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

October 2020 – The Bridge

Welcome to the October 2020 issue of The Bridge. Here in the UK, October is Black History Month, a time for celebration of the achievements and contributions of Black people to British society, as well as continued learning about Black history.

7 October 2020

September 2020 – The Bridge

The month of September is a challenging time for young people, as they start a new school year. September 2020 will be particularly difficult for many, as they must also deal with the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing, as well as the effects of increasing financial pressures on families.

9 September 2020

ADHD Masterclass online via Zoom

A unique opportunity to have the world’s leading experts on ADHD in your home, as we bring present our renowned ‘Masterclass Series’ as a webinar via Zoom. Friday 18 September, 14.00 – 1600,  Professor Sam Cortese, Friday 25 September, 14.00 – 1600, Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke (pic).

Event type

Masterclass

Location

LIVE STREAM

May 2020 – The Bridge

Includes general ‘Mental Health in Deaf Children’ and ‘Accessing good communication – Deaf children in a mental health assessment’

7 May 2020

Christian Boakye: What it’s like to be a Speech and Language Therapist

Christian Boakye shares some of his working life as a Speech and Language Therapist working in young offenders institutes.

2 April 2020

Innovation and Quality Improvement in Service Day conference – ‘Different Models of Mental Health Service Provision – Celebrations and Challenges’

This event has been postponed. Please see the above message.

Event type

Research Day

Location

Southampton

December 2019 issue – The Bridge

Summaries include; if parental consanguinity predicts the severity of Autistic symptoms; study the transmission of intergenerational anxiety in families; systematic review into the effectiveness of available interventions to treat PTSD; the efficacy of teacher assessments vs exams to assess performance in UK schools; relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and extreme demand avoidance in young people with Autism; and how fluctuations in external environmental noise affect the developing Autonomic Nervous System in babies.

28 November 2019

In Conversation… Professor Lucy Bowes on early life stress

Professor Lucy Bowes, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, and Head of the oRANGE Lab, discusses her research on early life stress in relation to psychological and behavioural development, the impact of bullying in adolescents,  together with exciting developments with virtual reality.

5 November 2019

In Conversation…Addiction and Substance Use with Ian Hamilton

Ian Hamilton and Jo Carlowe discuss mental health problems and substance use co-occurring, the lack of data on young people’s substance use and risk factors and pathways to support.

31 October 2019