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Yes, young people are concerned about climate change. But it can drive them to take action
In this blog post, Emma Sciberras and Julian Fernando discuses eco-anxiety, the impact of climate change on CYP mental health, and their 2022 CAMH Special Issue paper. This blog was published on The Conversation.com on Wednesday 10 November 2021.
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Celebrating the first year of submissions for JCPP Advances
See what a huge success we have had with the JCPP Advances first year of submissions.
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Ideas emerging from week one at COP26
Professor Bernadka Dubicka, our Editor in Chief of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Journal (CAMH), and recent chair of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Faculty RCPsych, has been at COP26. In this blog post Bernadka talks about what she has learned from the first week of the global climate conference.
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Call for papers – CAMH Special Issue 2023 ‘Technology and mental health for children and adolescents: pros and cons’
ACAMH’s journal ‘Child and Adolescent Mental Health’ invites manuscripts for a special issue entitled ‘Technology and mental health for children and adolescents: pros and cons’ to be edited by Prof. Lina Gega, Prof. Sally Merry, Prof. Kapil Sayal and Dr. Jennifer Martin, and due for publication in February 2023.
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JCPP Special Issue: Genetics & Genomics of Autism Spectrum Disorders
ACAMH proudly to presents the JCPP November 2021 Special Issue on ‘Genetics and Genomics of Autism Spectrum Disorders’ edited by Professor Barbara Franke, Dr. Eric Fombonne, and Professor Angelica Ronald.
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CAMH Special Issue – ‘Mental Health and the Global Ecological Crisis’
As part of the lead up to the CAMH Special Issue on ‘Child and youth mental health & the global ecological crisis’ (due to be published in February 2022), ACAMH is proud to bring you a series of events, content, and special access Early View papers, focusing on the mental health implications of climate change.
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Member’s Report 2020
This 6-minute video gives an overview of our achievements in 2020 and future plans.
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ACAMH Awards 2021 Results
Congratulations to all winners and nominees of the ACAMH Awards 2021.
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Conflating risk and mental illness
In this thoughtful article, a young person, Anna, reflects on her experience of risk being conflated with mental illness in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), highlighting crucial lessons for clinicians, commissioners, and policy makers.
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Complex PTSD in young people in care
Aishat Hamzat, Rachel M Hiller and Helen Minnis discuss what research tells us about the mechanisms underlying complex PTSD symptoms experienced by young people in care. They consider implications for treatment and broader support provided for these young people
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