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.

Event type

Talk with Q&A

Location

LIVE STREAM

Understanding Trauma – Ask The Expert

Bookings closed. Join David Trickey as he shares his knowledge and insights into children’s responses to traumatic events, when it might become problematic, how it might present itself, and why schools make perfect therapeutic environments to support young people.

Event type

Teacher Exclusive Event

Location

LIVE STREAM

Tics Spectrum Disorders

The aim of this full day, online event is to explore the assessment and management of Tic Disorders, covering both pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to treatment.

Event type

Day Conference

Location

LIVE STREAM

Sleep and Screen Time – Pedagogy in practice

This FREE online event is exclusively for teachers and school leaders, and offers insights into best practice in supporting children and adolescents to understand sleep and the importance of good quality sleep, as well as the potential impacts (positive and negative!) of screen time, building on the latest evidence base.

Event type

Teacher Exclusive Event

Location

LIVE STREAM

Destigmatizing Perceptions About Black Adolescent Depression

For this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Andrés Martin, Dr. Jose Paez, and Dr. Doron Amsalem to discuss their co-authored paper ‘Destigmatizing Perceptions About Black Adolescent Depression, Randomized Control Trial of Brief Social Contact-based Video Interventions’, recently published in the JCPP.

25 April 2022

Military conflict and its impact on children – recording

This free webinar forms part of our series of resources relating to the impact of ‘Conflict and War’. Dr. Stephanie Lewis hosted talks from Professor Dennis Ougrin, Professor Rachel Calam, Professor Mina Fazel, and Professor Andrea Danese. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

19 April 2022

Climate change-related worry, engagement, and mental health

In this podcast, Dr. Emma Sciberras and Dr. Julian Fernando discuss their co-authored paper ‘Climate change-related worry among Australian adolescents: an eight-year longitudinal study’, published in the CAMH 2022 Special Issue on ‘Child and youth mental health & the global ecological crisis’.

19 April 2022

NICE guidelines for self-harm: a new school of thought

New NICE guidelines for the management of self-harm in the UK emphasise the important role of non-specialists. In this article, Holly Crudgington and Dennis Ougrin discuss this guidance, focusing on the new advice for schools and its implications.

31 March 2022

Updates on Anxiety in children and adolescents – Jack Tizard International Conference

Bookings closed. The 2022 ACAMH Jack Tizard International Conference on Anxiety will be a unique opportunity to hear the latest research trends and their implications for clinical practice.

Event type

International Conference - 2 day online

Location

LIVE STREAM

Sluggish Cognitive tempo; circadian preference, sleep, and daytime sleepiness

In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Joey Fredrick to tackle the question ‘Is sluggish cognitive tempo associated with circadian preference, sleep, and daytime sleepiness in adolescence?’. Joey is the first author of a paper on this topic published in the JCPP.

28 March 2022