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    Hunter-gatherer childhoods may offer clues to improving education and wellbeing in developed countries, Cambridge study argues

    Hunter-gatherers can help us understand the conditions that children may be psychologically adapted to because we lived as hunter-gatherers for 95% of our evolutionary history. And paying greater attention to hunter-gatherer childhoods may help economically developed countries improve education and wellbeing. JCPP Editorial from Dr Nikhil Chaudhary, and Dr Annie Swanepoel.

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    Mental Health and Wellbeing – A Global Priority

    This World Mental Health Day (10 October) we have gathered a range of FREE learning resources from leading academics, clinicians, and researchers to raise awareness of the importance of making child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing a global priority.

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    World Autism Acceptance Week 2022

    This World Autism Acceptance Week (28 March – 3 April), we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks. Together we can help change attitudes and work towards creating a society that works for autistic children and young people.

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    Children’s Mental Health Week 2022

    The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is ‘Growing Together’. Our Vision is ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and to this end we urge you to take a look at the learning opportunities on our website and to share with your networks.

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    JCPP Special Issue: Genetics & Genomics of Autism Spectrum Disorders

    ACAMH proudly to presents the JCPP November 2021 Special Issue on ‘Genetics and Genomics of Autism Spectrum Disorders’ edited by Professor Barbara Franke, Dr. Eric Fombonne, and Professor Angelica Ronald.

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    Genetics research informing mental health care

    Anita Thapar discusses that genetic studies of mental health have revealed important insights about the influence of genes and the environment, and the nature of disorders. She explains how these insights could improve mental health care for young people and their families now and in the future.

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    World Mental Health Day 2021: Mental Health in an Unequal World

    The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’. Our Vision is ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and to this end we urge you to take a look at the learning opportunities on our website and to share with your networks.

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  • Stephen Scott: We neglect children’s mental health at our peril

    “Health and happiness”, isn’t that what we ask for? But what is the point of being physically well if we are miserable and don’t have a good life?

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    COVID19 Resources on Child & Adolescent Mental Health

    Take a look at this growing page of evidence-based resources, research and advice in relation to COVID19’s affect on child and adolescent mental health.

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    World Mental Health Day 2020: Mental Health for all

    The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is ‘mental health for all’. Our Vision is ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and to this end we urge you to take a look at the learning opportunities on our website and to share with your networks.

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