Enhancing young people’s mental wellbeing through digital technology

Now more than ever we need to be considering the impact of digital media on the mental health of young people, both positive and negative, and how we can support them. We will discuss the key challenges faced in relation to child and adolescent mental health in the fast-paced digital environment. 

Event type

Live Stream

Location

LIVE STREAM

September 2020 – The Bridge

The month of September is a challenging time for young people, as they start a new school year. September 2020 will be particularly difficult for many, as they must also deal with the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing, as well as the effects of increasing financial pressures on families.

9 September 2020

May 2020 – The Bridge

Includes general ‘Mental Health in Deaf Children’ and ‘Accessing good communication – Deaf children in a mental health assessment’

7 May 2020

Christian Boakye: What it’s like to be a Speech and Language Therapist

Christian Boakye shares some of his working life as a Speech and Language Therapist working in young offenders institutes.

2 April 2020

Gillian Davies: What it’s like to be a Speech and Language Therapist

Gillian Davies talks about what it’s like to be a speech and language therapist in the Evelina London Community Speech and Language Therapy service (Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust)

2 April 2020

Can transdiagnostic CBT improve outcomes in children with ASD?

Transdiagnostic interventions apply the same underlying treatment principles across mental disorders, research in relation to ASD

27 March 2020

March 2020 – The Bridge

This edition of The Bridge features research digests on ‘FRIENDS’ and anxiety, CAMHS and technology training, OCD and anxiety, parenting, autism and more.

28 February 2020

December 2019 issue – The Bridge

Summaries include; if parental consanguinity predicts the severity of Autistic symptoms; study the transmission of intergenerational anxiety in families; systematic review into the effectiveness of available interventions to treat PTSD; the efficacy of teacher assessments vs exams to assess performance in UK schools; relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and extreme demand avoidance in young people with Autism; and how fluctuations in external environmental noise affect the developing Autonomic Nervous System in babies.

28 November 2019

In Conversation… ADHD with Dr Sinead Rhodes

In this podcast, Dr Sinead Rhodes discusses ADHD and neurodevelopmental disorders with freelance journalist Jo Carlowe. Sinead discusses her latest research, cognitive factors underlying mental health and tailored interventions.

8 August 2019

Assessment and diagnosis in children with neurodevelopmental problems

This conference focusses on assessment and diagnosis in children with neurodevelopmental problems, and is delivered by ACAMH’s Neurodevelopmental Special Interest Group (SIG). Neurodevelopmental disorders are a neglected area of mental health practice, little mentioned in recent government policy documents. The evidence base is strong in theory but often hard to put into practice at the […]

Event type

Conference

Location

London