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Technology-based CBT for youth anxiety: moderate short-term benefits but uncertainty remains
Blog by Douglas Badenoch of The Mental Elf Service on Dr. Matti Cervin et al paper ‘Technology-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis of remission, posttreatment anxiety, and functioning’.
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Join our ACEs SIG and Forum
Anyone can now join our Adverse Childhood Experiences Special Interest Group, completely free! ACAMH members can log in to the website and participate in discussions on the SIG Forum. If you’re not an ACAMH member (yet!), you will need to register to use the Forum first.
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2022 ACAMH Awards – call for nominations
Nominations are open for the ACAMH Awards 2022. We aim to recognise high-quality work in evidence-based science, both in research and practice, in the field of child and adolescent mental health.
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Wiley Transitional Agreement with Jisc included in UKRI Open Access Policy
Wiley, ACAMH’s publishing partner, reassure that authors who are funded by UKRI, and who are based at an institution that is part of a Wiley Transitional Agreement, can publish in any of Wiley’s ‘hybrid’ journals, due to transitional agreement with Jisc.
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NICE guidelines for self-harm: a new school of thought
New NICE guidelines for the management of self-harm in the UK emphasise the important role of non-specialists. In this article, Holly Crudgington and Dennis Ougrin discuss this guidance, focusing on the new advice for schools and its implications.
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World Autism Acceptance Week 2022
This World Autism Acceptance Week (28 March – 3 April), we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks. Together we can help change attitudes and work towards creating a society that works for autistic children and young people.
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Call for Papers – JCPP Special Issue 2023 ‘Innovation in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Interventions’
The Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry (JCPP) invites manuscripts for a special issue entitled “Innovation in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Interventions” to be edited by Paul Ramchandani, Joan Luby, Bradley Peterson and Edmund Sonuga-Barke, and due for publication in October 2023 (Published online in September 2023).
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Call for Papers – JCPP Advances Special Issue 2023 ‘Evidence-synthesis of randomized clinical trials and observational studies in child and adolescent mental health’
JCPP Advances invites manuscripts for a special issue entitled “Evidence-based synthesis studies for child and adolescent mental health conditions” to be edited by Professor Henrik Larsson, Dr. Marco Solmi, Professor Guilherme Polanczyk, Professor Seena Fazel, Dr. Cinzia Del Giovane and Dr. Ioana Cristea, and due for publication in September 2023.
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#BreakTheBias Celebrating Women in CAMH
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the achievements of women, and serves as a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day global campaign is #BreakTheBias. This IWD we have gathered a range of FREE learning resources from leading academics, clinicians, and researchers to raise awareness.
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Children first – A positional statement from ACAMH board
The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) is deeply concerned about the escalating invasion in Ukraine. This and other ongoing conflicts around the World – Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Myanmar, and many others – continue to bring tragic consequences, upturning the lives of many millions of people, and challenging the basic human right to peace and security.
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