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Self-harm Masterclass ‘Therapeutic Assessment for adolescents with self-harm’

Therapeutic Assessment is a brief intervention for young people presenting with self-harm in an emergency. The assessment consists of identifying the vicious cycle of self-harm in the form of a diagram, followed by a collaborative development of an “exit”, a way of breaking the cycle and moving forward.

Safeguarding & Suicide Risk in CAMHS: Assessing and Managing Risk in Children and Young People

This set of talks explores updated best practice in suicide prevention within CAMHS, highlighting a shift toward personalised, collaborative safety assessment, formulation, and management following new 2025 national guidance. It also examines suicidality in autism, multiagency learning from recent cases, and broader safeguarding approaches including child exploitation and forensic CAMHS perspectives.

Event type

Introductory and Update Session

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A)

This interactive workshop, led by Dr. Jake Camp, Senior Clinical Psychologist, DBT Therapist, and Clinical Academic Fellow, will provide an overview of the DBT-A model, including its theoretical foundations, core principles, and the structure and modes of delivery. Attendees will learn how DBT-A addresses the developmental needs of adolescents, and how parents/carers are engaged as partners in the intervention.

Trauma informed practice in safeguarding

ACAMH, in collaboration with Child & Family Training, presents a series of four online sessions covering a vast amount of content related to trauma informed practice in safeguarding, all of which is from a sound evidence-base, delivered by the UK’s leading lights in the sector.

The Future is CAMHS – Exploring a Career in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Attendees will hear from a range of professionals about why you should consider a career in child and adolescent mental health, what to expect from the role, and how to become a child and adolescent mental health professional. This is an event organised by the ACAMH India Branch. Please note the time zone for your region.

Interrelationships between parental mental health, intimate partner violence and child mental health – implications for practice

This webinar ‘Interrelationships between parental mental health, intimate partner violence and child mental health – implications for practice’ will be led by Prof. Gene Feder, Dr Shabeer Syed, and Dr Claire Powellon behalf of the NIHR Children and Families Policy Research Unit.

CAMHS around the Campfire – ‘Self‐reported sleep patterns and quality amongst adolescents: cross‐sectional and prospective associations with anxiety and depression’ Faith Orchard et al (2020)

A panel, comprising Dr. Faith Orchard, Professor Colin Espie, and a young person, will discuss the research and its implications. This discussion will be facilitated by Andre Tomlin who will also be posing the questions you post live online.

CAMH 2023 Lecture

CAMH journal 2023 Lecture is a free webinar featuring a series of lectures from leading researchers, academics and practitioners on key topics in the field of child and adolescent mental health. We are delighted to have a keynote lecture from Professor Sir Michael Marmot.

JCPP Advances 2023 Lectures ‘What the research tells us; Anxiety, Neurodiversity, Suicide, and Genetics’

This free webinar features a series of five fantastic 10-minute lectures from leading researchers, academics and practitioners on key topics in the field of child and adolescent mental health.

Event type

FREE live stream

Depression: Identifying and Supporting Children and Young People

This FREE webinar covers an especially important topic, particularly following the pandemic, as children may struggle to articulate how they are feeling, and parents/teachers may not know how to approach the child. It is also important as many people perceive children are resilient and will ‘spring back’, however this view may be harmful for children who need help.