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Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders – what you need to know (recording)
This webinar looked at ‘Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders (MEED)’ the new guidance, produced by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and endorsed by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, with perspectives from clinicians, paediatricians, dieticians, parents/carers, and lived experience. It was organised by the London and South East ACAMH Branch.
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Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help-seeking intentions
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – “This study examines associations between dimensions of mental health literacy (MHL) and formal and informal help-seeking intentions among adolescents. It also investigates whether informal help-seeking mediates the association between dimensions of MHL and formal help-seeking, and whether these associations are moderated by gender”. Claire Goodfellow (pic) et al.
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Bullying and Mental Health: Impact and Interventions
14 – 18 November is Anti-Bullying Week. For this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Sînziana Oncioiu, Professor Lucy Bowes and Carolina Guzman Holst to discuss bullying in children and adolescents. Sînziana, Lucy, and Carolina are all members of the Oxford lab of Risk and Resilience, Genes and Environment, known as the oRANGE Lab, at the University of Oxford.
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Review: School-based mental health literacy interventions to promote help-seeking – a systematic review
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – “The aim of this review is to identify and synthesise evidence on the effectiveness of school-based mental health literacy interventions in improving help-seeking outcomes”. Karen Kei Yan Ma et al.
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The relationship between perceived income inequality, adverse mental health and interpersonal difficulties in UK adolescents
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “The salience of economic inequalities in proximal social environments (e.g. among friends) in early adolescence could further amplify the negative effects of economic disadvantage on mental health and behavioural difficulties during this period”. Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer et al.
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Anti-Bullying Week 2022: A Priority for All
This Anti-Bullying Week (14 – 18 November), we have gathered a range of FREE learning resources from leading academics, clinicians, and researchers to raise awareness of the impact of bullying on child and adolescent mental health. We encourage you to share with your networks.
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Addiction & Substance Use – Ask The Expert (recording)
For this session for teachers and education professionals we welcomed Dr. Paolo Deluca to share his knowledge and insights into addiction and substance use amongst young people.
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Annual Research Review: Emergence of problem gambling from childhood to emerging adulthood: a systematic review
Paper from the JCPP – “The risk for problematic gambling and associated high-risk behaviors is elevated during adolescence and emerging adulthood”. Jérémie Richard (pic) and Serena M. King.
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Suicidal Ideation During Adolescence: Genetic Liability & Negative Life Events
In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Séverine Lannoy about her recent JCPP paper ‘Suicidal ideation during adolescence: The roles of aggregate genetic liability for suicide attempts and negative life events in the past year’, published in the JCPP Special Issue 2022.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences for schools – a MindEd e-learning Training (recording)
This free session was the second of ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group Monthly seminars. In this session we discussed ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences for schools – a MindEd e-learning Training’.
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