Breaking the Silence: A different way to work alongside young people in practice and research

How are children and young people getting on in the UK? Studies suggest that the school system is a significant negative factor in the lives of many of our CYP. Whilst some enjoy school, many others experience it as psychologically harmful and this is reported, consistently, by young people and families. Despite this, CYP have almost no say in the structures and aims of education and their voices are silent when it comes to implementing national policies. In response, the social enterprise States of Mind launched the Breaking the Silence project, in partnership with the Institute of Education, UCL, focusing on co-creating new insights and solutions around education and mental health through Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR).

2 December 2024

Why I didn’t send my child back to school after the pandemic: The Rise in Home Education

‘Why I didn’t send my child back to school after the pandemic: The Rise in Home Education’ will be led by Tami Alikhani. This is webinar is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group.

Event type

Talk with Q&A

Location

LIVE STREAM

Encouraging the next generation of CAMHS researchers: an event dedicated to ECRs

The webinar is tailored specifically for those in the early stages of their career. This session is perfect for medical students, psychology and nursing students seeking their first research experience, and undergraduates transitioning to Masters or PhD programs.

Event type

Webinar

Location

LIVE STREAM

Story Stems – a window into a child’s internal world

This webinar will cover the Story Stem Assessment Profile (SSAP) and its use as an assessment of a child’s attachment and internal representations. The SSAP consists of 13 narrative stems, to which the child provides their own story completions; information is thus gained directly from the child in a non-threatening context.

Event type

Webinar

Location

LIVE STREAM

Professor Henrik Larsson – Editor in Chief

Henrik Larsson is Editor in Chief of JCPP Advances, and Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at Örebro University and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

22 October 2024

Dr. Pasco Fearon- Deputing Editor in Chief

Dr. Pasco Fearon is Chair of Developmental Psychopathology in the Division of Psychology & Language Sciences at University College London (UCL).

21 October 2024

Schwartz Rounds – Free ACES SIG webinar

Dr. Jon Goldin will present a seminar on the value of ‘Schwartz Rounds’ in promoting the work of Practitioners working together across Services. This is a free webinar open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group.

Event type

FREE live stream

Location

FREE live stream

University Students and Imposterism: Its Relationship with Happiness, Self-Efficacy, and Perfectionism

Imposter syndrome is a pertinent issue in academia. A recent article from May 2023 titled “The imposter phenomenon and its relationship with self-efficacy, perfectionism and happiness in university students” (Pákozdy et al., 2023) sheds light on this pressing issue. This blog aims to summarise the key findings of the article, discuss its strengths and limitations, evaluate its evidence, and provide a personal perspective on how this evidence can inform practice and future research.

11 September 2024

Celebrating the Future of CAMH: ACAMH Awards 2024 Long list

It is our pleasure to announce the long list of nominees for the 2024 ACAMH Awards. Congratulations to all the 2024 nominees.

5 September 2024

Psychotherapies seem to be especially effective in low- and middle-income countries

Youth psychotherapies appear to be about twice as effective in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared to high-income countries. However, disproportionately little research on youth psychotherapies has been conducted in LMICs; 90% of the world’s youth live in LMICs, but only 5% of randomized controlled trials of youth psychotherapies have been conducted in LMICs to date. Therefore, there is great need for more research on psychotherapies for youth in LMICs and for funding directed to LMIC-based investigators, clinicians, and organizations. We do not know why psychotherapies appear more effective in LMICs, but discovering why could help to identify ways of improving youth psychotherapies worldwide.

19 August 2024