COVID19 Resources on Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Take a look at this growing page of evidence-based resources, research and advice in relation to COVID19’s affect on child and adolescent mental health.

17 January 2021

‘Creative approaches to developing skills for future CAMHS professionals’ In conversation with Dr. Carlos Hoyos

In this podcast we talk to Dr. Carlos Hoyos, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, undergraduate lead for psychiatry at the University of Southampton and ACAMH’s 2020 winner of the David Cottrill Education of CAMH Professionals Award.

8 January 2021

‘CAMHS around the campfire’ – Sleep, anxiety, and depression

‘CAMHS around the Campfire’, is our a free live online journal club. This session was on Dr. Faith Orchard’s JCPP paper on sleep, anxiety, and depression, recorded on Thursday 10 December 2020. Please visit our Events page for details of upcoming sessions. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

15 December 2020

Child and adolescent mental health: what have we learnt during the Covid-19 pandemic? Looking back, Looking forward

Bookings are still being taken for this 2 day event. Once booked on you will receive confirmation, and then within 60 minutes a link to the event. Please note to be at the start of the event you MUST book by 12 noon UK time. Don’t forget you have access to all lectures for up to 28 days.

Event type

2 Day National Conference

Location

LIVE STREAM

Most popular ACAMH web content 2020

As 2020 draws to a close we have collated the most popular online content, from our website.

4 December 2020

Emotional wellbeing tips for the classroom

New films, from charity Nip in the Bud, presented by newsreader Sian Williams. They provide easy-to-use tips and guidance for teachers who have vulnerable children in their classroom who might be showing signs of a mental health condition or already have a formal diagnosis.

24 November 2020

Emotional functioning in the transition from childhood to adolescence, and beyond – In Conversation with Professor Nick Allen

In this podcast, Professor Nick Allen, Director of the Centre for Digital Mental Health at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon talks about developmental transitions from childhood to adolescence.

4 November 2020

Results of the ACAMH Awards 2020

Congratulations to all winners and nominees of the ACAMH Awards 2020.

30 October 2020

‘Understanding developmental cognitive science from different cultural perspectives’ – In Conversation with Tochukwu Nweze

Tochukwu Nweze, lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and, PhD student in MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge talks about his recent paper on parentally deprived Nigerian children having enhanced working memory ability, how important is it to study cultural differences in cognitive adaption during and following periods of adversity, and how can mental health professionals translate this understanding of difference into their work.

23 October 2020

‘Education, and Educating, about Tourettes’ – Lucy Toghill ‘In Conversation Tourettes Syndrome’ Ep 2

‘In Conversation Tourettes Syndrome’ continues with Lucy Toghill, education manager of Tourettes Action discussing ‘Education, and Educating, about Tourettes’.

9 October 2020