Treatment
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Meet the expert on Family-Based Treatment (FBT)
Discover what made family involvement the right foundation for treating adolescent anorexia nervosa and how Family-Based Treatment (FBT) works. Join Professor Daniel Le Grange at the event on 29 October 2026.
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Severe Mental Illness: Diagnosis, Pharmacological Management, and Monitoring
Expert Half-Day with Professor Dr. Marinos Kyriakopoulos and Professor Dr. Aditya Sharma, including dedicated presentations on psychosis and bipolar disorder in children and young people, followed by a joint session on treatment monitoring and a final discussion and Q&A.
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- International Expert Conference
- Location
- LIVE STREAM
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Mentalising and Emotion Regulation in Children and Families
Midgley et al. (2023) describe the Emotion Regulation in Children (ERiC trial), the first large randomised clinical trial designed to evaluate a brief form of Mentalization-Based Treatment for children aged 6–12 with co-occurring internalising and externalising difficulties. The intervention aims to strengthen children’s and parents’ ability to understand behaviour in relation to thoughts, feelings and intentions, seeking to improve emotion regulation within the child and across the parent–child relationship.
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Single-Session Interventions for Children and Young People: Evidence, Clinical Skills, and Best Practice
Learn how Single-Session Interventions (SSIs) can improve outcomes for children and young people. Explore evidence, implementation and clinical skills. With Assoc. Prof. Jessica Schleider (pic), Prof. Maria Loades, and Dr Erica Szkody.
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- Workshop
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Helping Anxious Parents Raise Confident Children: Preventing the Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety
Internationally renowned expert Professor Sam Cartwright-Hatton will lead the programme sharing extensive clinical and research expertise. Through in-depth presentation and interactive Q&A session, participants will learn how to support parents in reducing accommodating behaviours, fostering resilience, and promoting long-term emotional wellbeing in anxious children.
- Event type
- Intermediate level
- Location
- LIVE STREAM
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Meet the expert on mentalising – Dr. Emma Morris
Discover how mentalising therapy supports children and families facing complex trauma. Join Emma Morris at the ACAMH workshop on 14 October 2026.
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Safeguarding & Suicide Risk in CAMHS: Assessing and Managing Risk in Children and Young People
This set of talks explores updated best practice in suicide prevention within CAMHS, highlighting a shift toward personalised, collaborative safety assessment, formulation, and management following new 2025 national guidance. It also examines suicidality in autism, multiagency learning from recent cases, and broader safeguarding approaches including child exploitation and forensic CAMHS perspectives.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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Why Trauma-Focused CBT Isn’t Reaching Children
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) is one of the best-supported psychological treatments for children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress symptoms. Yet the existence of an evidence-based treatment does not mean that children and families can access it in routine care. Blog by Professor Francisco Musich.
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Assessing and Treating PTSD in Young Children
Learn how PTSD appears in young children, why it’s often missed, and how PTSD-YC criteria and CBT-3M improve early identification and treatment. Blog by Professor Francisco Musich.
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Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa
This session will be emphasising adaptation in response to increasing clinical complexity. It is led by Prof. Daniel Le Grange—learn its foundations, effectiveness, and when to adapt for better mental health outcomes.
- Event type
- Masterclass
- Location
- Online