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Early Career Branch
Welcome to the ACAMH Early Career Branch. An early career branch is crucial as it provides young professionals with foundational skills, networking opportunities, and industry insights. It helps them establish a clear career path, fostering growth and development. Access to mentors and peers encourages continuous learning and innovation. Early exposure to real-world challenges enhances problem-solving […]
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Dr. Pasco Fearon- Deputing Editor in Chief
Dr. Pasco Fearon is Chair of Developmental Psychopathology in the Division of Psychology & Language Sciences at University College London (UCL).
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Professor Stephan Collishaw
Professor Stephan Collishaw serves as co-director for the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health and Professor in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section in the Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences at Cardiff University.
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#InspireInclusion: Addressing the Undue Service Burden Placed on Women Faculty in Psychology
Psychology is often highlighted as a STEM field that has “overcome” the gender gap present in academia; while it is true that significant progress has been made in our field over the last 20 years, gender gaps still remain with regard to service responsibilities. This burden is one contributor to the well-established differences in publication and grant rates and the under-representation of women at the full professor level. This blog highlights literature on this topic and some strategies for overcoming this undue service burden.
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Dr. Daniel Shaw
Dr. Daniel Shaw is the Director of the Center for Parents and Children and the Pitt Parents and Children Laboratory. He also serves as Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, with joint appointments in the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry in the School of Medicine, the School of Education, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and Center for Social and Urban Research.
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The Role of Early Childhood Education in Supporting the Mental Health of Children
Professor Kathy Sylva OBE delivered this Keynote lecture ‘The Role of Early Childhood Education in Supporting the Mental Health of Children’ on Thursday 9 November at the ACAMH Awards. Professor Sylva was the recipient of ACAMH’s Michael Rutter Medal for Lifetime Contribution to Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
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Are some children genetically predisposed to poor sleep? A polygenic risk study in the general population
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Children who are genetically predisposed to insomnia have more insomnia-like sleep problems, whereas those who are genetically predisposed to longer sleep have longer sleep duration, but are also more awake during the night in adolescence.’ Desana Kocevska (pic) et al.
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Mentalisation – MBT-F (Based Treatment for Families) – recording
Professor Dr. K. ‘Eia’ Asen introduced the principles of Mentalization Informed Systemic Therapy (MIST) developed by Eia and Professor Peter Fonagy.
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