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Tony Attwood; ‘Autism and Family Dynamics’, and ‘Special Interests’

Professor Tony Attwood, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., returns to the UK to speak to an audience, primarily aimed at parents and those that support autistic children and young people.

Improving research-informed practice in schools

We have recently launched an initiative aimed at teachers, to enable schools to access and put to use resources that can genuinely make a difference to the mental wellbeing and educational outcomes of young people.

10 February 2022

Children’s Mental Health Week 2022

The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is ‘Growing Together’. Our Vision is ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and to this end we urge you to take a look at the learning opportunities on our website and to share with your networks.

4 February 2022

Breaking the Bias: Celebrating Women in CAMH

A panel, chaired by Professor Bernadka Dubicka, will explore the challenges women have faced in the CAMH profession, examine how gender bias affects CAMH professionals, and celebrate women’s achievements. Panel; Dr. Gordana Milavić, Professor Francesca Happé, Professor Kathy Sylva OBE, Dr. Rhonda Boyd, Dr. Praveetha Patalay, Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh, Bethany Cliffe, Clara Faria, and Gloria Cheung.

ADHD Masterclass; The evolving concept, existing challenges, and interventions

A new lecture from Professor Edmund Songua-Barke which includes an exploration of the neurodiversity movement for ADHD, plus Professor Samuele Cortese’s talk includes discussions on pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for ADHD. Limited numbers, this will sell-out so book now.

Mood Disorders and ASD: What not to miss

The autism community identified mental health as their top research priority in 2016.¹ Autistic children and adolescents are more likely than their general population counterparts to have psychiatric disorders.² For bipolar disorder, rates of 7% are seen in autistic children and adolescents versus 1% in their general population peers.

17 March 2021

January 2021 – The Bridge

This issue of The Bridge features summaries of recent child and adolescent mental health research. I hope you enjoy reading about this excellent work which improves our understanding of a wide range of conditions and informs mental health care for young people.

11 January 2021

Child and adolescent mental health: what have we learnt during the Covid-19 pandemic? Looking back, Looking forward

The 2021 Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and Conference will be a unique opportunity to discuss what has been learnt in terms of impact of the pandemic on child and adolescent mental health, clinical management of mental health conditions in children and adolescents during the pandemic and research in the field, and how clinical practice and research in child and adolescent mental health could change after the pandemic.

December 2020 – The Bridge

Welcome to the December 2020 issue of The Bridge. This year has been extremely challenging for our field, as we’ve needed to understand and address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on young people’s mental health.

4 December 2020

Making personalised predictions of poor functioning following negative childhood experiences

Experiencing abuse, neglect, bullying, or domestic violence in childhood increases the likelihood of having poor functioning in young adulthood, but this is not the case for everyone. Being able to accurately predict which individuals are at high risk for poor outcomes following such negative childhood experiences could support professionals to effectively target interventions. Is it possible to make accurate personalised predictions?

2 December 2020