Prevention

  • Cries. Poor fair-haired little girl closing her ears and sitting in the armchair while her parents shouting at her

    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.

    Event type
    3 x90min webinars
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Eliza Hamdorf

    Boreout in Early Career Researchers: Recognising and Addressing the Hidden Workplace Challenge

    Boreout is a workplace issue characterised by low engagement, lack of meaning, and limited growth opportunities (Rothlin & Werder, 2008), and can affect anyone in the workforce, including early career researchers. This blog explores how boreout can impact mental health professionals, especially those new to academia, and provides practical strategies for preventing it. Understanding boreout is essential for mental health practitioners and researchers to maintain both personal well-being and career fulfilment.

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  • Dr. Shuo Zhang

    From COP29 to Net Zero Mental Health Care: What does it mean for Child and Adolescent Mental Health professionals?

    Climate change and biodiversity loss are affecting the mental health of children and young people worldwide. Although many of us care deeply about ecological issues, they can seem less relevant to clinical practice and research. In this blog, Dr Shuo Zhang and Shailpriya Nand briefly summarise the literature on climate change and youth mental health before considering how Child and Adolescent Mental Health professionals can play a vital role in both reducing the carbon costs of healthcare and strengthening population mental health.

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  • Dr. Vicky Powell

    The SWELL clinical trial: Preventing depression in young people who have a parent with a history of depression

    The Skills for Adolescent WELLbeing (SWELL) study team are currently recruiting parents with a history of depression and a child aged 13-17 to take part in an exciting new study testing whether a group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) program that teaches skills for wellbeing can prevent depression or reduce depression symptoms in young people.

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  • Creating Hope Through Action

    Creating Hope Through Action – Suicide Prevention, A Priority For All

    World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September) is a fantastic opportunity to encourage an understanding and increase awareness of suicide prevention and make suicide prevention a priority. We encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website and do please share with your networks and colleagues.

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  • Can we prevent psychosis in high-risk adolescents?

    Over the past two decades we’ve seen growing efforts to prevent psychosis developing in people with subtle signs and symptoms of the disorder, termed ‘Clinical High-Risk State for Psychosis’ (CHR-P).

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  • Can childcare attendance reduce externalising behaviour in children exposed to adversity?

    Childcare attendance has been proposed as a public health initiative to help close the developmental gap between children from disadvantaged families and their wealthier peers.1,2 Now, Marie-Pier Larose and colleagues have investigated whether childcare attendance might modify the association between exposure to family adversity early in life and later externalising behaviour by buffering cognitive function.

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    Are children of any age susceptible to suicidal behaviour?

    Mei-Sing Ong and colleagues in the USA and Canada have investigated the risk factors for suicide attempt in a large cohort of children, adolescents, and young adults with mental health disorders.

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  • The costs of childhood ADHD extend into early adulthood

    Earlier this year, Ebba Du Rietz and colleagues reported their findings from a large-scale, register-based study of the impact of childhood ADHD on healthcare use and costs in early adulthood.

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  • March 2020 – The Bridge

    This edition of The Bridge features research digests on ‘FRIENDS’ and anxiety, CAMHS and technology training, OCD and anxiety, parenting, autism and more.

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