Environmental influences
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Mental Health and Parenthood – Maternal Mental Health Matters
This Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn, and to share with your networks.
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Stronger Together: The Role of Families and Systemic Connection in Mental Health Recovery – ACAMH Malta’s 10th Anniversary
We are thrilled to invite you to celebrate ACAMH Malta’s 10th Anniversary with us at our Annual Conference, ‘Stronger Together: The Role of Families and Systemic Connection in Mental Health Recovery’
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- 2 Day National Conference
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- Malta
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The Amal Group – Addressing adversity, stress, trauma and the associated mental health responses of children and young people
‘The Amal Group – Addressing adversity, stress, trauma and the associated mental health responses of children and young people’ is a webinar is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group.
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- ACEs SIG Monthly seminars
- Location
- LIVE STREAM
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Interventions for Sibling Mental Health Conditions: New Systematic Review Shows Lack of Evidence
This blog offers a summary of the findings and implications of a recent systematic review of studies looking at the effectiveness of interventions for young people with sibling mental health conditions. Only four papers were included in this review, highlighting the lack of evaluations for interventions supporting these young people.
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Why do some children from low-income families manage to thrive cognitively?
Why do some children from low-income families manage to thrive cognitively? Our study sheds light on this question by identifying key factors that promote cognitive resilience. Blog by Dr. Divyangana Rakesh.
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Transgender and Nonbinary Youth – Supporting Families
Supporting families of transgender and nonbinary youth is crucial for positive mental health outcomes. Join Dr. Sabra L. Katz-Wise leading researcher on LGBTQ+ health and family functioning.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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International Women’s Day #AccelerateAction: Accelerating gender equality in psychological research and psychiatry
On March 8th, 2025, the world is celebrating the 104th International Women’s Day, a tradition that began in 1911. This year’s International Women’s Day focuses on the theme of “Accelerate Action”, which highlights the urgency for dismantling systematic barriers that hinder women’s full participation in various research fields – including psychology and psychiatry.
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Call for papers – JCPP Advances Special Issue 2026 “Transdiagnostic Approaches to Child and Adolescent Mental Health”
JCPP Advances invites manuscripts for a special issue entitled “Transdiagnostic Approaches to Child and Adolescent Mental Health”. Interested authors should submit a letter of intent as a Microsoft Word document to the JCPP Advances editorial office with ‘JCPPA Special Issue 2026’ in the subject line by 28th March 2025.
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From Valencia to Understanding the Mental Health Impacts of Floods on Children and Young People
Floods are the most common type of natural disaster, with 1.81 billion people facing significant flood risk worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Among those affected, children and young people are especially vulnerable due to limited coping strategies compared to adults and high dependence on caregivers. Despite this, research on the impacts of floods on their mental health remains scarce.
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Words Matter: Understanding, Impact, and Prevention of Childhood Verbal Abuse
Set of three webinars on Childhood Verbal Abuse (CVA). This is characterised by adults shouting, yelling, denigrating, and verbally threatening the child. These types of adult actions can be as damaging to a child’s development as other currently recognized and forensically established subtypes of maltreatment such as childhood physical and sexual abuse.
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- 3 x90min webinars
- Location
- LIVE STREAM