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Gender in 2017: Meeting the needs of gender diverse children and young people with mental health difficulties
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The Dyslexia Debate
This recording is from Professor Joe Elliot titled ‘The Dyslexia Debate’. It is from the conference, ‘Dyslexia from assessment to intervention’ was held on Friday 29 September 2017, and was organised by the Welsh ACAMH Branch. The day promoted the notion that the assessment of literacy difficulties should be the first step on a clear pathway to individualised interventions for children or young people.
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Tweens, Teens and Technology: The risks and the benefits
Vanessa Garrity talks about the pros and cons of digital technology and social media in young people’s mental health.
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JCPP – Volume 58, Issue 8, August 2017 – Editorial: Let’s talk about sex – the gender binary revisited
Albertine J. Oldehinkel
Background
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Sex refers to biological differences and gender to socioculturally delineated masculine and feminine roles. Sex or gender are included as a covariate or effect modifier in the majority of child psychology and psychiatry studies, and differences found between boys and girls have inspired many researchers to postulate underlying mechanisms. -
Dyslexia and effective learning: supporting the learner
Gavin Reid argues that to support the learner with Dyslexia, we must develop an understanding of his/her individual needs.
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Gender in 2017: Meeting the needs of gender diverse children and young people with mental health difficulties
Conference review and resources from ‘Gender in 2017: Meeting the needs of gender diverse children and young people with mental health difficulties held by the ACAMH Avon Branch.
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- Day Conference
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- Bristol
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Annual Research Review: On the developmental neuropsychology of substance use disorders
The researchers identify certain neurocognitive and personality/comorbidity-based risk factors for the onset of substance misuse during adolescence, and summarise the evidence suggesting that these risk factors may be further impacted by the direct effect of drugs on the underlying neural circuits implicated in substance misuse vulnerability.
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Adolescent Social Anxiety Symptoms and their relationship with Suicidal Ideation and Depressive Symptoms
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Kenny Chiu discusses his JCPP Advances paper ‘Social anxiety symptoms and their relationship with suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms in adolescents: A prospective study’. Kenny is the lead author of the paper. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.
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Understanding Tic Disorders: A Round Table on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Research
In this round table, Dr. Seonaid Anderson is joined by Dr. Charlotte Hall, Dr. Tammy Hedderly, Joe Kilgariff, and Lisa Rudge for a discussion on Tics and Tic Disorders, such as Tourette Syndrome.
This round table is part of The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health’s series on Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders. The series explores the evidence-based research on Tourette Syndrome, and other Tic Disorders, as well as the education, treatments, and research in this area.
This round table was also released as an ‘In Conversation’ podcast episode.
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