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The Importance of Representing Dissociative Identity Disorder in Fiction and Media for Children
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a condition that most of us have heard about, but when we break it down, many of us don’t quite understand what it truly is and how it can affect individuals.
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Parent-delivered teaching supports children’s early language development
This article is a summary of the paper ‘An evaluation of a parent-delivered early language enrichment programme: evidence from a randomised controlled trial’ by Burgoyne et al. (2018), published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
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The importance of identifying an Intellectual Disability/Learning Disability for the individual, parents/carers and from a service/policy perspective
The importance of identifying an Intellectual Disability/Learning Disability for the individual, parents/carers and from a service/policy perspective.
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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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JCPP ‘Celebrating 60 Years’
If you have already registered for the live stream of this event a link will have been sent to your email. Please check your inbox, and potentially spam and bin folders if you cannot find it. JCPP, is our internationally acclaimed publication, bringing together empirical research, clinical studies and reviews in order to advance how […]
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Autism and Attachment: A Need for Conceptual Clarity
What do we mean by ‘attachment disorders’? Is there a meaningful distinction between these disorders and ‘attachment difficulties’? And where is the overlap with autism?
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder with Dr Bruce Clarke and Dr Amita Jassi
Body Dysmorphic Disorder is a common, yet typically under-recognised and challenging to treat condition. Dr Bruce Clarke and Dr Amita Jassi highlight the common issues clinicians face when assessing and treating BDD and how to overcome these. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.
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Machine learning improves ADI-R efficiency
Early interventions in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are essential to improve communication and behavioural skills in affected children. Now, researchers have used machine learning to derive new instrument algorithms that may help practitioners screen for autism more efficiently and effectively.
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Routine screening is needed to identify language problems in children with ADHD
In 2017, Emma Sciberras and colleagues conducted a Research Review for the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry to rigorously analyse how common are language problems in children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Here, the researchers discuss their main findings and explain why they consider that a screen for language function would be a valuable addition to current ADHD assessments.
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Children with a language disorder are vulnerable to sexual abuse
Preliminary data suggest that children with language disorder may be at an increased risk of child sexual abuse (CSA),1,2 but few have studied the CSA experiences, disclosure patterns or reactions to disclosure in these children.
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