Clinicians
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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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Adopting a lifespan lens to understanding females on the autism spectrum
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
This short course introduces participants to the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents (UP-C and UP-A), a cognitive-behavioral treatment framework designed to address a wide range of emotional difficulties, including anxiety, depression, irritability, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. 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.
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- Short course - 2 sessions
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- LIVE STREAM
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Female ADHD and Hormones – The Perfect Storm
Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund, leads a session that explores the underrepresented biological differences between sexes in ADHD research and clinical practice, despite a growing awareness of ADHD in girls and women. The session highlights how the historical male-centric lens on ADHD has led to delayed diagnosis and mismanagement in females, particularly during hormonally sensitive life phases.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Substance use and the adolescent brain
Depending on the substance, they impact health in various ways, both in the short and long term, with some of the most profound effects occurring during adolescence.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Concurrent and longitudinal associations of developmental language disorder with peer victimization in adolescence: evidence from a co-twin study
A video abstract of the JCPP paper – Concurrent and longitudinal associations of developmental language disorder with peer victimization in adolescence: evidence from a co-twin study. With Dr. Sînziana Oncioiu (pic)
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Mental Health and Parenthood – Maternal Mental Health Matters
This Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn, and to share with your networks.
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Common Elements in Interventions for Youth Suicide and Self-Harm: Findings from a Practitioner Review
A practitioner review of 18 randomised controlled trials identifies the therapeutic elements most commonly found in interventions that reduce suicide attempts and self-harm among adolescents. The findings highlight key strategies that can inform and guide clinical practice.
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The Importance of Women and Girls in the Field of Academic Psychiatry
For the first time in history, more women than men are on the UK medical register. This fact is remarkable when we consider that the first woman to be allowed on the UK medical register was Elizabeth Blackwell in 1859. In this blog, Clara Faria, MD, explores the importance of women and girls in the field of academic psychiatry.
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