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‘The use of Lurasidone in children and adolescents’ Dr. Jonathan Channing
Dr. Jonathan Channing lecture on The use of Lurasidone in children and adolescents’. This was recorded on 4 April 2019 at the ACAMH Southern Branch Research Day. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.
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Autism Awareness Day 2019
Celebrating Autism Awareness Day 2019 we want to make you aware of the free resources we have.
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Practitioner recommendations for PTSD: a 2018 update
In 2018, Patrick Smith, Tim Dalgleish and Richard Meiser-Stedman compiled a Practitioner Review for the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its treatment in children and adolescents. In their report, the researchers provide updates on the estimated rates of trauma exposure, and the incidence and course of PTSD in children.
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing improves PTSD symptoms in children
Practice guidelines for childhood post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recommend trauma-focused psychological therapies as the first-line treatment. The primary approach is trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapies, which have a large evidence base.
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Podcast with Professor David Olds
In this podcast Professor David Olds talks to freelance journalist Jo Carlowe about his career, attachment and the work of Family Nurse Partnership.
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Can physical exercise improve tics and associated mental health difficulties in Tourette syndrome? The jury is out
Physical exercise is increasingly being recommended as part of management for children and young people with mental health problems. There is a growing evidence base that shows physical exercise is associated with improvements in functioning for conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), although studies are small, they are signifcant.
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Prescribing in the dark: off-label drug treatments for children with insomnia
Insomnia is a common problem in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs), and has a profound effect on quality-of-life.
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Online ADHD service map aims to stop young people slipping through net
Researchers at the University of Exeter have released a map put together from the results of a national survey. The new map aims to help identify existing services and gaps in provision for young adults with Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder (ADHD).
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Children with a Specific Phobia do better in Individual CBT than Group CBT and guided parent-led CBT
Children often present to health care settings with highly impairing and disabling anxiety disorders, including Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Separation Anxiety Disorder.
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The importance of identifying an Intellectual Disability/Learning Disability for the individual, parents/carers and from a service/policy perspective
The importance of identifying an Intellectual Disability/Learning Disability for the individual, parents/carers and from a service/policy perspective.
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