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Police contact during adolescence can delay female psychosocial maturation

Over the past 30 years, the rate of female juvenile arrests in the USA has almost doubled. Despite this rapid increase, most research into juvenile delinquency has primarily focused on males.

6 September 2018

Does mental health awareness do more harm than good? A response from Prof Tamsin Ford to The Spectator

The Spectator recently published an article on mental health awareness. Professor Tamsin Ford responds, “The dismissive tone of the article is unfortunate and undermines the important point that the author could have made, which is that policy should be evidence-based and evaluated for unexpected consequences.”

7 August 2018

Elevated anxiety risk in sexual minority adolescents

Adolescents that are not exclusively heterosexual (“sexual minority”) are at an increased risk of developing an anxiety disorder compared to their heterosexual counterparts, according to recent data from a prospective birth cohort study.

1 April 2018

Incorporating Motivational Interviewing into Evidence-Based Treatments for ADHD

This presentation provides specialized training in Motivational Interviewing (MI) for professionals working with individuals with ADHD and their families. MI is an evidence-based approach that enhances treatment engagement by fostering autonomy, self-efficacy, and strong provider-patient alliances. The training includes lectures, discussions, activities, videos, and role-plays.

How much do we really know about ‘Theraplay’ for young children?

‘Theraplay’ is an intervention that aims to enhance attachment, self-esteem and trust in others for children with behavioural, emotional or developmental difficulties. The intervention, founded on attachment theory,1 harnesses natural and playful interactions between caregivers and children to develop healthy and positive relationships.

17 December 2020

Online CBT is ineffective for treating adolescent anxiety

Researchers in Reading, UK have assessed whether self-completed, therapist-supported online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for adolescent anxiety disorders is an effective treatment approach.

27 March 2020

Attachment and lived emotional experience of children and young people

How does a person’s sense of safety, stability and sense of self-worth, impact on their development as an individual?

Challenging perspectives on Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome – evidence for a disorder of purposeful actions

Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (GTS) is a multi-faceted neuropsychiatric developmental disorder with onset in childhood or adolescence. It is characterised by multiple motor and vocal tics that can cause considerable problems including social stigmatisation, low self-esteem and secondary comorbidity, particularly depression.

1 January 2019

Music therapy: helping children and young people to access their education

Music therapy is a psychological therapy that uses the medium of music to achieve non-musical aims, such as encouraging self-expression where verbal skills are limited due to a physical or learning disability, or when clients find verbal therapy too direct or challenging.
Disclaimer: This is an independent blog and ACAMH may not necessarily hold the same views.

3 January 2018

Telephone support for parents in ADHD

Due to its high prevalence, treating ADHD can place a burden on services. Self-help and remote interventions could offer a way to deliver treatment at scale, if they’re effective.

2 January 2018