Supporting Families of Trans Youth: A New Toolkit Rooted in Lived Experience

A new community-based participatory study highlights the importance of family support in improving mental health outcomes for transgender and nonbinary youth. Co-created digital stories reveal how open communication, shared reflection, and inclusive family involvement can reduce isolation, foster empathy, and build stronger connections. The result is a flexible toolkit designed for both professionals and caregivers.

8 July 2025

From Isolation to Intervention: Loneliness and Youth Mental Health

This Loneliness Awareness Week, please explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn and do share with your networks.

9 June 2025

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.

7 May 2025

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.

6 May 2025

International Women’s Day #AccelerateAction: Accelerating gender equality in psychological research and psychiatry

On March 8th, 2025, the world is celebrating the 104th International Women’s Day, a tradition that began in 1911. This year’s International Women’s Day focuses on the theme of “Accelerate Action”, which highlights the urgency for dismantling systematic barriers that hinder women’s full participation in various research fields – including psychology and psychiatry.

7 March 2025

Eating Disorders: A Concern for All

Did you know that approximately 22% of children and adolescents worldwide show disordered eating? Eating Disorders Awareness Week (24 February – 2 March 2025) is an opportunity to improve awareness that anyone can have an eating disorder and explore the impact that eating disorders can have on children and young people.

This Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn, and to share with your networks.

21 February 2025

20th Century Lead Exposure Damaged American Mental Health

Pernicious lead exposure in air, water, soils cost 151 million Americans some well-being.
Press release by Duke University for new paper published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry by Michael J. McFarland et al.

17 December 2024

Breaking the Silence: A different way to work alongside young people in practice and research

How are children and young people getting on in the UK? Studies suggest that the school system is a significant negative factor in the lives of many of our CYP. Whilst some enjoy school, many others experience it as psychologically harmful and this is reported, consistently, by young people and families. Despite this, CYP have almost no say in the structures and aims of education and their voices are silent when it comes to implementing national policies. In response, the social enterprise States of Mind launched the Breaking the Silence project, in partnership with the Institute of Education, UCL, focusing on co-creating new insights and solutions around education and mental health through Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR).

2 December 2024

Boreout in Early Career Researchers: Recognising and Addressing the Hidden Workplace Challenge

Boreout is a workplace issue characterised by low engagement, lack of meaning, and limited growth opportunities (Rothlin & Werder, 2008), and can affect anyone in the workforce, including early career researchers. This blog explores how boreout can impact mental health professionals, especially those new to academia, and provides practical strategies for preventing it. Understanding boreout is essential for mental health practitioners and researchers to maintain both personal well-being and career fulfilment.

18 November 2024

From COP29 to Net Zero Mental Health Care: What does it mean for Child and Adolescent Mental Health professionals?

Climate change and biodiversity loss are affecting the mental health of children and young people worldwide. Although many of us care deeply about ecological issues, they can seem less relevant to clinical practice and research. In this blog, Dr Shuo Zhang and Shailpriya Nand briefly summarise the literature on climate change and youth mental health before considering how Child and Adolescent Mental Health professionals can play a vital role in both reducing the carbon costs of healthcare and strengthening population mental health.

11 November 2024