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How well children read is largely down to their genes
Children who are avid readers are typically good readers, and children who seldom read a book voluntarily often have dyslexia. Is their reading ability the consequence of how much they practised?
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Online ADHD service map aims to stop young people slipping through net
Researchers at the University of Exeter have released a map put together from the results of a national survey. The new map aims to help identify existing services and gaps in provision for young adults with Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder (ADHD).
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The Importance of Representing Dissociative Identity Disorder in Fiction and Media for Children
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a condition that most of us have heard about, but when we break it down, many of us don’t quite understand what it truly is and how it can affect individuals.
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Research issues for children, young people and adults with learning disability and/or autism and their families – some personal reflections
One of the most positive experiences I have ever had was being part of the Childhood Disability Research Priority Setting Partnership through the British Academy of Childhood Disability, the James Lind Alliance and others.
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The importance of identifying an Intellectual Disability/Learning Disability for the individual, parents/carers and from a service/policy perspective
The importance of identifying an Intellectual Disability/Learning Disability for the individual, parents/carers and from a service/policy perspective.
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New Prizes Announced by ACAMH
ACAMH is keen to recognise individuals whose work advances our understanding of mental health in children and young people – blue skies science as well as ways services and practices can foster mental health.
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As a therapist, how should I grieve after a patient’s suicide?
Social worker Beth lost her patient Toby to suicide, but didn’t feel entitled to process it as a personal loss. Why do we treat personal and professional grief differently, and how can we support professionals who suffer traumatic losses?
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Autism and Attachment: A Need for Conceptual Clarity
What do we mean by ‘attachment disorders’? Is there a meaningful distinction between these disorders and ‘attachment difficulties’? And where is the overlap with autism?
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The World is constantly changing for young people
This year the focus for World Mental Health Day is ‘Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World’. We often forget that young people are at a stage of their lives when significant change is a common occurrence to them.
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No more to this ‘pitiful’ investment – A World Mental Health call from our chair
World Mental Health Day reminds us of the very large number of people who live with distress and anguish for long periods of their lives.
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