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Incidence and outcomes of eating disorders during the pandemic: what has changed?
During the pandemic, the NHS CAMH eating disorder services saw almost a doubling in the number of referrals for eating disorders and waiting list times are now surpassing what is recommended. This surge in eating disorder presentations in clinical settings led researchers to wonder what impact, if any, Covid-19 had on the incidence of eating disorders in young people.
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Celebrating the life and work of Professor Sir Michael Rutter
On 27 June 2022, King’s College London welcomed friends, family and colleagues from across the globe to share Sir Michael’s impact on them, their work, and the field of child psychiatry.
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Research Integrity and the Importance of Trust in Research – Peer Review Week 2022
This Peer Review Week (19 – 23 September 2022), the theme is ‘Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research’. In light of this, we encourage you to explore the resources we have produced for this year’s Peer Review Week, join us in celebrating our peer reviewers, and discover more about the importance of peer review.
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Exploring the experiences of care networks providing therapeutic support to Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minors
Dr. Hayley Rajpal explores the experiences of care networks providing therapeutic support to Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minors. Talk delivered at the ACAMH Southern Branch ‘Service improvement and research: Innovation and new challenges in CAMHS’. Free to watch.
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Understanding Early Trauma: The case for supporting parent-infant relationships
Understanding of adverse childhood experiences has grown in recent years. We now know more about how external circumstances cause psychological trauma in some children. When we understand early trauma – and the importance of early relationships – we are better able to prevent, and respond to, children’s mental health problems. [Please note that this is an external blog and may not reflect the views of ACAMH]
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CAMHS around the Campfire journal club – Technology-delivered CBT for pediatric anxiety disorders (recording)
For this session we are welcomed Dr. Matti Cervin, Lund University, and Dr Tobias Lundgren, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, to discuss their JCPP paper ‘Technology-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis of remission, posttreatment anxiety, and functioning’.
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Breaking the Bias: Celebrating Women in CAMH – recording
This International Women’s Day ACAMH celebrated women’s achievements in CAMH, and explored how gender bias affects CAMH professionals. A panel, chaired by Professor Bernadka Dubicka, looked the challenges women have faced in the CAMH profession, examined how gender bias affects CAMH professionals, and celebrated women’s achievements. Panel; Dr. Gordana Milavić, Professor Kathy Sylva OBE, Professor Francesca Happé CBE, Dr. Rhonda Boyd, Dr. Praveetha Patalay, Bethany Cliffe, Clara Faria, and Gloria Cheung.
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#UniMentalHealthDay Shaping the Future of Student Mental Health
University Mental Health Day encourages universities, students, and the wider community to work together to improve the university experience; to make mental health a university-wide priority; and to help change the future of student mental health. This University Mental Health Day, we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks.
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The enigma of adolescent sleep: misunderstood science and effective intervention
This event was to increase awareness and understanding of adolescent sleep and to build ideas for supporting adolescents and parents/carers with this. This event was being staged by the ACAMH Wales Branch.
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The Catalogue of Mental Health Measures: Discovering the depths of mental health data in UK longitudinal studies – recording
Professor Louise Arseneault, and Bridget Bryan, explained how and use, the Catalogue of Mental Health Measures, an interactive catalogue of mental health and wellbeing measures in British cohort and longitudinal studies. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.
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