Do clinicians and service users share responsibility when making decisions?

The essential elements of shared decision making and what this can look like for CAMHS.

24 April 2018

ACAMH Live Streaming

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23 April 2018

Affirmative care may elicit the best mental health outcomes in transgender youths

In their recent review published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Jack Turban and Diane Ehrensaft highlight that high rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal intentions in children with gender concerns may be reduced by following affirmative treatment protocols.

1 April 2018

Worth-it: focussing on positive mental health, resilience and wellbeing interventions

‘Worth-it’ is a social enterprise dedicated to delivering resilience and wellbeing intervention programmes to children in schools. The interventions and training courses are underpinned by the principles of ‘Positive Psychology’ which is defined as the scientific study of positive human functioning.

1 March 2018

School-based interventions are effective, but are they efficient?

School-based interventions (SBIs) are effective for preventing and treating common medicopsychological problems and disorders in pupils, according to data from a practitioner review published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

1 March 2018

Positive news on the Peer Education Project

A new school-based programme by the Mental Health Foundation called the Peer Education Project (PEP) has been making leaps and bounds in tackling rising issues with mental health in young people.

1 March 2018

Child & Adolescent Mental Health: Through a digital lens

Despite the significant increase, availability and usage of mobile devices by children and teenagers, there is still a lack of evidence to support their safety or effectiveness with vulnerable populations. 

23 February 2018

Gender Dysphoria: Exploring how services can best support young people and their families

The ACAMH Scotland Branch recently held a conference on “Gender Dysphoria: Exploring how services can best support young people and their families”.

Event type

Day Conference

Location

Glasgow

The Bridge – Informatics issue

Welcome to this informatics themed edition of the Bridge.

1 February 2018

How research on cyberbullying has developed

Prof. Peter K. Smith, Goldsmiths, University of London, England
The topic of cyberbullying is often in the media, because of the distress and harm it can cause. There have been cases where it appears to have contributed significantly to tragic outcomes such as suicide (Livingstone & Smith, 2014).

1 February 2018