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Results of the ACAMH Awards 2020
Congratulations to all winners and nominees of the ACAMH Awards 2020.
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Associate Professor Dr. Stephen P Becker
Stephen P Becker is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The overall objective of Stephen’s research is to better understand the developmental pathways of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), co-occurring psychopathologies, and functional impairments.
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Dr. Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil
Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil is a Ramón y Cajal Investigator in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research Group at the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Barcelona, Spain. His research focuses on using clinical, epidemiological, and neuroimaging approaches to identify risk and protective factors of mood disorders in young people, including depression, anxiety, irritability, and suicidality.
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Assistant Professor Dr. Marco Solmi
Marco Solmi, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua. His three main clinical areas of interest are prevention/early intervention in psychiatry, comorbidity between medical and mental disorders, and psychopharmacology.
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October 2020
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.
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A machine learning approach identifies unique predictors of borderline personality disorder
Researchers in the USA have identified critical predictors of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in late adolescence, using a machine learning approach. Joseph Beeney and colleagues harnessed data from a large, prospective, longitudinal dataset of >2,400 girls who were evaluated yearly for various clinical, psychosocial and demographic factors.
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Dr. Gordana Milavić Incoming Chair message
I am delighted and excited by the challenge and opportunity entrusted to me in my role of ACAMH Chair for the next three years.
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Help for teachers handling of disclosures of abuse and trauma
In this five minute film David Trickey, consultant clinical psychologist at the Anna Freud Centre, offers techniques and advice for teachers who find themselves faced with a child disclosing experiences of a traumatic nature.
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Developments in Eating Disorders Research
As everyone’s thoughts are dominated by the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and wellbeing, it seems pertinent to start by thinking how people with or at risk of eating disorders may have been affected. Research suggests that the impacts differ according to the type of eating disorder concerns and behaviours.
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Eye‐tracking for longitudinal assessment of social cognition in children born preterm – video abstract
Video abstract from Bethan Dean on the paper ‘Eye‐tracking for longitudinal assessment of social cognition in children born preterm’, in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
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