For the first time at ACAMH, Professor Pim Cuijpers, a leading authority in mental health research, will share pivotal insights into depression among children and adolescents. This enlightening session will delve into cutting-edge prevention and treatment strategies, underpinned by Professor Cuijpers’ extensive meta-analytic research. Clinicians and researchers attending will acquire a deeper understanding of the latest research developments and their practical applications in clinical settings. This webinar is an essential opportunity for mental health professionals committed to advancing their practice with evidence-based approaches.
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About the session
Depression in children and adolescents is a major public health problem. Prevention and treatment can help reduce the disease burden of depression. In this lecture I will give an overview of the research on preventing the onset of major depression in youth and I will show that prevention is indeed possible but also faces important challenges in terms of effectiveness and implementation. I will also present a roadmap to future research. The other subject that will be presented in this lecture is treatment of depression in children and adolescents. Based on large meta-analytic databases, I will show that treatments work but also have important limitations. A framework for improving outcomes and reducing the disease burden of depression in young people will be presented.
Learning objectives
1. To understand the effects of prevention of depression in youth
2. To understand how effective treatments are
3. To understand the research agenda for how to improve prevention and treatment of depression
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About the speaker
Pim Cuijpers is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology and director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is specialised in conducting randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses on prevention and psychological treatments of common mental disorders across the life span. He has published more than 1,300 peer-reviewed papers, chapters, reports and professional publications, including more than 1,050 papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals. Pim Cuijpers is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and recently received the 2024 APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research.