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  • Candice Odgers

    Parenting and Protecting Adolescents in the Age of Social Media and AI

    Adolescents spend much of their lives online and adults are increasingly worried that screen time, social media, and now artificial intelligence (AI) will harm their mental health. Award winning psychologist Candice Odgers will address current fears with facts about adolescent mental health in the digital age and provide science-backed strategies for those working to support the young people in their families, classrooms, and communities.

    Event type
    Talk with Q&A
    Location
    Online
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  • Eileen Kennedy-Moore

    Five Friendships Skills Every Child Needs to Learn

    FROM JUST £5! Join Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore as she offers parents practical ideas for helping children to feel more comfortable and confident in social situations by describing five essential friendship skills that are part of the unspoken social curriculum for school-age children. This webinar is aimed at teachers/educators, childcare providers, speech and language professionals, or volunteers who work with children.

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    Talk with Q&A
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Mental Health in Schools: Practical Strategies for a Stepped, Collaborative Approach

    This three part webinar series brings together leading experts to share practical, evidence-based strategies for strengthening student mental health within schools through comprehensive, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS). Attendees will learn how to implement prevention and early intervention strategies, foster stronger collaboration among schools, families, and communities, and build sustainable systems that ensure student well-being and academic success.

    Event type
    Short course - 3 sessions
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Portrait of son hugging his father, together at home. Son caring for his father, putting hand on his shoulder, comforting and consoling him. Family love, bonding, care and confidence

    Social Fears in Children: The Roles of Parental Communication and Child Temperament

    A recent longitudinal study by Zeytinoglu and colleagues (2025) provides insights into how parental verbal communication and child characteristics contribute to the transmission of social fears. The study shows the impact of both positive and negative maternal statements about ambiguous social situations, finding that positive comments were linked to reductions in children’s social fear beliefs, while negative comments predicted increases, especially among children who were behaviourally inhibited or had high anxiety.

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    Thank you to all our 2024 Reviewers

    ACAMH wants to express our gratitude to every single reviewer from 2024 for their invaluable contributions to the JCPP, the CAMH journal and JCPP Advances, and the wider academic community as a whole.  We are deeply appreciative of the time and effort required to provide detailed, thoughtful reviews. Reviews serve a vital function in the production of fascinating papers and exciting progress in the field of child and adolescent mental health.

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    Understanding How Parenting Programs Work: Key Behaviour Changes and Individual Differences in Outcomes

    A 2025 study by Sigurðardóttir and colleagues brings together findings from 14 European randomized controlled trials with 3,252 families, all evaluating social learning-based parenting programmes. The study examined in detail how these programmes can support the reduction of disruptive behaviours in children.

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    ACAMH Awards 2025 Shortlist – Recognising Advancements in CAMH Research and Practice

    It is our pleasure to announce the shortlist of nominees for the 2025 ACAMH Awards.

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  • Cute brilliant smart child of african american ethnicity study at home, doing homework, sitting on floor with book in hands smiling at camera with enthusiasm, happy to get new knowledge

    Children and Adolescents with Single and Multiple Traumas Response to PTSD Therapy: New Insights from a Major Meta-Analysis

    A 2023 meta-analysis led by Hoppen and colleagues examined whether children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) benefit equally from psychological interventions, regardless of whether they have experienced a single traumatic event or multiple traumas (Hoppen et al., 2023).

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  • Caucasian teenager chats in messaging app with friends or watches content using mobile phone while sitting on sofa in living room. Teen boy spending weekend at home. Lifestyle concept. Close Up.

    Adolescence at Risk: Online Misogyny, Mental Health, and the Urgent Need for Action

    What is online misogyny? How do adolescent boys engage with the Manosphere? What are the implications for policy and practice? Dr. Arianda Albajara Saenz explores it’s impact on youth mental health.

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  • Black girl and grandmother lying on grass, overhead close up

    Insights from Two Decades of Statewide Data on the Diagnostic Rates among Autistic Females

    A 2024 study by Harrop and colleagues reflects how the landscape of autism diagnosis for females has evolved. Drawing on more than 10,000 diagnostic records from the TEACCH Autism Program in North Carolina, spanning the years 2000 to 2021, the study reveals a steady increase in the proportion of females identified as autistic. While diagnostic pathways are becoming more inclusive, late recognition remains a concern, highlighting the ongoing need for approaches that acknowledge the diversity of autistic experience.

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