The Future is CAMHS – Exploring a Career in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Bookings closed. FREE event for early career professionals in India. In this FREE online event, attendees will hear from a range of professionals about why you should consider a career in child and adolescent mental health, what to expect from the role, and how to become a child and adolescent mental health professional. This is an event organised by the ACAMH India Branch. Please note the time zone for your region.

Event type

Talk with Q&A

Location

Live stream from India

Early Trauma and the Importance of Early Relationships

In this podcast, we are joined by Sally Hogg, Deputy CEO at the Parent Infant Foundation, to discuss early trauma and the importance of early relationships.

25 July 2022

Transmission of Experiences of Racism, Anxiety, and Depression in Families

In this podcast, we are joined by student researchers Hannah Abdalla, Malaika Okundi, and Carl Simela to discuss the TRADE project, which stands for Transmission of experiences of Racism, Anxiety, and Depression in families.

18 July 2022

How to Cope When Your Child Can’t: How parents can help themselves and each other – recording

We were delighted to welcome a top class panel of speakers to give evidence based advice and a lived experience perspective to parents, teachers, and clinicians. We are joined by Ursula Saunders, Dr. Alice Welham, Professor Roz Shafran authors of new book How to Cope When Your Child Can’t. Also, we have the Charlie Waller Trust who are developing parent peer support as a crucial part of their work in addressing the mental health of children and young people. Offering evidence -based training and resources and using co-production with parents with lived experience, CWT’s community includes renowned authorities on adolescent psychology, childhood anxiety and depression.

4 July 2022

Supporting Child Refugees in Educational Settings

This Refugee Week, we are joined by Dr. Tina Rae to explore how best to support child refugees within educational settings.

24 June 2022

WACIT; Refugee Mental Health and the Impact of Trauma

This Refugee Week, we are joined by Professor Panos Vostanis to explore the impact of trauma on the mental health of child refugees and other young people living in conflict.

22 June 2022

Therapeutic Engagement with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minors

This Refugee Week, we are joined by Dr. Hayley Rajpal to explore the challenges of therapeutic engagement with unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors.

20 June 2022

Understanding Self-Harm

TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this blog discusses self-harm, including personal experiences of self-harm. It is estimated that between 10%-20% of all people self-harm at some point during their lifetime. It is hard to gather exact figures due to the stigma surrounding self-harm, and because people try to hide their wounds, scars and bruises. Watch this 8-minute film to understand more.

15 June 2022

How isolation and secrecy fuel the self-harm flames

During Mental Health Awareness month in May 2022 – focused on the role of loneliness – Nip in the Bud listened to experts and those who have been through it to understand the vicious cycle of trying to cope alone. (TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this blog discusses self-harm, including personal experiences of self-harm.) This blog was published by Nip in the Bud on 27 May 2022.

15 June 2022

Understanding Trauma – Ask The Expert; recording

For this session we welcomed David Trickey to share his knowledge and insights into trauma, specifically exploring children’s responses to traumatic events, when it might become problematic, how it might present itself and why schools make perfect therapeutic environments to support young people who have experienced trauma. David also answered questions in a session facilitated by leading education professional Professor Barry Carpenter.

13 June 2022