World Autism Acceptance Week 2022

This World Autism Acceptance Week (28 March – 3 April), we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks. Together we can help change attitudes and work towards creating a society that works for autistic children and young people.

23 March 2022

#UniMentalHealthDay Shaping the Future of Student Mental Health

University Mental Health Day encourages universities, students, and the wider community to work together to improve the university experience; to make mental health a university-wide priority; and to help change the future of student mental health. This University Mental Health Day, we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks.

3 March 2022

Tony Attwood; ‘Autism and Family Dynamics’, and ‘Special Interests’

Professor Tony Attwood, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., returns to the UK to speak to an audience, primarily aimed at parents and those that support autistic children and young people.

Improving research-informed practice in schools

We have recently launched an initiative aimed at teachers, to enable schools to access and put to use resources that can genuinely make a difference to the mental wellbeing and educational outcomes of young people.

10 February 2022

Children’s Mental Health Week 2022

The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is ‘Growing Together’. Our Vision is ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and to this end we urge you to take a look at the learning opportunities on our website and to share with your networks.

4 February 2022

Breaking the Bias: Celebrating Women in CAMH

A panel, chaired by Professor Bernadka Dubicka, will explore the challenges women have faced in the CAMH profession, examine how gender bias affects CAMH professionals, and celebrate women’s achievements. Panel; Dr. Gordana Milavić, Professor Francesca Happé, Professor Kathy Sylva OBE, Dr. Rhonda Boyd, Dr. Praveetha Patalay, Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh, Bethany Cliffe, Clara Faria, and Gloria Cheung.

ADHD Masterclass; The evolving concept, existing challenges, and interventions

A new lecture from Professor Edmund Songua-Barke which includes an exploration of the neurodiversity movement for ADHD, plus Professor Samuele Cortese’s talk includes discussions on pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for ADHD. Limited numbers, this will sell-out so book now.

Mood Disorders and ASD: What not to miss

The autism community identified mental health as their top research priority in 2016.¹ Autistic children and adolescents are more likely than their general population counterparts to have psychiatric disorders.² For bipolar disorder, rates of 7% are seen in autistic children and adolescents versus 1% in their general population peers.

17 March 2021

January 2021 – The Bridge

This issue of The Bridge features summaries of recent child and adolescent mental health research. I hope you enjoy reading about this excellent work which improves our understanding of a wide range of conditions and informs mental health care for young people.

11 January 2021

Child and adolescent mental health: what have we learnt during the Covid-19 pandemic? Looking back, Looking forward

The 2021 Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and Conference will be a unique opportunity to discuss what has been learnt in terms of impact of the pandemic on child and adolescent mental health, clinical management of mental health conditions in children and adolescents during the pandemic and research in the field, and how clinical practice and research in child and adolescent mental health could change after the pandemic.