Professor Terrie Moffitt – Epidemiology – ‘Future challenges for the science of child psychology and psychiatry’

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

18 March 2019

Does late‐onset attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder exist? JCPP Annual Research Review 2019

Professor Philip Asherson and Dr Jessica Agnew‐Blais discuss their paper.

15 March 2019

Responding to a Digital Generation

Considering the impact of digital media on the mental health of young people, both positive and negative, and how we can support them. Key learning points Identify the issues young people face living in today’s digital world Lived experience of the impact of digital media with children and young people Understand the benefits and challenges […]

Event type

Conference

Location

Glasgow

Conduct Disorders and Aggression edition

Children and young people with conduct disorders often have additional comorbid learning difficulties, neurodevelopmental or mental health disorders, so it is important to be able to assess, recognise and offer appropriate interventions. The effects on a young person’s future and society may be significant if not managed well. 

6 March 2019

Cortical thickness can differentiate conduct disorder subtypes

A study by Graeme Fairchild and colleagues has used a neuroimaging approach to compare the structural organization (or “covariance”) of brain regions between youths with different subtypes of conduct disorder (CD) and healthy controls (HC).

6 March 2019

Parenting practices that support the sensation-seeking child

Sensation-seeking is a personality trait of people who go after varied, novel, complex and intense situations and experiences. Sensation-seekers are even willing to take risks in the pursuit of such experiences. Until now, research has primarily focused on how sensation seeking relates to the development of undesirable behaviours, including drug and alcohol abuse, high risk sexual behaviours (like unprotected sex or having multiple partners), gambling and delinquency.

6 March 2019

Psychological interventions have a small but significant effect in young children with conduct disorder

In 2017, Mireille Bakker and colleagues performed a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, of the currently available psychological treatments for children and adolescents with conduct disorder problems. Here, we summarise the researcher’s key findings and the potential clinical implications for this field.

6 March 2019

CAMH Editorial: Volume 24, Issue 1, February 2019

The way I see it is that CAMH should continue to grow to become one of the leading sources for clinically relevant knowledge worldwide. I would like you, our readers, to think of CAMH whenever you need clinical advice.

1 March 2019

Mental health needs among young refugee populations

How do we effectively respond to the mental health and well-being needs of young unaccompanied refugees and asylum seekers living in Bristol and beyond?  Co-produced by ACAMH, Creative Youth Network, Art Refuge UK Takeaways and learning points Better understand the cultural, social and mental health needs of young unaccompanied refugees and asylum seekers, and how […]

Event type

Day Conference

Location

Bristol

Sleep and Mental Health

Sleep difficulties are common in children and adolescents, especially in some high-risk groups, such as young people with developmental difficulties or mental health problems. Clinicians working in paediatric or child mental health settings need an understanding of sleep disorders. It is important to know how sleep disturbance impacts on a young person’s physical and cognitive […]

Event type

Conference

Location

Edinburgh