Breaking Down Barriers and Improving Understanding – Autism Acceptance Week 2024

This World Autism Acceptance Week (2 April to 8 April 2024), we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks.

Together we can work towards ‘sharing best evidence, improving practice’ to help create a society that works for autistic children and young people.

28 March 2024

RESHAPE Study: Key Takeaways on Eating Disorders

In this ‘RESHAPE Study’ series episode, Professor Tamsin Ford and Clara Faria explore the findings from the ‘National Study of Health and Wellbeing: Children and Young People’ as they relate to eating disorders, and why these findings are important.

The ‘RESHAPE Study’ series is a new mini-in conversation series that will explore the RESHAPE study and the impact of its findings for parents, teachers, policymakers, and mental health professionals.

26 February 2024

Bridging the Child Mental Health Care Gap in LMICs: RESEED and Task-shifted, Teacher-led Care

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Christina Cruz (pic), Dr. Michael Matergia, and Priscilla Giri discuss their co-authored CAMH journal Short Research Article ‘RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher-led, task-shifting initiative for child mental health’.

4 December 2023

Online Behaviours and the Impact on Mental Health: Insights from the OxWell Student Survey

The ‘Insights from the OxWell Student Survey‘ series is a new mini-in conversation series that will explore the OxWell study and the impact of its findings for parents, teachers, policymakers and mental health professionals.

In this episode, Dr. Simona Skripkauskaite and Dr. Holly Bear comment on the findings from the OxWell survey regarding online behaviours and the association with young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

27 November 2023

Efficacy of Stimulants for Preschool ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Luisa Sugaya and Dr. Luis C. Farhat discuss their co-authored JCPP Advances Special Issue Research Review ‘Efficacy of stimulants for preschool attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis’. Luisa and Luis are co-first authors of this work.

6 November 2023

Why we need to consider the world of young carers – A tribute to Jean Tomsett

This event, organised by the ACAMH Wales Branch will focus on the role young carers play, and how to help them care for their mental health. It is being run for FREE as a tribute to our long serving Committee Chair, Jean Tompsett, who sadly passed away a while ago.

Event type

FREE live stream

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FREE live stream

Adverse event monitoring and reporting in studies of pediatric psychosocial interventions: a systematic review

Video abstract from Kalee Lodewyk on her CAMH journal paper ‘Review: Adverse event monitoring and reporting in studies of pediatric psychosocial interventions: a systematic review’.

25 September 2023

Redistributing power in schools and how this can impact young people’s agency and identity

Recent Guardian articles have been reporting how this year’s GCSE exam results have been impacted by the crisis in young people’s mental health. There is increasing concern among school leaders about school absence and abnormal levels of anxiety. As I embark on the third blog related to my research, I explore how the research processes I developed, positively impacted the young people involved and acts as a counter to much of what young people see as being wrong with schools.

18 September 2023

Dramatherapy Interventions to Alleviate Emotional Distress and Support Wellbeing

In this Papers Podcast, Eleanor Keiller discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘A systematic review of dramatherapy interventions used to alleviate emotional distress and support the well-being of children and young people aged 8–18 years old’.

17 July 2023

Anxiety – Increasing Understanding and Improving Awareness

Celebrating its twelfth year, Mental Health Awareness Week has chosen to focus on ‘Anxiety’ – to increase public understanding of anxiety and improve awareness of the impact it can have on lives. Everyone, in some shape or form, experiences anxiety. However, anxiety can become overwhelming and, in some cases, can evolve into an anxiety disorder.

This Mental Health Awareness Week (15 to 21 May 2023), we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks, to increase people’s awareness and understanding of the impact of anxiety on children and young people.

15 May 2023