With Parents in Mind: Can shared decision making support parents at CAMHS?

Exploring shared decision making as a triad relationship between clinicians, children and parents where clinicians and service users (i.e. children and parents) share the information when faced with the task of making decisions, and where service users are supported to consider options to achieve informed preferences, may be of value.

6 March 2018

In Conversation… Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

In conversation with Dr Duncan Gillard, Senior Educational Psychologist and an experienced ACT practitioner, trainer and author. Duncan is the co-author of the popular self-help book Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Dummies.

5 March 2018

School-based interventions are effective, but are they efficient?

School-based interventions (SBIs) are effective for preventing and treating common medicopsychological problems and disorders in pupils, according to data from a practitioner review published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

1 March 2018

Child Bereavement

21 February 2018

The Bridge – Informatics issue

Welcome to this informatics themed edition of the Bridge.

1 February 2018

Digital health interventions for the young: meeting expectations?

The number of digital health interventions for mental health disorders is increasing, but research from Chris Hollis and colleagues suggests that the clinical benefits and cost-effectiveness are unclear. Consistent methods of reporting and evaluation are required to extract definitive conclusions from clinical trials.

1 February 2018

Designing services with patients calls for curiosity and empathy

“I took my knowledge from the NHS about involving patients and combined that with design tools from commercial software development,”

1 February 2018

How do new family forms affect children’s mental health?

New family forms, including single-parent households, gay or lesbian parents, and those with children born through assisted reproduction methods like IVF and surrogacy, are becoming ever more common. Professor Susan Golombok, Director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge, elaborates on the impacts of these family forms on children’s mental health.

19 January 2018

Headlines about children’s mental health can make dispiriting reading for school leaders

The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust was set up in 1997 in memory of Charlie Waller, a young man who took his own life whilst suffering from depression.
Disclaimer: This is an independent blog and ACAMH may not necessarily hold the same views.

9 January 2018

Fighting for attention

To present a more complete picture of a highly heritable disorder, The Bridge has spoken to two parents of children with ADHD about the challenges and concerns that it can present.

2 January 2018