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  • 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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  • ACAMH 2024 AGM

    ACAMH 2024 AGM

    ACAMH 2024 AGM

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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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  • ACAMH Awards 2024 Results

    Congratulations to all winners and nominees of the ACAMH Awards 2024.

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  • lost children shoes no war

    Further statement on Middle East conflict

    The ongoing conflict is leading to a devastating humanitarian crisis, with rising casualties, displacements, and widespread suffering. The situation now in many regions continues to worsen daily, deeply affecting civilians and large numbers of children and young people caught in the crossfire.

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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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  • How to Change your Password

    It can be frustrating when you need to change your password, however we want to make this as stress-free as possible with our handy ‘how to’ guide.

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  • Jaspar Khawaja

    Breaking the Silence: A different way to work alongside young people in practice and research

    How are children and young people getting on in the UK? Studies suggest that the school system is a significant negative factor in the lives of many of our CYP. Whilst some enjoy school, many others experience it as psychologically harmful and this is reported, consistently, by young people and families. Despite this, CYP have almost no say in the structures and aims of education and their voices are silent when it comes to implementing national policies. In response, the social enterprise States of Mind launched the Breaking the Silence project, in partnership with the Institute of Education, UCL, focusing on co-creating new insights and solutions around education and mental health through Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR).

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