With Parents in Mind: Can shared decision making support parents at CAMHS?

Exploring shared decision making as a triad relationship between clinicians, children and parents where clinicians and service users (i.e. children and parents) share the information when faced with the task of making decisions, and where service users are supported to consider options to achieve informed preferences, may be of value.

6 March 2018

School-based interventions are effective, but are they efficient?

School-based interventions (SBIs) are effective for preventing and treating common medicopsychological problems and disorders in pupils, according to data from a practitioner review published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

1 March 2018

Child Bereavement

21 February 2018

The Bridge – Informatics issue

Welcome to this informatics themed edition of the Bridge.

1 February 2018

Digital health interventions for the young: meeting expectations?

The number of digital health interventions for mental health disorders is increasing, but research from Chris Hollis and colleagues suggests that the clinical benefits and cost-effectiveness are unclear. Consistent methods of reporting and evaluation are required to extract definitive conclusions from clinical trials.

1 February 2018

Fighting for attention

To present a more complete picture of a highly heritable disorder, The Bridge has spoken to two parents of children with ADHD about the challenges and concerns that it can present.

2 January 2018

The Bridge Returns

Welcome back to ‘The Bridge’. The full set of articles will be published in December for ACAMH Members.

1 December 2017

Meet the Board

Dr. Gordana Milavić MD., F.R.C.Psych. – ACAMH Chair  Dr. Milavić is Chair of ACAMH. She is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, London. She has over 40 years of experience in acute clinical practice, teaching and training. During her career she has been at the forefront of the organisation of mental […]

14 November 2017

Child Bereavement

This conference covered a broad array of child bereavement topics.

Event type

Day Conference

Location

Cardiff

‘Dyslexia from assessment to intervention’ interview with Professor Maggie Snowling

Interview with Professor Maggie Snowling on 29 September 2017, at the Welsh ACAMH Branch conference, ‘Dyslexia from assessment to intervention’.

29 September 2017