Can this app help autistic people with anxiety?

Available on the Apple App Store today, Molehill Mountain is the first evidence-led smartphone app aiming to help autistic adults understand and self-manage their own anxiety. The app has been developed by UK research charity Autistica and researchers at King’s College London with input from autistic people. 

10 July 2018

Just one of the challenges for paediatricians

Before getting involved with ACAMH Max said he was wary of joining a “talking shop” but saw immediately that the organisation was active in engaging the broader mental health community.

25 June 2018

ASD and Mental Health Masterclass

This full day training is the equivalent of 6 hours CPD, and is suitable for those who have an advanced knowledge of the treatment and management of children and young people with an ASD diagnosis. Mental health problems commonly co-occur with ASD, yet these problems often go untreated. This Masterclass offers both clinicians and researchers […]

Event type

Masterclass

Location

Dublin

European experts develop a new framework to screen early ASD

Early detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can improve outcomes for children, yet the effectiveness and validity of universal screening methods has been questioned. Now, researchers have created a new framework to generate a valid early ASD screening method using a novel approach based on “face and content validity”.

9 May 2018

The challenge: Getting research interventions into community where they are needed

This article is a summary of the paper published in JCPP – Hybrid implementation model of community‐partnered early intervention for toddlers with autism: a randomized trial.

9 May 2018

Early ASD intervention promotes academic achievement

Rigorous screening for learning difficulties is required for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), as a significant minority of affected individuals with average cognitive skills show academic delays, according to a new study.

9 May 2018

Compensating for ASD: masking the truth?

“Compensation” is a phenomenon by which individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) show improvements in overt symptoms, namely their understanding of others (“theory-of-mind”, ToM), despite persisting deficits at the cognitive and neurobiological levels.

9 May 2018

Autism Symposium

Thanks for attending our live stream, ‘Autism Symposium’. We hope you enjoyed it. For more resources, check out ACAMH’s events, podcasts, blogs and topic guides. You can hear more from expert speakers on Autism at the Jack Tizard Memorial Lecture and Conerence on 7 and 8 June at the Royal College of Physicians. As an incentive to attend the day […]

2 May 2018

Jack Tizard Virtual Issue on Autism and Learning Disabilities

To complement the Jack Tizard Conference on Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders, we have created this Virtual Issue of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP) and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health journal (CAMH) collating recent papers published on these topics. All papers in the collection are freely available online until 30th June 2018. Clinical Research on Intellectual […]

25 April 2018

Autism & Intellectual Disabilities – Expert analysis, new research: what works

The Jack Tizard Memorial Lecture and Conference will be held over 2 days, day one focussing on Intellectual Disabilities, day two on Autism.  Under the theme ‘Expert analysis, new research: what works’ you will hear from world-leading experts delivering the latest evidence and best practice examples, that will shape people’s knowledge. Sharing new research, disseminating […]

Event type

National Conference

Location

London