Clinicians

  • Eating Disorders: A Concern for All

    Did you know that approximately 22% of children and adolescents worldwide show disordered eating? Eating Disorders Awareness Week (24 February – 2 March 2025) is an opportunity to improve awareness that anyone can have an eating disorder and explore the impact that eating disorders can have on children and young people.

    This Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn, and to share with your networks.

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    Early Intervention in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities – This is how we do it in Dorset

    The theme of this event is service innovation and delivery. We will showcase two excellent initiatives/areas of good practice within Dorset Healthcare involving our trailblazers Mental Health Support Team (MHST) and specialist Pan Dorset Intellectual Disability CAMHS.

    Event type
    Half day conference
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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    Embedding Evolutionary Principles into the Educational Frontline

    Evolutionary psychiatry examines mental health through the lens of evolutionary biology, focusing on ultimate causes like gene-environment interactions and evolutionary mismatches rather than just proximate mechanisms. This approach highlights how traits once adaptive in ancestral environments may now contribute to mental health vulnerabilities. This is sure to be a truly fascinating and valuable session.

    Event type
    Half day conference
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Sam Goldstein

    Fostering Resilience in Challenging Times: Practical Guidelines for Pediatric Mental Health Professionals

    Early bird for first 50 places! In today’s complex youth mental health landscape, professionals play a key role in equipping young people with the skills to navigate adversity. This two-part masterclass, led by world-renowned pediatric neuropsychologist Dr. Sam Goldstein bridges cutting-edge research with practical applications.

    Event type
    Masterclass
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Catherine Lord

    Autism: What Matters Most – From Assessment to Intervention 

    Early Bird for first 50 places! Join Professor Catherine Lord, Distinguished Professor at UCLA’s Semel Institute, pioneering developer of the gold-standard ADOS and ADI-R autism diagnostic tools, and recipient of the International Society for Autism Research’s Lifetime Achievement Award, for an exclusive masterclass on autism assessment and intervention.

    Event type
    Masterclass
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Pim Cuijpers

    Prevention and treatment of depression in children and adolescents

    EARLY BIRD OFFER! Emeritus Professor Pim Cuijpers – I will give an overview of the research on preventing the onset of major depression in youth and will show that prevention is indeed possible but also faces important challenges in terms of effectiveness and implementation.

    Event type
    Introductory and Update Session
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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    Supporting young people who self-harm: effective interventions for safety and recovery

    EARLY BIRD OFFER! Self-harm among young people represents one of the most pressing challenges in adolescent mental health care. This workshop, led by Professor Dennis Ougrin, examines evidence-based approaches for supporting adolescents following self-injurious behaviours.

    Event type
    Workshop
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Ariadna Albajara Saenz

    From Valencia to Understanding the Mental Health Impacts of Floods on Children and Young People

    Floods are the most common type of natural disaster, with 1.81 billion people facing significant flood risk worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Among those affected, children and young people are especially vulnerable due to limited coping strategies compared to adults and high dependence on caregivers. Despite this, research on the impacts of floods on their mental health remains scarce.

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    Supporting Healthy Behaviours in Children with ADHD

    EARLY BIRD OFFER! Join us for an insightful and practical webinar on empowering children with ADHD to build healthy habits for life!

    Event type
    Introductory and Update Session
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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