In Conversation… Professor Kathy Sylva

Hear from Professor Kathy Sylva OBE on her research which has explored early education and children’s development, parenting interventions, and the impact of children’s centres on families.

15 May 2018

In Conversation… Professor Tamsin Ford

Tamsin Ford is a Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Exeter Medical School. While Tamsin set out on her career path aiming to become an old age psychiatrist working as a clinician, she ended up as a child psychiatrist working in research. Discover more about Tamsin’s career and her research group assessing the effectiveness of services and interventions which aim to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

10 May 2018

‘Building psychologically informed Forensic CAMHS’ Dr James Millington

Dr. James Millington on ‘Building psychologically informed Forensic CAMHS’

Recorded on 19 April 2019 at the North West ACAMH Branch as part a conference on Conduct Disorder.

ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

19 April 2018

In Conversation… Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy

Renowned clinical psychologist, Kim Golding, discusses how Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy can support developmentally traumatised children and their parents, as well as how support for adopted children has changed in the UK over the years.

11 April 2018

In Conversation… Refugee Children and Mental Health

How can mental health practitioners support refugee children? Professor Panos Vostanis shares insights into complex trauma, evidence and interventions in the field, as well as discussing his upcoming Refugee Children and Mental Health Masterclass.

4 April 2018

In Conversation… Professor Stephen Scott

Professor Stephen Scott joins ACAMH in this podcast to discuss his journey from paediatrics to child and adolescent psychiatry, the importance of evidence-based research and what he wants to see in the future for the field of child and adolescent mental health.

4 April 2018

Gendered Intelligence – helping young trans people

Guest blog from Dr Jay Stewart MBE, CEO and Co-founder of Gendered Intelligence. Gendered Intelligence specialises in supporting young trans and gender questioning people between the ages of 8 and 30.

1 April 2018

In Conversation… Happiness in Schools

Dr John Ivens talks to ACAMH about the role of schools in mental health provision, the Government’s green paper on children and young people’s mental health, and assessing students’ experiences of happiness in schools in order to develop personalised approaches.

12 March 2018

In Conversation… Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

In conversation with Dr Duncan Gillard, Senior Educational Psychologist and an experienced ACT practitioner, trainer and author. Duncan is the co-author of the popular self-help book Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Dummies.

5 March 2018

Designing services with patients calls for curiosity and empathy

“I took my knowledge from the NHS about involving patients and combined that with design tools from commercial software development,”

1 February 2018