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In Conversation… Harmful Sexual Behaviour
What might predispose a young person to harming sexually? What are the warning signs? And what does it mean to go beyond criminal justice to a public health approach?
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Depression
Research digests about depression from the September 2018 edition of The Bridge, ACAMH’s journal of secondary publication.
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Depression – Foreword from the Editor
Welcome to this edition of The Bridge which focuses on depression.
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Does mental health awareness do more harm than good? A response from Prof Tamsin Ford to The Spectator
The Spectator recently published an article on mental health awareness. Professor Tamsin Ford responds, “The dismissive tone of the article is unfortunate and undermines the important point that the author could have made, which is that policy should be evidence-based and evaluated for unexpected consequences.”
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 59, Issue 08, August 2018
“Sweet nothings – the value of negative findings for scientific progress” by A.J. (Tineke) Oldehinkel
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Be part of the advancement of child and adolescent mental health
ACAMH members get full access to the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, the leading international journal covering both child and adolescent psychology and psychiatry, and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health journal, fostering evidence-based clinical practice and clinically orientated research. Complete this form to receive a £10 voucher towards ACAMH membership or one of […]
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Self-Harm & Suicide Issue
As a clinician, it certainly does feel that more and more young people are being referred, following self harm or with suicidal ideas, to the CAMHS service I work in. This nationwide increase in numbers is acknowledged in recent government reports, which are summarised in this edition.
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Be part of the advancement of child and adolescent mental health
ACAMH members get full access to the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, the leading international journal covering both child and adolescent psychology and psychiatry, and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health journal, fostering evidence-based clinical practice and clinically orientated research. Complete this form to receive a £10 voucher towards ACAMH membership or one of […]
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In Conversation… Fussy Eating
Many parents naturally worry whether their child is getting enough food if they refuse to eat sometimes. It would appear to be normal for young children to refuse to eat or even taste new foods but what is the science and evidence behind this? Are there interventions that parents can take?
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Targeting the neural task-control circuitry to enhance self-regulatory control in bulimia nervosa
Previous research has found that bulimia nervosa is associated with dysregulated self-regulatory control, as a result of anatomical and functional disturbances to the neural task-control circuitry in the brain.
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