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Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and Conference 2018 – Focusing on Adolescent Mental Health
In order to view this content, you need to be an ACAMH member. Membership starts from just 11p a day. We hope you consider joining and being part of the advancement of child and adolescent mental health.Read moreCurrent members will need to be registered as a website user and log in, our guide to this simple process can be accessed here.
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In Conversation… Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
In conversation with Dr Duncan Gillard, Senior Educational Psychologist and an experienced ACT practitioner, trainer and author. Duncan is the co-author of the popular self-help book Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Dummies.
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The Bridge – Mental Health in Schools Issue
Welcome to this mental health in schools themed edition of the Bridge.
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Worth-it: focussing on positive mental health, resilience and wellbeing interventions
‘Worth-it’ is a social enterprise dedicated to delivering resilience and wellbeing intervention programmes to children in schools. The interventions and training courses are underpinned by the principles of ‘Positive Psychology’ which is defined as the scientific study of positive human functioning.
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Supporting Mental Health in Schools and Colleges – a summary of UK Department of Education’s report
In a 2017 summary report*, the UK Department of Education set out the findings of its research into what English schools and colleges are currently doing to support students with mental health needs and their efforts to promote positive mental health and wellbeing amongst pupils, and their experiences of putting such provisions into practice.
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Positive news on the Peer Education Project
A new school-based programme by the Mental Health Foundation called the Peer Education Project (PEP) has been making leaps and bounds in tackling rising issues with mental health in young people.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 59, Issue 03, March 2018
“‘Shine bright like a diamond!’: is research on high-functioning ADHD at last entering the mainstream?” by Klaus-Peter Lesch
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‘Child Bereavement’ talks from Jane Fitz, and Suzie Phillips
This conference covered a broad array of child bereavement topics.
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Child Bereavement
In order to view this content, you need to be an ACAMH member. Membership starts from just 11p a day. We hope you consider joining and being part of the advancement of child and adolescent mental health.Read moreCurrent members will need to be registered as a website user and log in, our guide to this simple process can be accessed here.
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Is childhood maltreatment a risk factor for increased symptoms of neurodevelopmental disorders?
Professor Helen Minnis and Lisa Dinkler discuss their paper “Maltreatment-associated neurodevelopmental disorders: a co-twin control analysis” published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
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