise clinically and educationally.

8 April 2019

‘The use of Lurasidone in children and adolescents’ Dr. Jonathan Channing

Dr. Jonathan Channing lecture on  The use of Lurasidone in children and adolescents’. This was recorded on 4 April 2019 at the ACAMH Southern Branch Research Day. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

4 April 2019

Autism Awareness Day 2019

Celebrating Autism Awareness Day 2019 we want to make you aware of the free resources we have.

2 April 2019

Children with ASD at heightened risk for maltreatment

A study conducted by researchers at the University of South Carolina is the first to provide empirical evidence from population-level data that maltreatment is elevated in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) relative to the general population.

29 March 2019

What is the effect of post-institutionalisation? A research digest

Research digest on DePasquale, Donzella and Gunnar’s (2018) study, which was published JCPP ‘Pubertal recalibration of cortisol reactivity following early life stress: a cross‐sectional analysis’.

26 March 2019

Welcoming our new JCPP editors

We are excited to welcome five new members to the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP) editorial board. With their wide-ranging expertise and many years of cultivated academic prowess, they are an immensely valuable addition to the team.

21 March 2019

Professor Robert Plomin – Genetics – ‘Future challenges for the science of child psychology and psychiatry’

Recorded lecture from Professor Robert Plomin, at the Wellcome Collection, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

18 March 2019