Supporting Families of Trans Youth: A New Toolkit Rooted in Lived Experience

A new community-based participatory study highlights the importance of family support in improving mental health outcomes for transgender and nonbinary youth. Co-created digital stories reveal how open communication, shared reflection, and inclusive family involvement can reduce isolation, foster empathy, and build stronger connections. The result is a flexible toolkit designed for both professionals and caregivers.

8 July 2025

From Isolation to Intervention: Loneliness and Youth Mental Health

This Loneliness Awareness Week, please explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn and do share with your networks.

9 June 2025

Debate – Where to next for universal school-based mental health interventions?

We are delighted to announce the inaugural CAMH journal debate on universal school-based mental health interventions. The session will be chaired by Prof Umar Toseeb, featuring a panel of leading experts — Dr. Lucy Foulkes, Jack Andrews, Prof. Bronwynè Coetzee, Dr. Louise Birrell, and Dr. Emma Carter who authored recent debate papers on universal school-based mental health interventions in the CAMH journal.

Mental Health and Parenthood – Maternal Mental Health Matters

This Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn, and to share with your networks.

7 May 2025

Incorporating Motivational Interviewing into Evidence-Based Treatments for ADHD

This presentation provides specialized training in Motivational Interviewing (MI) for professionals working with individuals with ADHD and their families. MI is an evidence-based approach that enhances treatment engagement by fostering autonomy, self-efficacy, and strong provider-patient alliances. The training includes lectures, discussions, activities, videos, and role-plays.

Professor Kapil Sayal returns for a second term as NIHR Senior Investigator

Professor Kapil Sayal, Editor of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal, has been reappointed as a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator for a second term.

25 March 2025

Shore: a safe place for young people worried about sexual behaviour

Children and young people engaging in harmful sexual behaviour is a national public health issue, affecting thousands of young people across the UK every year. Despite this, there are few services available to support young people once harm has taken place and even fewer for young people concerned about their own or someone else’s sexual thoughts, feelings or behaviour.

The STADIA Trial: Exploring clinical and cost effectiveness

Many children and young people with diagnosable mental health disorders are not receiving timely help, says new research.
Press release by The University of Nottingham for new paper published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry by Kapil Sayal et al.

5 February 2025

The Risks and Benefits of Social Media on the Mental Health of Adolescents

This talk will explore the burgeoning use of social media by adolescents in today’s society.

Responding to sibling sexual abuse – putting research into action

This workshop will outline current knowledge and evidence in the sibling sexual abuse field and look at how that knowledge can be used to inform how we positively support a family’s journey, from identification of harm, safety planning and assessment, through to therapeutic intervention, case closure and aftercare support