Clinical Academic Training in England or How to Become an Academic Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist 101

Clinical academia in the United Kingdom is facing a paradox; while training the next generation of clinical academic doctors in the UK is becoming more competitive and restrictive, with many candidates disputing one position, on the other hand, the overall number of clinical academics is diminishing. So, amid increasing competition, why and how to pursue a clinical academic career in child and adolescent psychiatry?

23 September 2025

Autism: What Matters Most – From Assessment to Intervention 

Join Professor Catherine Lord, Distinguished Professor at UCLA’s Semel Institute, pioneering developer of the gold-standard ADOS and ADI-R autism diagnostic tools, and recipient of the International Society for Autism Research’s Lifetime Achievement Award, for an exclusive masterclass on autism assessment and intervention.

Event type

Masterclass

Location

LIVE STREAM

Autism; Depression in children and teenagers – Prof. Tony Attwood Special (recording)

Delegates only. This session focused on the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help children and young people with autism with depression.

25 October 2023

Autism; Depression in children and teenagers – Prof. Tony Attwood Special

This session will focus on the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help children and young people with autism with depression. It should interest all mental health professionals and particularly parents and those that support children and young people with autism. There will be effective interventions, tips, and advice, that can be used immediately.

Event type

Live Stream

Location

Online

Autism; Managing Feelings of Anxiety, Sadness, Anger – A Prof. Tony Attwood special

BOOKING NOW CLOSED ‘Autism; Managing Feelings of Anxiety, Sadness, Anger – A Prof. Tony Attwood special’ is a 2 hour webinar, including a Q & A session, that will look at the complexities of expressing and managing feelings for children and young people with autism.

Event type

Talk with Q&A

Location

LIVE STREAM

Autism; Making Friends – A Prof. Tony Attwood Special

BOOKING CLOSED – A 2 hour webinar, including a Q & A session, that will look at strategies to improve social understanding and friendship skills for children and young people with autism. It should interest all mental health professionals and particularly parents and those that support children and young people with autism. There will be effective interventions, tips, and advice, that can be used immediately.

Event type

Talk with Q&A

Location

LIVE STREAM

Prof. Tony Attwood – Autism and Girls; Profiling Abilities

BOOKINGS CLOSED. An amazing opportunity to learn more about Autism in Girls with renowned clinical psychologist, Professor Tony Attwood. This is the first time Tony will address this topic for an ACAMH audience. Don’t miss this it!

Event type

Half Day

Location

LIVE STREAM

‘NDC Learning Series’ – Wellbeing, feeding, and sleep recording

We were delighted to welcome Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian, Dr. Vicki Ford, and Dr. Charlie Tyack to discuss ‘Wellbeing, feeding, and sleep’. The Chair of this session was Dr. Max Davie.

19 November 2021

Language and communication problems, and their relation to non-language difficulties – In Conversation with Dr. Hannah Hobson

In this podcast we talk to Dr. Hannah Hobson, Lecturer in Psychology and Researcher at York University, and head of the Emerald Lab (Emotional and Mental Health Research in Autism and Language Disorders).

3 September 2021

Neurodevelopmental assessment, the basics – Dr. Max Davie

Dr. Max Davie, Community Paediatrician specialising in child development, gives a talk as part of the ACAMH educational series of talks on neurodevelopmental assessment. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.

17 May 2021