World Mental Health Day 2020: Mental Health for all

The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is ‘mental health for all’. 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.

8 October 2020

FREE webinar ‘OpenHouse on Autism’ – In search of a bedtime routine. What to do when your child won’t sleep.

Join our host Emma Woodhouse, autism specialist with Clinical Partners, sleeping disorder specialist Dr. Charlie Tyack and leading autism clinician Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian to discover practical ways to address challenges around getting your child to bed.

August 2020 – The Bridge

This month there has been a renewed focus on the impact of institutional care on children’s development and mental health, following publication of the Lancet Group Commission on this subject.

29 July 2020

To celebrate the Child and Adolescent Mental Health 25th anniversary we take a snapshot of CAMH’s past, present and future

With the recent success of the CAMH journal accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE we look back on the last quarter century which has been quite a journey for ACAMH’s quarterly, clinical journal CAMH.

17 June 2020

June 2020 – The Bridge

Includes ‘Are social networking sites contributing to depression and anxiety symptoms in young people?’

12 June 2020

Stronger Together – Celebrating 10 Years of ACAMH Malta

The ACAMH Malta 10th Anniversary Conference, themed “Stronger Together: The Role of Families and Systemic Connection in Mental Health Recovery,” was held on May 5–6, 2025, at Villa Arrigo Hall in Naxxar. This landmark event celebrated a decade of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) Malta branch’s commitment to advancing mental health care for young people and their families.​

9 May 2020

Adoption and attachment: A parent’s perspective Part 2

I work as a psychiatrist, and I had a year’s experience of CAMHS psychiatry and I already had two thriving birth children when my adopted daughter came into our lives. None of this had prepared me for the challenges I faced when my daughter moved in.

20 January 2020

Anxiety

Anxiety disorders in children and young people are common and can have a significant impact on mental health and well-being. They are particularly prevalent in children with autism spectrum disorder and ADHD.

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

This edition of The Bridge concentrates on Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Research, particularly on treatments in children within the neurodevelopmental arenas is limited and in many ways behind general mental health research for children or adults.

16 December 2019

Sleep Editorial

This edition of The Bridge concentrates on sleep, a poignant reminder that I am editing this on a 6am train to London having shortened my own sleep cycle and feeling rather sleep deprived on this dark winter morning.

16 December 2019