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Identifying Mental Health Difficulties in Children Living in Care: Is the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire enough?
This blog, by Dr. Eva Sprecher, shares new findings that suggest current UK practice may not be sufficient for identifying children in care struggling with their mental health – and we suggest what might help improve things.
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Understanding the nature and nurture of callous-unemotional traits: The role of anxiety
New research using the twin design reveals that anxiety levels in children with callous-unemotional (CU) traits can tell us something important about the origins of these traits.
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Current Evidence and Clinical Practice
Research over the past decade have refined our understanding of ADHD epidemiology, neurobiology, diagnosis, and treatment, with growing emphasis on evidence-based assessment, multimodal intervention, and shared decision-making with young people and families.
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Autism and ADHD: diagnosis and demand in neurodevelopmental care. Emanuel Miller International Online Conference
HUGE EARLY BIRD SAVING! This conference will explore current debates around autism and ADHD, focusing on how scientific evidence, diagnostic practices, and rising demand for assessment intersect within contemporary neurodevelopmental care. Bringing together leading experts, the programme will examine how changes in diagnostic frameworks, service pressures, and social contexts shape who receives a diagnosis, when, and with what implications for young people, families, and services.
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- Emanuel Miller International Conference
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- LIVE STREAM
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Navigating Diagnostic Challenges in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
We’re delighted to offer you a chance to learn from the very best – Dr. Boris Birmaher. The goal of this presentation is to present the difficulties and differential diagnosis of pediatric BD and the course and factors associated with its the course.
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- Advanced session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Professor Maggie Snowling on rethinking reading disorders
We caught up with Prof. Maggie Snowling, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Oxford and Research Fellow at St John’s College, to discuss her career, and more.
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Rethinking Reading Disorders: Language Foundations, Risk Pathways, and Protective Factors
Understanding how children learn to read requires a comprehensive understanding of language, phonology, cognition, and environmental factors. While phonological processing deficits have long been considered central to dyslexia (Snowling, 2000; Vellutino et al., 2004), growing evidence suggests that reading difficulties can emerge from multiple developmental pathways, influence by a diverse combination of risk and protective factors (Hulme & Snowling, 2016; Catts et al., 2017). These individual differences underscore why some children struggle primarily with decoding, others with comprehension, and many with both.
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Supporting Children and Young People with Complex Trauma Histories: Rethinking Readiness for Treatment
Children and young people who have experienced trauma often present with a range of emotional, behavioural, and relational difficulties. There is robust evidence that trauma-focused psychological therapies are effective for PTSD in children and adolescents. Nonetheless, clinicians sometimes hesitate to offer these approaches to young people whose circumstances are complicated—for example, those with ongoing instability, high levels of distress, suicide risk, or multiple comorbidities. Some are told they are ‘not ready’, or that therapy should wait until other difficulties are managed. However, current evidence suggests that complexities are not, in themselves, a reason to delay treatment.
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Practical Updates in ADHD Diagnosis and Management with Professor Samuele Cortese
Join Professor Samuele Cortese, one of the world’s most influential researchers of the past decade, for a comprehensive 4-hour clinical expert session on ADHD, designed specifically for mental health professionals working with children, adolescents, and families. Professor Cortese was included in the list of the world’s most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations in the field of psychiatry/psychology in Web of Science.
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- Clinical Expert Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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The role of socio-contextual factors in child and adolescent PTSD
‘The role of socio-contextual factors in child and adolescent PTSD’ is a webinar is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group. It is led by Professor Sarah Halligan is Professor of Child and Family Mental Health at the University of Bath.