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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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#UniMentalHealthDay Shaping the Future of Student Mental Health
University Mental Health Day encourages universities, students, and the wider community to work together to improve the university experience; to make mental health a university-wide priority; and to help change the future of student mental health. This University Mental Health Day, we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks.
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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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Mental Health Conditions in Young People: Prevalence, Shifts & Support – Ask the Expert recording
Professor Mina Fazal joined us for the fourth in the series of sessions exclusively for Teachers. This FREE online event is an exciting new partnership between ACAMH and Coram Life Education (CLE) exclusively for Teachers. It offers insights into the latest evidence-base, together with practical advice to help you help your pupils, and your own children.
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Join our Adverse Childhood Experience Special Interest Group
We are inviting colleagues across the spectrum of Mental Health, Health, Social Care, and Education to join ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experience Special Interest Group, to become active members to contribute, question and share their understanding, and knowledge in this complex, growing and vital field of knowledge. You do not have to be an ACAMH Member to join the SIG or use the forum.Â
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High-Quality Open Access Accelerated
In February 2022, ACAMH publisher, Wiley, announced two new open access agreements to further accelerate open access research. In early February, Wiley and four Japanese institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding on open access publishing.
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The enigma of adolescent sleep: misunderstood science and effective intervention
This event was to increase awareness and understanding of adolescent sleep and to build ideas for supporting adolescents and parents/carers with this. This event was being staged by the ACAMH Wales Branch.
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Wiley Open Access Agreements to accelerate Open Access Research
ACAMH publisher, Wiley, announce six new open access agreements with a number of institutions in order accelerate open access research. Researchers in a number of institutions will be able to access all ACAMH journals, as well as be able to publish open access in the JCPP and the CAMH at no charge to themselves from 2022 to 2024.
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Improving research-informed practice in schools
We have recently launched an initiative aimed at teachers, to enable schools to access and put to use resources that can genuinely make a difference to the mental wellbeing and educational outcomes of young people.
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The Catalogue of Mental Health Measures: Discovering the depths of mental health data in UK longitudinal studies – recording
Professor Louise Arseneault, and Bridget Bryan, explained how and use, the Catalogue of Mental Health Measures, an interactive catalogue of mental health and wellbeing measures in British cohort and longitudinal studies. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.
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