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    Children and adolescents who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health also often struggle with their sleep. Indeed disrupted or altered sleep has been associated with most psychiatric disorders (Gregory & Sadeh, 2016). Although a range of sleep difficulties can co-occur with mental health problems, a common difficulty is insomnia. As such this guidance will primarily focus on difficulties with getting to sleep and staying asleep.

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    CAMH 2023 Lecture

    FREE event. CAMH journal 2023 Lecture is a free webinar featuring a series of lectures from leading researchers, academics and practitioners on key topics in the field of child and adolescent mental health. We are delighted to have a keynote lecture from Professor Sir Michael Marmot. The event will be hosted by the CAMH journal Editor in Chief Professor Bernadka Dubicka.

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    FREE live stream
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  • Dr. Nikhil Childhary

    Hunter-gatherer childhoods may offer clues to improving education and wellbeing in developed countries, Cambridge study argues

    Hunter-gatherers can help us understand the conditions that children may be psychologically adapted to because we lived as hunter-gatherers for 95% of our evolutionary history. And paying greater attention to hunter-gatherer childhoods may help economically developed countries improve education and wellbeing. JCPP Editorial from Dr Nikhil Chaudhary, and Dr Annie Swanepoel.

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  • child slumped at door refusing school

    I hate Mondays! – Why children and young people don’t go to school, and how to support them

    BOOKINGS CLOSED. Organised by the ACAMH Scotland Branch this session will look at the complex factors contributing to pupils’ non-attendance at school.

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    Talk with Q&A
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  • Happy group of kids playing at the park

    Benefits of the Outdoors on Well-Being & Mental Health

    Bookings are closed. The aim of this online conference is to explore and learn about the benefits of the outdoors and nature on well-being. A further aim is to encourage delegates to reflect on how these topics may apply to their professional approaches with young people and own personal well-being.

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    Talk with Q&A
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    LIVE STREAM
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  • Alice M. Gregory

    Editorial: Therapies for mental health difficulties: finding the sweet spot between standardization and personalization

    Free Access paper from the JCPP – In this editorial, we discuss challenges and the continued need to find the sweet spot between standardization and personalization when it comes to therapies for mental health difficulties. We illustrate our discussion with reference to insomnia in adolescents/young adults as well as the chronic health condition type 1 diabetes. Alice M. Gregory (pic) et al.

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  • Dr. Claire Goodfellow

    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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  • Little boy standing at the grave of his parents in the graveyard

    Bereavement, Grief, and Loss – Ask The Expert

    Bookings closed.

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    Teachers and other Education Professionals
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    LIVE STREAM
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  • India Branch Event

    The Future is CAMHS – Exploring a Career in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

    Bookings closed. FREE event for early career professionals in India. In this FREE online event, attendees will hear from a range of professionals about why you should consider a career in child and adolescent mental health, what to expect from the role, and how to become a child and adolescent mental health professional. This is an event organised by the ACAMH India Branch. Please note the time zone for your region.

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    Talk with Q&A
    Location
    Live stream from India
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  • Resilience, Ethnicity and Adolescent Mental Health (REACH) Project – In conversation with Dr. Gemma Knowles

    In this podcast we speak to Dr. Gemma Knowles, Research Associate of the Social Epidemiology Research Group at King’s College, London, and part of the REACH Project. REACH stands for Resilience, Ethnicity and Adolescent Mental Health.

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  • Professor Jess Deighton

    ‘Creating mentally healthy schools’ – In conversation with Professor Jess Deighton

    We are honoured to spend some time talking to Professor Jess Deighton, about the role schools can play in young people’s mental health, about school-based interventions, and some insights from her latest research.

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