Adolescent gender diversity: sociodemographic correlates & mental health outcomes

In this podcast, we are joined by Assistant Professor Akhgar Ghassabian and Dr. Tonya White to discuss their co-authored JCPP paper ‘Adolescent gender diversity: sociodemographic correlates and mental health outcomes in the general population’.

9 May 2022

Myth Busting Hearing Voices

As part of our Myth Busting series we are putting on this FREE webinar, to look at the evidence-base, focus on the facts, and bust some myths when it comes to Hearing Voices. It’s aimed at parents, mental health professionals, special education professionals, and those with an interest in mental health. Join our host Dr Sarah Parry, Clinical Psychologist and Practice Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University, who specialises in trauma and children’s mental health.

Event type

Myth Busting

Location

LIVE STREAM

Pupil size and pupillary light reflex in early infancy

In this podcast we talk to Ana Maria Portugal,  Developmental Neuroscientist and postdoctoral researcher in developmental behaviour genetics at the Centre of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Ana was the first author of the recent Open Access JCPP paper, ‘Pupil size and pupillary light reflex in early infancy: heritability and link to genetic liability to schizophrenia’

11 April 2022

Military conflict and its impact on children

As part of our series of free resources relating to the impact of ‘Conflict’ we are putting on this FREE webinar.

Event type

Live Stream

Student Mental Health and What CAMH Professionals Need to Know

This University Mental Health Day, we are joined by two students, Rhiannon Hawkins and Nathan Randles, to discuss student mental health and what CAMH professionals need to know. (TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this podcast discusses personal experiences of self-harm and suicide.)

3 March 2022

From University to Research: A Conversation with an Aspiring Academic Psychiatrist

For this podcast, we are delighted to interview aspiring academic psychiatrist Clara Faria, winner of the ACAMH 2021 Undergraduate Clinical Trainee of the Year Award and ACAMH’s first Young Person’s Ambassador.

28 February 2022

CAMH services, integrative methods, and quality improvement

In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Sundar Gnanavel, winner of ACAMH’s 2021 Postgraduate Clinical Trainee of the Year Award, about teaching clinical psychiatry, the use of integrative methods, CAMH services, and quality improvements.

7 February 2022

Anxiety; Cues, Clues & Support for Young People in School – Ask the Expert recording

Professor Cathy Creswell and Helen Manley join us for the third in the series of sessions exclusively for Teachers. This FREE online event is an exciting new partnership between ACAMH and Coram Life Education (CLE) exclusively for Teachers. It offers insights into the latest evidence-base, together with practical advice to help you help your pupils, and your own children.

27 January 2022

CAMH Special Issue – ‘Mental Health and the Global Ecological Crisis’

To accompany the CAMH Special Issue on ‘Child and youth mental health & the global ecological crisis’ (January 2022), ACAMH is proud to bring you a series of events, content, and Open Access papers, focusing on the mental health implications of climate change.

20 January 2022

Understanding Eating Disorders

Around 1.25 million people in the UK suffer from eating disorders. These disorders can cause serious harm, both physically and emotionally, and they have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Early diagnosis, intervention and treatment is critical.

20 January 2022