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What CAMH Professionals Need to Know About Student Mental Health
On University Mental Health Day, Rhiannon Hawkins discusses several factors that impact on university students’ mental health, and she explains her top tips for clinician actions to address these factors and improve mental healthcare for university students.
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World Mental Health Day 2021: Mental Health in an Unequal World
The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’. Our Vision is ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and to this end we urge you to take a look at the learning opportunities on our website and to share with your networks.
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The importance of acknowledging difference in psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Single case studies are often used in psychoanalytic psychotherapy research to identify potential mechanisms of change. Sean Junor-Sheppard undertook such a study, which was published in the Journal of Child Psychotherapy in 2019.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 62, Issue 02, February 2021
“Is child mental health research structurally racist?” by Scott H. Kollins
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Most popular ACAMH web content 2020
As 2020 draws to a close we have collated the most popular online content, from our website.
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October 2020 – The Bridge
Welcome to the October 2020 issue of The Bridge. Here in the UK, October is Black History Month, a time for celebration of the achievements and contributions of Black people to British society, as well as continued learning about Black history.
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Associate Professor Mina Fazel ‘Child refugee mental health needs’ – In Conversation
Associate Professor Mina Fazel talks child refugee mental health, the predominant symptoms seen in this group, and how are these children and young people can be best supported.
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Is race linked to the structure of psychopathology in young people?
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found no significant difference in the hierarchical structure of psychopathology between African American and European American youths.
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Nigerian young people from parentally deprived backgrounds show enhanced working memory capacity
Early adverse rearing can impair cognitive functions in all domains.1 However, those who take an evolutionary–developmental stance propose that there could be adaptive benefits associated with early adverse rearing.2,3
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DBT-A can enhance emotion regulation in ethnic minority youth
Ethnic minority youth often experience environmental and culturally relevant stressors, putting them at risk of developing self-regulation difficulties and engaging in self-harm.
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