In practice
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Meet the expert: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A), with Dr. Jake Camp
We caught up with Dr. Jake Camp, who is a senior clinical psychologist in the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and a clinical academic fellow in King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, to discuss Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents, and his career.
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Intergenerational Consequences of Racism
Explore intergenerational consequences of racism and its impact on family mental health in this ACAMH expert webinar. Learn how structural racism cascades through generations and how practitioners can respond with trauma‑informed, anti‑racist approaches. Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh leads this session.
- Event type
- ACEs SIG Monthly seminars
- Location
- LIVE STREAM
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Autism and ADHD: diagnosis and demand in neurodevelopmental care. Emanuel Miller International Online Conference
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.
- Event type
- Emanuel Miller International Conference
- Location
- LIVE STREAM
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Creating Safety Before Speech: A Nervous System Approach to Selective Mutism
The session explores the connections between early development, emotional regulation, movement, retained primitive reflexes, and the nervous system, illustrating how these systems interact to shape a child’s capacity to engage, relate, and communicate. It places particular emphasis on how safety, predictability, and reduced pressure can support regulation and communication across both home and school environments.
- Event type
- Talk with Q&A
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- LIVE STREAM
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Complex Mental Health Needs: When Services Come Together for Service Innovation
The event seeks to emphasize 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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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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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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Working with families affected by relational trauma: building safety, connection and resilience
Explore how relational trauma and attachment difficulties affect children and families in this ACAMH training session with Kim Golding CBE. Learn DDP‑informed strategies to build safety, connection, and resilience in families affected by relational trauma.
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- Introductory to Advanced
- Location
- LIVE STREAM
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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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