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Occasional cry-it-out has no adverse effects on infant–mother attachment or behavioural development
The debate over letting an infant ‘cry-it-out’ or responding immediately has been ongoing for decades. Now, researchers at the University of Warwick have provided important evidence to inform this debate.
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Deafness
The most recent study of mental health in deaf children in England showed that 26% in a sample of 144 signing deaf children and young people not currently accessing child mental health services had a probable mental health problem and 57% had a possible mental health problem (Roberts et al, 2015).
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can be used to successfully treat depression, anxiety disorders, some eating disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder.
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Professor Tamsin Ford elected to the prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
Congratulations to ACAMH Board Member Professor Tamsin Ford CBE, one of just 50 biomedical and health scientists elected to the prestigious Academy Fellowship.
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Multi-disciplinary teams are needed to sensitively diagnose autism in Deaf children
An ethnographic study of NHS professionals, who diagnose autism in Deaf children, finds that recognizing the intersections between mental health and Deaf culture is essential for healthcare professionals to make sensitive diagnoses.
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Do audiological classification systems cause more confusion than clarity?
The lack of a single classification system is clearly problematic, not least because it renders intervention studies difficult to interpret and has implications for patient access to services.
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March 2020
The March 2020 edition of The Bridge features research digests on ‘FRIENDS’ and anxiety, CAMHS and technology training, OCD, parenting, autism and more.
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Female pioneers: Dr. Gordana Milavić on consultant child psychiatrist, Dr. Eva Frommer
To celebrate International Women’s Day, three ACAMH luminaries shine the spotlight on the female pioneers of child and adolescent psychology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis, they most admire. “…a true pioneer in recognising that children and young people can suffer with depressive disorders and was the first one to do research in this area,”
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Can ‘FRIENDS’ in school help prevent anxiety?
Researchers in Norway have assessed whether the FRIENDS programme is best used as a prevention measure or as a treatment approach for anxiety in school-aged children.
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