Most adolescents with depression are significantly fatigued: What can we do about it?

“Fatigue” describes an extreme state of tiredness or exhaustion. When it is ongoing and not explained by exertion, it can become problematic.

4 June 2019

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

In Conversation… Parenting – Prof. Judy Hutchings & Dr. Margiad Williams

What is harsh parenting? What are the latest interventions? Plus what’s in the pipeline?
All this and more detailed in this podcast with Prof. Judy Hutchings & Dr. Margiad Williams, both Bangor University.

21 May 2019

Reporting of depression symptoms in children with ADHD: do parents know best?

ADHD is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by hyperactive-impulsiveness and inattention. ADHD often co-occurs with emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety. Depression in particular is prominent amongst adolescents with ADHD, and can be difficult to identify as it can have similar features both to ADHD itself and to some of the side effects of ADHD medication.

7 May 2019

Social connectedness and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adolescents

Suicide is a major public health concern claiming over 44,000 lives annually and ranking within the top 10 causes of death for the general population and the 2nd leading cause of death for those aged 15-24 years of age (though there is variation in this when examining causes by racial groups). 

7 May 2019

JCPP Editorial: Volume 60, Issue 05, May 2019

“The psychopathology p factor: will it revolutionise the science and practice of child and adolescent psychiatry?” by Angelica Ronald

29 April 2019

CAMH Editorial: Volume 24, Issue 2, May 2019

Editorial: Debates in scientific practice
What is the purpose of debates?

12 April 2019

Interview with Dr. Arnon Bentovim

Dr Arnon Bentovim, Child and Family Psychiatrist, and founder the Child and Family Practice, talks about child and family training to develop and train evidence-based approaches to assessment, analysis, and intervention.

5 April 2019

‘ADHD and suicidal spectrum behaviors’ Professor Samuele Cortese

In this lecture, Professor Samuele Cortese discusses the recent paper published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Volume 103, August 2019. ‘Association between suicidal spectrum behaviors and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis’ Mathilde Septier, Coline Stordeur, Junhua Zhang, Richard Delorme, Samuele Cortese (2019). ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture. Simply email membership@acamh.org with the day and time you watch it, so we can check the analytics, and we’ll email you your certificate.

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