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Stress and mental health presentations in secondary school-aged young people

This webinar will be led by Dr. Ruth Blackburn and Sorcha Ní Chobhthaigh from UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health present research on mental health in secondary school-aged young people.

Eating Disorders – Perception, Prevention, Intervention

According to the World Health Organisation, in 2019 almost 3 million children and young people, worldwide, experienced eating disorders. This Eating Disorder Awareness Week (27 February – 5 March 2023), we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks.

27 February 2023

Eating Disorders and CAMHS – Real Life Insights

Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, are not straight forward; to celebrate eating disorder awareness week, we spoke to Marie Young (pic), a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Eating Disorders Specialist Nurse, and Bea Fenske, an Eating Disorders Nurse, from Community Eating Disorders Service (CEDS) Bedfordshire and Luton CAMHS, to give us an overview of what it is like to work in a Community Eating Disorders Service.

27 February 2023

Let’s Connect – Children’s Mental Health Week 2023

With the theme of Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 being ‘Let’s Connect’, Rasanat Fatima Nawaz and Professor Tamsin Ford explore the importance of connectedness in promoting mental health and well-being for children and young people.

6 February 2023

CAMH Special Issue – ‘Technology and Mental Health for Children and Adolescents: Pros and Cons’

We are delighted to announce the release of the CAMH 2023 Special Issue on ‘Technology and Mental Health for Children and Adolescents: Pros and Cons’, edited by Lina Gega, Jennifer Martin, Kapil Sayal, and Hiran Thabrew.

20 January 2023

Anti-Bullying Week 2022: A Priority for All

This Anti-Bullying Week (14 – 18 November), we have gathered a range of FREE learning resources from leading academics, clinicians, and researchers to raise awareness of the impact of bullying on child and adolescent mental health. We encourage you to share with your networks.

11 November 2022

Social Media Use – Ask the Expert

For this FREE session, aimed at teachers and educational professionals, we are delighted to welcome Lizzy Winstone to share her knowledge and insights into Social Media Use amongst young people. Lizzy will also be answering your questions in a session facilitated by Jan Forshaw, Head of Education at Coram Life Education.

Bereavement, Grief, and Loss – Ask The Expert

For this session we are delighted to welcome Dr. Tina Rae to share her knowledge and insights into the complex subject of bereavement, grief and loss. In this session, loss will be considered in its broader sense; taking into consideration the impacts of the pandemic and other global crises that are affecting families and young […]

ADHD Awareness Month 2022; Understanding a Shared Experience

This ADHD Awareness Month, we encourage you to explore the learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks. Together we can correct misunderstandings, educate the wider public, and highlight the lived, and shared, experience of young people with ADHD.

30 September 2022

Working with Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Young People

This free session is the first of ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group Monthly seminars. In this session we discuss ‘Working with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People’.