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

Tony Attwood; ‘Autism and Family Dynamics’, and ‘Special Interests’

BOOKINGS CLOSED. Professor Tony Attwood, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., returns to the UK to speak to an audience, primarily aimed at parents and those that support autistic children and young people.

Event type

Online and in person

Location

Online and in person in Sheffield

Meet the Young Ambassadors

Congratulations, Charlotte, on being named as an ACAMH Young Person’s Ambassador. Please could you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Charlotte Howdle and I am a fourth year medical student at the University of Cambridge. I have an interest in mental health, particularly of young people and have spent the last two […]

24 February 2022

The long-term cost of childhood conduct problems

In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Eila Kankaanpää about her co-authored JCPP paper ‘The long-term cost of childhood conduct problems: Finnish Nationwide 1981 Birth Cohort Study’.

14 February 2022

The enigma of adolescent sleep: misunderstood science and effective intervention

This event was to increase awareness and understanding of adolescent sleep and to build ideas for supporting adolescents and parents/carers with this. This event was being staged by the ACAMH Wales Branch.

11 February 2022

Myth Busting: Autism – children and adolescents

To celebrate Autism Awareness Week 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 Autism. Join our hosts Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian, and Dr. Marianna Murin, both specialists in the field of Autism, plus we’ll also have a live discussion to answer your questions.

Event type

Webinar

Location

Online

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

Childhood Adversity: Recovery, Resilience and Prevention Seminars

BOOKINGS CLOSE TUESDAY 3 MAY at 12 noon. A series of four virtual half-day seminars have been organised by ACAMH in collaboration with Child and Family Training (CFT). Don’t miss this chance to attend four half-day online seminars, and NINE practitioner guides PLUS associated licences, and SAVE up to £50! Over 10 hours of online training, with access to the recording for 28 days, PLUS 4 CPD certificates emailed to you for each of the sessions.

Event type

4 half day training online

Location

LIVE STREAM

A digest of the published work of Michael Rutter

A digest of the published work of Michael Rutter by Jim Stevenson, Emeritus Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University of Southampton. Revised December 2021

4 January 2022

‘NDC Learning Series’ – Communication and functional skills – recording

This was the final of the ‘NDC Learning Series’ aimed at health professionals who come into contact with children and young people who have Neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs). We welcomed Dr. Lucy Sanctuary, and Occupational Therapist Dr. Sally Payne, to discuss ‘Communication and functional skills’. The Chair of this session was Dr. Mark Lovell.

17 December 2021