Addiction

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    Autumn Webinar programme

    Don’t miss the early birds! All events are centred around evidence-based research, and our speakers are some of the leading lights in the field. ACAMH is a charity, and we receive no government funding, nor do we ask for donations.

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  • Sharon Levy

    Substance use and the adolescent brain

    Early bird! Depending on the substance, they impact health in various ways, both in the short and long term, with some of the most profound effects occurring during adolescence. 

    Event type
    Introductory and Update Session
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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    Therapeutic alliance in the treatment of adolescent substance misuse: a systematic review

    Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – ‘Therapeutic alliance has been found to play an influential role in predicting outcomes for adults and adolescents in psychotherapy. However, thus far, the information concerning the impact of therapeutic alliance on outcomes for adolescents in treatment for substance misuse has not yet been critically synthesised’. Iniyah Sulaman et al.

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    JCPP Advances selected for coverage in APA PsycINFO

    ACAMH open access journal JCPP Advances has been selected for coverage in APA PsycINFO, beginning with the 2023 volume.

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  • drug deal school

    Addiction and Substance Use – Pedagogy in practice (recording)

    This free Addiction and Substance Use session was exclusively for teachers and school leaders, and Chartered College of Teaching Members. ACAMH is delighted to have teamed up with the Chartered College of Teaching to present these FREE online training series entitled ‘Pedagogy in practice’.

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    Addiction & Substance Use – Ask The Expert (recording)

    For this session for teachers and education professionals we welcomed Dr. Paolo Deluca to share his knowledge and insights into addiction and substance use amongst young people.

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  • drug deal school

    Addiction and Substance Use – Pedagogy in practice

    This free Addiction and Substance Use session is exclusively for teachers and school leaders, and Chartered College of Teaching Members. ACAMH is delighted to have teamed up with the Chartered College of Teaching to present these FREE online training series entitled ‘Pedagogy in practice’.

    Event type
    Pedagogy in practice
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • schools drugs deal

    Addiction & Substance Use – Ask The Expert

    FREE ONLINE EVENT FOR TEACHERS. Dr. Paolo Deluca to share his knowledge and insights into addiction and substance use amongst young people. Given the vastness of this topic, attention will be given to trends and prevalence of substance use and the risks and consequences of frequent and long-term drug use.

    Event type
    Teachers and other Education Professionals
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Professor Henrik Larsson

    ‘The importance of comprehensive and transparent reporting’ In Conversation with Professor Henrik Larsson

    In this podcast we speak to Professor Henrik Larsson, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at Orebro University and Karolinska Institute in Sweden, and Editor in Chief of ACAMH’s new journal, JCPP Advances.

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  • Do brain function abnormalities lead to substance use, or vice versa?

    New research has, for the first time, investigated the direction of links between brain function and substance use throughout adolescence. Jungmeen Kim-Spoon and colleagues studied 167 adolescents who were assessed annually for four years from 13-14 years old.

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