‘NDC Learning Series’ – Medications and Physical Health

Bookings are closed. This is the fifth of the ‘NDC Learning Series’ aimed at health professionals who come into contact with children and young people who have Neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs). We are delighted to welcome Dr. Mark Lovell and Dr. Max Davie. with a session that will focus on ‘Medications and Physical Health’. The Chair of this session is Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian. 

Event type

Special Interest Group (SIG)

Location

LIVE STREAM

Digital Safety & Mental Health

Bookings are closed. This online conference will explore digital safety for children and young people, give you an understanding of the issues related to digital safety in the UK context, and provide key tips, advice and recommendations. Plus we will be offering the opportunity for practitioners to share their dilemmas, and solutions, from their own practices.

Event type

Live Stream

Location

Online

Autism and Eating Disorders – CAMHS around the Campfire

FREE informal journal club ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’ welcomes Dr. Francesca Solmi, UCL, to discuss her JCPP paper ‘Trajectories of autistic social traits in childhood and adolescence and disordered eating behaviours at age 14 years: A UK general population cohort study’.

Event type

Informal Journal Club

Location

LIVE STREAM

Prenatal caffeine exposure association with neurodevelopmental outcomes in 9-11 year-old children

Video abstract from Rui Zhang on her JCPP paper ‘Prenatal caffeine exposure: association with neurodevelopmental outcomes in 9- to 11-year-old children’.

8 September 2021

Eating Disorders & ARFID in Children and Adolescents; Research, Prevention, Interventions – Judy Dunn Conference 2021

In most cases, eating disorders start in adolescence, but they are often not picked up until adulthood. However, the earlier treatment starts, the better the long-term outcomes. The 2021 Judy Dunn Conference brings together some of the leading players in the field of Eating Disorders, and will focus on the latest evidence-based research, and implementing proven interventions that deliver results.

Event type

2 Day National Conference

Location

LIVE STREAM

Ask the Expert ‘Screen Time & Mental Health – Balancing the positive with the negative’

This FREE online event is exclusively for Teachers, and offers insights into the latest evidence-base, together with practical advice to help you help your pupils. It is the first in a series of free sessions exclusively for Teachers, and is an exciting new partnership between ACAMH and Coram Life Education (CLE).

Event type

Teacher Exclusive Event

Prevention of psychosis in adolescents – systematic review and meta-analysis of advances in detection, prognosis and interventions

Watch this video abstract from Professor Paolo Fusar-Poli, on his JCPP paper on the prevention of psychosis in adolescents.

1 September 2021

Genetically informed family research, and anti-racism in mental health research – In Conversation with Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh

We hear how Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh helped to set up the Twins Early Development Study, CoTEDS, her research on genetically informed methods to examine the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology, advice for those considering a part-time PhD, and anti-racism in mental health research.

9 August 2021

Delivering early language screening and intervention at scale – CAMHS around the Campfire

FREE informal journal club ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’ welcomes Gillian West, post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford, to discuss her JCPP paper ‘Early language screening and intervention can be delivered successfully at scale: evidence from a cluster randomized controlled trial’.

Event type

Live Stream

Location

Online

The demand for CYP mental health during Covid “a crisis on a pre-existing crisis” – Professor Bernadka Dubicka

In this podcast Bernadka explains what can be done to translate research into practice, and what mental health professionals can do to influence policy. She details the key points of evidence she put across to the Health and Social Care Select Committee on Children and Young People’s Mental Health, including integrated care as being essential. She also elaborates on describing the increasing demand for children and young people’s mental health during the Covid pandemic as “a crisis on a pre-existing crisis”.

3 August 2021