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

Open Science, Rapid Publication, and Collaboration

JCPP Advances is already causing waves in the research sector with 38 papers published, and 4 papers having found policy mentions making a difference in the real world. In this podcast, we hear from Dr. Catharina Hartman about our Open Access journal, JCPP Advances, as well as her recent work with the CoCA (Comorbid Conditions of ADHD) project.

17 January 2022

Combined polygenic risk scores, & predicting psychopathology

For this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Alex Neumann and Professor Henning Tiemeier to discuss the JCPP paper ‘Combined polygenic risk scores of different psychiatric traits predict general and specific psychopathology in childhood’.

9 December 2021

Climate Change Impacting Mental Health – recording

This event discussed the impact climate change is having on young people’s mental health. This is part of a series of events leading up to the CAMH Special Issue on ‘Child and youth mental health & the global ecological crisis’, due to be published in January 2022. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

8 December 2021

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

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.

Event type

Teacher Exclusive Event

Location

LIVE STREAM

Ecological Crisis and the Impact on Mental Health – recording

This was the first in a series of events leading up to our CAMH Special Issue on ‘Child and youth mental health & the global ecological crisis’, to be published in January 2022. This session was recorded on Tuesday 9 November 2021. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

10 November 2021

The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 School Closures

The focus of this podcast is on the JCPP Advances paper ‘Covid-19 partial school closures and mental health problems: a cross sectional survey of 11,000 adolescents to determine those most at risk’, written by Dr. Karen Mansfield, Associate Professor Mina Fazel, and colleagues.

4 November 2021

Mental Health Act White Paper: potential implications for children and young people

Reforms to the Mental Health Act will affect children and young people detained in hospitals. Susan Walker, Bernadka Dubicka, and David Kingsley discuss recent proposals for reform and consider their implications for children and young people.

19 October 2021

Ask the Expert ‘Improving Children’s Sleep; The role a teacher can play’

Dr. Faith Orchard joins us for the second 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 on children.

Event type

Teacher Exclusive Event

Location

LIVE STREAM