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Depression: Identifying and Supporting Children and Young People
This FREE webinar covers an especially important topic, particularly following the pandemic, as children may struggle to articulate how they are feeling, and parents/teachers may not know how to approach the child. It is also important as many people perceive children are resilient and will ‘spring back’, however this view may be harmful for children who need help.
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- Talk with Q&A
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- FREE live stream
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Managing Impulsive and Risky Behaviour – Episode 6 ‘ADHD, A Young Person’s Guide’
(TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this podcast discusses self-harm, substance abuse, sexual consent, and behaviours that can be described as impulsive or risky.)
Hosted by Dr. Blandine French, this podcast series focuses on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and is designed to help young people and their families. This episode focuses on managing impulsive and risky behaviour, and Blandine is joined by Ruth Pearse, from Parenting Special Children. This podcast also features clips from two young adults, Emily and Alex, who share their lived experiences of ADHD, and managing impulsive and risky behaviour.
We are delighted to produce this podcast series in partnership with Clinical Partners, the UK’s largest private mental health partnership.
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Sleep influences daily suicidal ideation through affective reactivity to interpersonal events among high-risk adolescents and young adults
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “This study used an intensive monitoring approach to examine whether objectively- and subjectively- measured sleep characteristics predict next-day suicidal ideation occurrence and intensity through affective reactivity to interpersonal events in young people at high risk for suicide”. Jessica L. Hamilton (pic) et al.
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Suicidal ideation during adolescence: The roles of aggregate genetic liability for suicide attempts and negative life events in the past year
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “Suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) constitute a central public health concern in adolescence. Previous studies emphasized the difficulty to cope with negative life events during adolescence as a risk factor for STB”. Séverine Lannoy (pic) et al.
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Mental health outcomes of the Daily Mile in elementary school children: a single-arm pilot study
Paper from the CAMH journal – “This study is the first to examine TDM (a daily one mile outdoor run/walk performed at a self-selected pace during school hours) on mental health, self-esteem and self-perceived competence of elementary schoolchildren”. Anke Arkesteyn et al.
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How to Cope When Your Child Can’t: How parents can help themselves and each other
This free session uses the latest evidence-based research, and examples from parents to help us understand what we can and cannot do; to help us to accept any distress, worry, anxiety, sadness or loss of control in our situations; to see that we can tolerate these things; and to know that there are ways to move forward.
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- Talk with Q&A
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- LIVE STREAM
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Student Mental Health and What CAMH Professionals Need to Know
This University Mental Health Day, we are joined by two students, Rhiannon Hawkins and Nathan Randles, to discuss student mental health and what CAMH professionals need to know. (TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this podcast discusses personal experiences of self-harm and suicide.)
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Childhood Adversity: Recovery, Resilience and Prevention Seminars
BOOKINGS CLOSE TUESDAY 3 MAY at 12 noon. A series of four virtual half-day seminars have been organised by ACAMH in collaboration with Child and Family Training (CFT). Don’t miss this chance to attend four half-day online seminars, and NINE practitioner guides PLUS associated licences, and SAVE up to £50! Over 10 hours of online training, with access to the recording for 28 days, PLUS 4 CPD certificates emailed to you for each of the sessions.
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- 4 half day training online
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- LIVE STREAM
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 62, Issue 08, August 2021
Editorial: ‘COVID-19: lessons learned for suicide prevention’ by Joan R. Asarnow and Bowen Chung
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Fire starting; what makes young people do it, which interventions work – Joanna Foster (session 2)
Led by criminologist Joanna Foster, this is the second of two workshops exploring what is known about children and teenagers who set fires. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.
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