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New Prizes Announced by ACAMH
ACAMH is keen to recognise individuals whose work advances our understanding of mental health in children and young people – blue skies science as well as ways services and practices can foster mental health.
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Children with a language disorder are vulnerable to sexual abuse
Preliminary data suggest that children with language disorder may be at an increased risk of child sexual abuse (CSA),1,2 but few have studied the CSA experiences, disclosure patterns or reactions to disclosure in these children.
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Raising Awareness for Body Dysmorphic Disorder
BDD is not something that clinicians always think of, so what are the symptoms that we should be looking out for and what evidence-based treatments can help relieve the symptoms that people experience?
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Laser Sig Vicky Slonims – slides London 25 Oct
Slides will be available for download when they are made available to us. Last updated Mon 7 Oct.
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In Conversation… Reducing mental health problems in schools
Dr Sophie Browning is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working on whole school approaches to mental health. In this podcast with psychology journalist Jo Carlowe, she discusses an innovative cognitive behavioural therapy approach for reducing anxiety and mental health problems in schools. You can listen to this podcast on SoundCloud or iTunes.
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Functional Family Therapy does not reduce ASB or offending in youths
A randomized controlled trial has found that Functional Family Therapy (FFT) plus Management As Usual (MAU) does not significantly reduce youth antisocial behaviour (ASB) or offending compared to MAU alone.
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Police contact during adolescence can delay female psychosocial maturation
Over the past 30 years, the rate of female juvenile arrests in the USA has almost doubled. Despite this rapid increase, most research into juvenile delinquency has primarily focused on males.
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Welcome to Dr Dennis Ougrin
Our new Editor in Chief of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health journal.
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Depression is highly prevalent but under-reported in children with ADHD
Researchers at Cardiff University have investigated whether the symptoms of depression observed in patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) differ from those reported in the general population.
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How does my lived experience inform my nursing practice?
“Being a CAMHS nurse allows me to be creative and to try to incorporate the most memorable care I received into my practice.”
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