Primer


  • From Clinic to Kitchen Table: Exploring the Realities of Home-Based Psychological Care

    Early bord from £5! Often for a lot of professionals we do not know what the impact of going into the home environment is like for the individuals that we work with. This event helps us consider how we maintain boundaries and what conversations we should be having.

    Event type
    Intro Class
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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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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    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.

    Event type
    Debate
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Clare Harrop

    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.

    Event type
    Introductory and Update Session
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Lotta Borg Skoglund

    Female ADHD and Hormones – The Perfect Storm

    Don’t miss the early bird! 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.

    Event type
    Introductory and Update Session
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Dr. Sînziana Oncioiu

    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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  • Clara Faria

    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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  • Larissa Niec

    Healthy Attachment is Learned: Fostering Responsive Parenting Through Parent-Child Interaction

    Don’t miss out on the early bird! Dr. Larissa Niec presents Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a transdiagnostic, family-based intervention with over 45 years of empirical support.

    Event type
    Introductory and Update Session
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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