Search results

  • African American girl at night suffering depression - young attractive sad and depressed black woman lying thoughtful feeling sick on sofa couch in pain and worry

    Self-harm and Suicide Risk in Young People: A Call for Personalised Assessment

    Self-harm affects roughly one in six adolescents and is a potent predictor of suicide. Yet the best-known risk-prediction tools correctly identify only a small minority of future suicides. Instead of relying on scores, clinicians should carry out compassionate, personalised assessments, followed by rapid follow-up and collaborative safety plans.

    Read more
  • Mental Health and Parenthood – Maternal Mental Health Matters

    This Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn, and to share with your networks.

    Read more
  • Dr. Cornelius Ani

    Dr. Cornelius Ani – Deputy Editor in Chief

    Dr. Cornelius Ani is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Division of Psychiatry, Imperial College London, and a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the African Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Dr Ani is responsible for the Letters to the Editor section and he contributes editorial expertise in the area of Low and Middle Income Countries, inequalities, and physical health.

    Read more
  • pyschologist talking to teen girl

    Meaningful Service User and Carer Participation: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

    This webinar will demonstrate how meaningful participation can be done well. This will involve perspectives from young people, parent/carers and those involved in facilitating participation.

    Event type
    Half day conference
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
    Read more
  • trauma

    Trauma

    Links to content on the topic of trauma

    Read more
  • Dr. Andrea Goldschmidt

    Binge Eating Disorders: Executive Functioning and Treatment outcomes for Adolescents Undergoing CBT

    In this In Conversation podcast, we are joined by Dr. Andrea Goldschmidt to discuss her recent JCPP paper ‘Executive functioning and treatment outcome among adolescents undergoing cognitive-behavioral therapy for binge-eating disorder’. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

    Read more
  • Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh

    Intergenerational Consequences of Racism in the United Kingdom

    In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh discusses her co-authored CAMH journal paper ‘Intergenerational consequences of racism in the United Kingdom: a qualitative investigation into parents’ exposure to racism and offspring mental health and well-being’. Yasmin was the principal investigator on the TRADE project, which stands for ‘Transmission of experiences of Racism, Anxiety and Depression in families’.

    Read more
  • Dr. Barry Coughlan

    Risk Practices in CAMHS: Exploring Risk Rates and Profiles at Intake

    In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Barry Coughlan discusses his JCPP Advances paper ‘Risk rates and profiles at intake in child and adolescent mental health services: A cohort and latent class analyses of 21,688 young people in South London’. Barry is the lead author of the paper. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

    Read more
  • Dr. Kenny Chiu

    Adolescent Social Anxiety Symptoms and their relationship with Suicidal Ideation and Depressive Symptoms

    In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Kenny Chiu discusses his JCPP Advances paper ‘Social anxiety symptoms and their relationship with suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms in adolescents: A prospective study’. Kenny is the lead author of the paper. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

    Read more
  • Ariadna Albajara Saenz

    The Sustainability of the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Programme: Insights from UK Primary School Teachers

    The current youth mental health crisis highlights the need for preventive and early intervention strategies like the Incredible Years programmes. The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management programme has shown positive effects on teachers’ classroom management strategies and pupil mental health. In this blog, we discuss teachers’ views on the sustainability of the programme, necessary to maintain its desired benefits in the longer term.

    Read more