CAMHS
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Do CAMHS collect less PROM data from certain sociodemographic groups?
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are routinely used to inform clinicians and policymakers on clinical need and treatment efficacy. Yet despite their great value and utility, it seems that there is a low rate of outcome monitoring in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
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What do young patients need when transitioning from child to adult mental health services?
Researchers have examined the ethical values that people expect to underpin the transition from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to adult mental health services (AMHS).
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Early deprivation is linked to long-term social communication difficulties
Maltreatment affects a staggering 1 billion children worldwide. Most of these maltreated children, but particularly those raised in institutions that are characterized by deprivation, experience some form of neglect. These children seem to be at risk of developing social, cognitive and psychiatric difficulties later in life.
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Creating a “SafeSpot” for mental health education in schools
SafeSpot is a digital educational programme that aims to raise awareness of mental health problems and develop helpful coping strategies to improve mental health in young people.
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Multi-disciplinary teams are needed to sensitively diagnose autism in Deaf children
An ethnographic study of NHS professionals, who diagnose autism in Deaf children, finds that recognizing the intersections between mental health and Deaf culture is essential for healthcare professionals to make sensitive diagnoses.
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Can literacy interventions benefit mental health in children with permanent hearing loss?
Children with permanent childhood hearing loss (PCHL) seem to be at risk of developing emotional and behaviour difficulties, how can literacy interventions help?
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Integrating interpreters into CAMHS: useful tips for effective co-working
Vicci Ackroyd and Barry Wright have put together a useful set of principals by which British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters, and child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) can effectively co-work with each other.
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Do audiological classification systems cause more confusion than clarity?
The lack of a single classification system is clearly problematic, not least because it renders intervention studies difficult to interpret and has implications for patient access to services.
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Child mental health professionals need more technology training
Bethany Cliffe and colleagues have surveyed 154 CAMHS professionals to understand why technology-based tools have not yet been widely adopted by CAMHS.
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Day-time naps promote vocabulary growth in early childhood
Napping is at least as important, if not more so, than night-time sleep when it comes to vocabulary learning in early childhood. Find out why.
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