Clinicians

  • Tavgah Jafar

    The Emotional Toll of Insider Qualitative Research

    In this blog, Tavgah Jafar explores the emotional challenges of insider qualitative research, drawing from their personal experiences. Tavgah reflects on the unexpected emotional impact and share lessons learned, alongside practical advice for new researchers to manage these challenges.

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  • Eliza Hamdorf

    Boreout in Early Career Researchers: Recognising and Addressing the Hidden Workplace Challenge

    Boreout is a workplace issue characterised by low engagement, lack of meaning, and limited growth opportunities (Rothlin & Werder, 2008), and can affect anyone in the workforce, including early career researchers. This blog explores how boreout can impact mental health professionals, especially those new to academia, and provides practical strategies for preventing it. Understanding boreout is essential for mental health practitioners and researchers to maintain both personal well-being and career fulfilment.

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  • Why I didn’t send my child back to school after the pandemic: The Rise in Home Education

    ‘Why I didn’t send my child back to school after the pandemic: The Rise in Home Education’ will be led by Tami Alikhani. This is webinar is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group.

    Event type
    Talk with Q&A
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Early careerers talking happily

    Encouraging the next generation of CAMHS researchers: an event dedicated to ECRs

    The webinar is tailored specifically for those in the early stages of their career. This session is perfect for medical students, psychology and nursing students seeking their first research experience, and undergraduates transitioning to Masters or PhD programs.

    Event type
    Webinar
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • aces story stem

    Story Stems – a window into a child’s internal world

    This webinar will cover the Story Stem Assessment Profile (SSAP) and its use as an assessment of a child’s attachment and internal representations. The SSAP consists of 13 narrative stems, to which the child provides their own story completions; information is thus gained directly from the child in a non-threatening context.

    Event type
    Webinar
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Dr. Shuo Zhang

    From COP29 to Net Zero Mental Health Care: What does it mean for Child and Adolescent Mental Health professionals?

    Climate change and biodiversity loss are affecting the mental health of children and young people worldwide. Although many of us care deeply about ecological issues, they can seem less relevant to clinical practice and research. In this blog, Dr Shuo Zhang and Shailpriya Nand briefly summarise the literature on climate change and youth mental health before considering how Child and Adolescent Mental Health professionals can play a vital role in both reducing the carbon costs of healthcare and strengthening population mental health.

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  • Emeritus Professor Philip Graham

    Sixty-Five Years Working With Children

    Emeritus Professor Philip Graham delivered this Keynote lecture ‘Sixty-Five Years Working With Children’, on Thursday 7 November at the 2024 ACAMH Awards. Professor Graham was the recipient of ACAMH’s Michael Rutter Medal for Lifetime Contribution to Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

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  • Celebrating the Future of CAMH: ACAMH Awards 2024 Shortlist

    It is our pleasure to announce the shortlist of nominees for the 2024 ACAMH Awards. Congratulations to all the 2024 nominees.

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  • Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke – Editor in Chief

    Editor in Chief, Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke is Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience working in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London.

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  • Dr. Bernadka Dubicka

    Professor Bernadka Dubicka – Editor in Chief

    Editor in Chief, Bernadka qualified in medicine and psychology at the University of London, completing child psychiatry training and her thesis in adolescent depression at the University of Manchester. She is the chief investigator of the National Institute of Health Research multi-site BAY trial of web-based Behavioural Activation in young people with depression (2022-26).

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