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

February 2020 issue – The Bridge attachment edition

This edition of The Bridge features paternal attachment, early caregiving, disinhibited social engagement behaviour, adolescent security and a parent’s perspective on attachment and adoption.

30 January 2020

January 2020 issue – The Bridge ADHD edition

Special edition of The Bridge on ADHD, includes guidelines on service transition for young people, substance use, emotional impulsivity, emotion dysregulation, diagnosis and misdiagnosis.

2 January 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

Ask the Expert ‘Screen Time & Mental Health – Balancing the positive with the negative’

This FREE online event is exclusively for Teachers, and offers insights into the latest evidence-base, together with practical advice to help you help your pupils. It is the first in a series of free sessions exclusively for Teachers, and is an exciting new partnership between ACAMH and Coram Life Education (CLE).

Event type

Teacher Exclusive Event

June 2020 – The Bridge

Includes ‘Are social networking sites contributing to depression and anxiety symptoms in young people?’

12 June 2020

Parental Mental Illness Special Edition

Welcome to The Bridge. In this edition we focus on parental mental illness and its effect on children. This is published in advance of the ACAMH conference “Parental Mental Illness – Supporting children and young people who live with a parent with a mental illness”.

28 October 2019

Neuroscience Edition

Welcome to this Neuroscience themed edition of The Bridge.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is currently promoting the neurosciences in its curriculum, for training Psychiatrists of the future. One of the many reasons for this is to develop more “Parity of Esteem” between physical and mental health conditions.

1 August 2019

Addiction & Substance Use – Ask The Expert (recording)

For this session for teachers and education professionals we welcomed Dr. Paolo Deluca to share his knowledge and insights into addiction and substance use amongst young people.

10 November 2022

The Bridge Quiz 1

Test your knowledge of the articles in The Bridge New Issue 1.

13 December 2021