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Autumn Webinar programme
Don’t miss the early birds! All events are centred around evidence-based research, and our speakers are some of the leading lights in the field. ACAMH is a charity, and we receive no government funding, nor do we ask for donations.
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CAMH 2025 Special Issue – ‘Physical Environmental Influences on the Psychosocial Outcomes of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults’
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Journal are delighted to announce the CAMH 2025 Special Issue on ‘Physical Environmental Influences on the Psychosocial Outcomes of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults’, edited by Keri Ka-Yee Wong, Efstathios Papachristou, Marta Francesconi, and Tycho J. Dekkers.
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STEPS in the Community: Pilot Trial Offers Promising Pathways for Autistic Adults Transitioning to Independence
Up to 70,000 autistic teenagers enter adulthood in the US each year, yet many report feeling unprepared for the leap. The Stepped Transition to Employment and Postsecondary Success (STEPS) programme is a goal-oriented intervention designed to bridge this gap.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Teens: What New Research Reveals
A 2024 systematic review and meta‑analysis by Galgut and colleagues highlights that cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT‑I) markedly improves insomnia severity and, to a lesser extent, subjective sleep quality in teenagers. These findings strengthen the evidence for offering CBT‑I—delivered face‑to‑face or digitally—as a first‑line treatment for young people who struggle to sleep.
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Debate – Where to next for universal school-based mental health interventions?
FREE webinar! 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.
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- Debate
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Self-harm and Suicide Risk in Young People: A Call for Personalised Assessment
Self-harm affects roughly one in six adolescents and is a potent predictor of suicide. Yet the best-known risk-prediction tools correctly identify only a small minority of future suicides. Instead of relying on scores, clinicians should carry out compassionate, personalised assessments, followed by rapid follow-up and collaborative safety plans.
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Trauma to a child of being in the Secure Care System; How can we improve processes
Only £5! Organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group. Led by Dr. Heidi Hales “In this talk I will consider the structure of the secure system set up to contain and care for children in young people in the United Kingdom, who are complex situations and show risk behaviours that are considered to need containment.”
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- ACEs SIG Monthly seminars
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- LIVE STREAM
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Autism in Females
Don’t miss the Early Bird! In this session, Dr. Harrop presents up-to-date research spanning early childhood through adulthood that characterizes the profiles and experiences of autistic females.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Mental Health and Social Rights – Mental Health in our Everyday Lives
This European Mental Health Week, please explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn and do share with your networks.
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Transdiagnostic CBT for Emotional Disorders: The Unified Protocol for Young People
There will be 2 sessions. The first will be on 4/11/25 at 14:00 – 16:30, and the second on 11/11/25 at 14:00 – 16:00. Can’t make it, don’t worry, book now as delegates have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. You must book before the event starts, there […]
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- Short course - 2 sessions
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- LIVE STREAM