ACAMH Malta: Eurosport Run for Mental Wellbeing – 4th Edition

ACAMH Malta are proud to be part of the 4th edition of the ‘Eurosport Run for Mental Wellbeing’.

Event type

Fun run

Location

Malta

‘Sleep Patterns, Associations with Anxiety and Depression’ an ‘In Conversation’ Special with Dr. Faith Orchard

In a special episode of our In Conversation series, we hear from Dr. Faith Orchard about her recent paper, co-author by Prof. Alice M. Gregory, Prof. Michael Gradisar, and Dr. Shirley Reynolds.

15 October 2020

Identifying and remediating children’s language difficulties – Professor Charles Hulme

Professor Charles Hulme, Professor of Psychology and Education, University of Oxford discusses children’s language difficulties. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture. Simply email membership@acamh.org with the day and time you watch it, so we can check the analytics, and we’ll email you your certificate.

13 October 2020

‘OpenHouse on Autism’ – In search of a bedtime routine. What to do when your child won’t sleep.

Emma Woodhouse, autism specialist with Clinical Partners, and sleeping disorder specialist Dr. Charlie Tyack discover practical ways to address challenges around getting your child to bed.

5 October 2020

Do sex differences affect ASD symptom severity scores?

Researchers in the USA have investigated whether standard diagnostic assessments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are biased against girls.

2 October 2020

Developments in Eating Disorders Research

As everyone’s thoughts are dominated by the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and wellbeing, it seems pertinent to start by thinking how people with or at risk of eating disorders may have been affected. Research suggests that the impacts differ according to the type of eating disorder concerns and behaviours.

1 October 2020

Enhancing young people’s mental wellbeing through digital technology

Now more than ever we need to be considering the impact of digital media on the mental health of young people, both positive and negative, and how we can support them. We will discuss the key challenges faced in relation to child and adolescent mental health in the fast-paced digital environment. 

Event type

Live Stream

Location

LIVE STREAM

‘Resilience – a complexity science approach’ Professor Anne-Laura Van Harmelen – ‘In Conversation’

Professor Anne-Laura Van Harmelen talks about her new appointment of Professor of Brain Safety and Resilience, the work of Risk and Resilience Group, and its work on HOPES project and RAISE Study.

24 September 2020

How accurate are teachers’ assessments of children’s mental health?

Frances Mathews, Tamsin Ford and colleagues have performed a secondary analysis of the 2004 British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey, to understand how accurately teacher concern predicts the presence of a mental disorder in school children.

15 September 2020

Online self-harm content might provide peer support to young people

Youth today find themselves living in an era of social media, with easy access to a wide range of social networking sites. Unfortunately, emerging evidence suggests that some social technologies might cause more harm than good to some young people’s mental health.1,2

11 September 2020