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  • Professor Anita Thapar

    Genetics research informing mental health care

    Anita Thapar discusses that genetic studies of mental health have revealed important insights about the influence of genes and the environment, and the nature of disorders. She explains how these insights could improve mental health care for young people and their families now and in the future.

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  • Mental Health Act White Paper: potential implications for children and young people

    Reforms to the Mental Health Act will affect children and young people detained in hospitals. Susan Walker, Bernadka Dubicka, and David Kingsley discuss recent proposals for reform and consider their implications for children and young people.

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  • Dr. Kathryn Modecki

    The effect of smartphone use on parenting – ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’

    This session discussed ‘The effect of smartphone use on parenting’, with the focus on Dr. Kathryn Modecki and her paper in JCPP ‘Tuning into the real effect of smartphone use on parenting: a multiverse analysis.’ first published 07 July 2020. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

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  • Dr. Stephanie Ameis

    ADHD in CYP with autism, and pharmacological treatment ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’

    This session we are discussing ADHD in children and young people with autism, in relation to pharmacological treatment, with the focus on Dr. Stephanie Ameis’ in JCPP ‘Practitioner Review: Pharmacological treatment of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children and youth with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta‐analysis’ first published 26 August 2020. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

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  • Aureliane Pierret

    Literature review of support tools for school staff to respond to CYP self‐harm – CAMHS around the Campfire recording

    A review of literature of support tools for school staff to respond to CYP self‐harm, with the focus on Aureliane Pierret (pic), Dr. Joanna Anderson, Professor Tamsin Ford, and Dr. Anne‐Marie Burn, CAMH paper ‘Review: Education and training interventions, and support tools for school staff to adequately respond to young people who disclose self‐harm – a systematic literature review of effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability.’ ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

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  • Dr. Rachel Hiller

    Predicting Complex PTSD in Foster Care – CAMHS around the Campfire

    This session we are discussing complex PTSD, with the focus on Dr. Rachel Hiller’s JCPP open access paper ‘A longitudinal study of cognitive predictors of (complex) post‐traumatic stress in young people in out‐of‐home care’. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

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  • March 2021 – The Bridge

    This issue includes an excellent article on mood disorders in autistic young people, written by experts Dr Emily Jackson, Dr Eleanor Smith, and Dr Aditya Sharma. The authors thoughtfully discuss the overlap between these conditions, challenges in identifying their co-occurrence, and adaptations needed for interventions.

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  • Dr. Maxine Winstansley

    Developmental language disorders, young offenders, and reoffending – CAMHS around the Campfire

    ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’, is our a free live online journal club. This session was on the JCPP paper by Dr. Maxine Winstanley ‘Developmental language disorders and risk of recidivism among young offenders’. It was recorded on Monday 1 March 2021. Please visit our Events page for details of upcoming sessions. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

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  • February 2021 – The Bridge

    This issue of The Bridge includes several articles which focus on child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy. This therapy aims to help young people, their families, or their support networks to better understand each young person’s emotions, behaviour, and relationships.

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  • Dr. Sarah Parry

    ‘CAMHS around the campfire’ – Voice-hearing in adolesence

    ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’, is our a free live online journal club. This session was on the CAMH paper by Dr. Sarah Parry and Dr. Filippo Varese ‘Whispers, echoes, friends and fears: forms and functions of voice‐hearing in adolescence’. It was recorded on Thursday 28 January 2021. Please visit our Events page for details of upcoming sessions. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

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