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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Self-harm Masterclass ‘Therapeutic Assessment for adolescents with self-harm’

    Therapeutic Assessment is a brief intervention for young people presenting with self-harm in an emergency. The assessment consists of identifying the vicious cycle of self-harm in the form of a diagram, followed by a collaborative development of an “exit”, a way of breaking the cycle and moving forward. Therapeutic Assessment is linked with improved engagement […]

    Event type
    Day Conference
    Location
    London
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  • ADHD Masterclass

    Learning outcomes and key takeaways Consider whether therapeutic intervention for ADHD depends on scientific progress Understand the role of genetic and environmental factors in the aetiology of ADHD, and the implications for treatment Recognise that ADHD is a neuro-biologically heterogeneous condition, and ask whether it is important to tailor treatments to address different causal profiles […]

    Event type
    Masterclass
    Location
    London
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    Child Bereavement

    This conference covered a broad array of child bereavement topics.

    Event type
    Day Conference
    Location
    Cardiff
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  • Focusing on adolescent mental health

    Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and Conference 2018 – Focusing on Adolescent Mental Health

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    Event type
    National Conference
    Location
    London
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    Gender in 2017: Meeting the needs of gender diverse children and young people with mental health difficulties

    Conference review and resources from ‘Gender in 2017: Meeting the needs of gender diverse children and young people with mental health difficulties held by the ACAMH Avon Branch.

    Event type
    Day Conference
    Location
    Bristol
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