Clinicians
Clinicians
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Autism and ADHD: diagnosis and demand in neurodevelopmental care. Emanuel Miller International Online Conference
HUGE EARLY BIRD SAVING! This conference will explore current debates around autism and ADHD, focusing on how scientific evidence, diagnostic practices, and rising demand for assessment intersect within contemporary neurodevelopmental care. Bringing together leading experts, the programme will examine how changes in diagnostic frameworks, service pressures, and social contexts shape who receives a diagnosis, when, and with what implications for young people, families, and services.
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- Emanuel Miller International Conference
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- LIVE STREAM
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Complex Mental Health Needs: When Services Come Together for Service Innovation
EARLY BIRD FROM JUST £5! The event seeks to emphasise the importance of collaboration among agencies when standard practices fall short in meeting the needs of children and young people (CYP).
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- Service Innovation
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- LIVE STREAM
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AI use within early research careers: help or hindrance?
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across various disciplines has increased significantly over the past few years, and research is no different. As AI continues to become embedded within many platforms used in academia, it represents a significant consideration for the next generation of researchers.
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents: Evidence, Applications, and Emerging Considerations
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) is a developmentally adapted, evidence-based intervention for young people experiencing emotion dysregulation, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. In recent years, a growing body of evidence such as randomised trials and meta-analyses have suggested DBT-A’s effectiveness across outpatient, inpatient, and community settings (Mehlum et al., 2014; McCauley et al., 2018; Kothgassner et al., 2021; Syversen et al., 2024).
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Are we over-pathologising young people’s mental health? CAMH Journal Debate
Building on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal debate series, the session will bring together contrasting perspectives on diagnostic trends and their interpretation in child and adolescent mental health. The debate includes Sami Timimi, Professor Kapil Sayal, and Professor Rachel Hiller.
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- Debate
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- LIVE STREAM
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Professor Maggie Snowling on rethinking reading disorders
We caught up with Prof. Maggie Snowling, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Oxford and Research Fellow at St John’s College, to discuss her career, and more.
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School mental health, with Professor Mark D Weist
We caught up with the presenter – Professor Mark D Weist, Professor in the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of South Carolina and Director of the South Carolina School Behavioral Health Academy – to talk about the topic itself, his career, and his hopes for the event.
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Mastering meltdowns and big feelings with Associate Professor Erin Gonzalez
We caught up with the presenter – Associate Professor Dr. Erin Gonzalez, a clinical psychologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital – about the topic itself, her career, and her hopes for the event.
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Beyond ACEs: When Trauma-Informed Care Misses Neurodivergent Children
Trauma-informed care often overlooks neurodivergence, leading to missed diagnoses and support, as in James’ story. Research shows trauma, neurodevelopmental conditions and adversity frequently co-occur, with “double jeopardy” when both are present. Services must move beyond silos to holistic, person-centred assessment that recognises each child’s unique “make and model.”. Blog by Professor Helen Minnis (pic) and Dr. Ruchika Gajwani.
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Understanding mental health challenges in autism and ADHD: A focus on schools as a source of emotional burden
Places are limited! to this FREE event is to share insights and outputs from Regulating Emotions – Strengthening Adolescent Resilience (RE-STAR), a UKRI-funded research programme which is trying understand why young neurodivergent people are at elevated risk for mental health problems.
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- FREE live stream
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- FREE live stream