December 2020 – The Bridge

Welcome to the December 2020 issue of The Bridge. This year has been extremely challenging for our field, as we’ve needed to understand and address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on young people’s mental health.

4 December 2020

‘Data sets, mental well-being and school-based interventions’ In Conversation with Dr. Praveetha Patalay

In this podcast, Dr. Praveetha Patalay discusses data sets, the difference between mental health and mental health well-being and school-based interventions. Praveetha also talks about her recent JCPP paper on ‘Prescribing measures: unintended negative consequences of mandating standardized mental health measurement’.

3 December 2020

‘CAMH professionals multi-dimensional role as clinician scientists’ In Conversation with Dr. Aisha Sanober Chachar

In this podcast, Dr. Aisha Sanober Chachar, recent ACAMH Awards 2020 Winner (Clinical) Trainee of the Year, talks about the many different roles a CAMH professional has, be it researcher, clinician, carer, and even storyteller.

25 November 2020

CAMHS around the Campfire – ‘Self‐reported sleep patterns and quality amongst adolescents: cross‐sectional and prospective associations with anxiety and depression’ Faith Orchard et al (2020)

FREE live online journal club. Each 1-hour meeting will feature a new piece of research, which we’ll discuss in an informal journal club session. 17.00 UK, (USA – 12 noon ET, 11.00 CT, 09.00 PT)

Event type

Informal Journal Club

Location

Online

‘Self‐reported sleep patterns and quality amongst adolescents: cross‐sectional and prospective associations with anxiety and depression’ – video abstract

Video abstract from Dr. Faith Orchard on her paper in JCPP on ‘Self‐reported sleep patterns and quality amongst adolescents: cross‐sectional and prospective associations with anxiety and depression’.

4 November 2020

November 2020 – The Bridge

The research featured in this issue covers a wide range of topics relevant to our work with young people, including neurodevelopmental, emotional, and behavioural disorders, their comorbidity, and their links with functioning and quality of life.

3 November 2020

‘The fear of categories – can we overcome it?’ Professor Dame Uta Frith

Professor Dame Uta Friths delivered this Keynote lecture ‘The fear of categories – can we overcome it?’ on Friday 30 October at the ACAMH Awards.

30 October 2020

‘OpenHouse on Autism’ – Tackling low diagnosis for autism in girls

Emma Woodhouse, neuro-developmental specialist at Clinical Partners, and leading female autism specialists Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian and Dr. Marianna Murin, discover practical actions you can take to help your child.

29 October 2020

Associate Professor Dr. Stephen P Becker

Stephen P Becker is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The overall objective of Stephen’s research is to better understand the developmental pathways of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), co-occurring psychopathologies, and functional impairments.

28 October 2020

‘Understanding developmental cognitive science from different cultural perspectives’ – In Conversation with Tochukwu Nweze

Tochukwu Nweze, lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and, PhD student in MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge talks about his recent paper on parentally deprived Nigerian children having enhanced working memory ability, how important is it to study cultural differences in cognitive adaption during and following periods of adversity, and how can mental health professionals translate this understanding of difference into their work.

23 October 2020