About ACAMH

ACAMH is over 60 years old, and we are celebrating. But we are not standing still. Take a look at our strategic priorities 2022-23. Our membership comprises a diverse group of clinicians, practitioners and world-leading child mental health researchers, working across an array of child and adolescent mental health domains. We aim to raise standards […]

11 April 2017

JCPP Editorial: Volume 58, Issue 04, April 2017

“Child psychology and psychiatry – using science to make a difference” by R. M. Pasco Fearon

1 April 2017

CAMH – Volume 22, Issue 1 February 2017

Lisa Keane and Maria Loades

Background
Cognitive behavioural therapy for low self-esteem (LSE) has shown promise as a trans-diagnostic model for treating mental health difficulties in adults. To ascertain the potential value of this treatment approach in working with young people with internalizing disorders, we need to develop our understanding of LSE within these mental health conditions.

14 February 2017

CAMH – Volume 22, Issue 1, February 2017

Chen Jieling and Wu Xinchun

Background
Pathological and beneficial outcomes have been documented in children and adolescents exposed to disasters, but the patterns of the outcomes are not known. This study was conducted to identify patterns of post-traumatic stress symptoms and post-traumatic growth and examine the predictors for the patterns among children and adolescents following an earthquake.

14 February 2017

CAMH Editorial: Volume 22, Issue 1, February 2017

“CAMHS goes mainstream” by Peter Fonagy & Kathryn Pugh.

1 February 2017

JCPP Editorial: Volume 58, Issue 01, January 2017

“Science unskewed – acknowledging and reducing ‘risk of bias’ in parenting research” by Edmund Sonuga-Barke

1 January 2017

JCPP Editorial: Volume 57, Issue 11, November 2016

“Isolating the essential difference – The importance of choosing the right type and sufficient numbers of controls in research on neurodevelopmental disorders and mental health conditions” by Eric Fombonne

19 November 2016

CAMH Editorial: Volume 21, Issue 4, November 2016

“CAMH – meeting the changing mental health needs of children in the 21st century” by Jane Barlow.

1 November 2016

JCPP Editorial: Volume 57, Issue 10, October 2016

“The effects of early trauma and deprivation on human development – from measuring cumulative risk to characterizing specific mechanisms” by Charles H. Zeanah & Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke

19 October 2016

JCPP Editorial: Volume 57, Issue 09, September 2016

“Bayesian benefits for child psychology and psychiatry researchers” by Albertine J. Oldehinkel

19 September 2016