Supporting Mental Health in Schools and Colleges – a summary of UK Department of Education’s report

In a 2017 summary report*, the UK Department of Education set out the findings of its research into what English schools and colleges are currently doing to support students with mental health needs and their efforts to promote positive mental health and wellbeing amongst pupils, and their experiences of putting such provisions into practice.

1 March 2018

TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR 3rd National CONFERENCE Naming Nomination

How to Enter The competition will run from 00:01 on 28th February 2018 (the “Opening Date”) to 23:59 on 23 March 2018 (the “Closing Date”). All competition entries must be received by ACAMH by no later than 23:59 on the Closing Date. All nominations received after the Closing Date will not be considered. To enter […]

28 February 2018

Child & Adolescent Mental Health: Through a digital lens

Despite the significant increase, availability and usage of mobile devices by children and teenagers, there is still a lack of evidence to support their safety or effectiveness with vulnerable populations. 

23 February 2018

Child Bereavement

21 February 2018

Informatics

Blogs about informatics in CAMH from the February 2018 edition of The Bridge, ACAMH’s journal of secondary publication.

19 February 2018

The Bridge – Informatics issue

Welcome to this informatics themed edition of the Bridge.

1 February 2018

Minecraft for young people with Autism

The Bridge spoke to Stuart Duncan, who has developed Autcraft – Minecraft for young people with Autism.

1 February 2018

How research on cyberbullying has developed

Prof. Peter K. Smith, Goldsmiths, University of London, England
The topic of cyberbullying is often in the media, because of the distress and harm it can cause. There have been cases where it appears to have contributed significantly to tragic outcomes such as suicide (Livingstone & Smith, 2014).

1 February 2018

Designing services with patients calls for curiosity and empathy

“I took my knowledge from the NHS about involving patients and combined that with design tools from commercial software development,”

1 February 2018

How do new family forms affect children’s mental health?

New family forms, including single-parent households, gay or lesbian parents, and those with children born through assisted reproduction methods like IVF and surrogacy, are becoming ever more common. Professor Susan Golombok, Director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge, elaborates on the impacts of these family forms on children’s mental health.

19 January 2018