Anxiety disorders in children and young people are common and can have a significant impact on mental health and well-being. Anxiety disorders can affect family, school and social life, leisure activities and educational achievement and they often occur alongside other mental health problems.
Anxiety disorders
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Stress, adversity, COVID; caring for children with an intellectual disability
This free webinar is open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group Monthly seminars. In this session we welcome Dr. Jeanne Wolstencroft, Research Fellow at the Great Ormond Street UCL Population, Policy and Practice Dept. will present findings from The IMAGINE—ID consortium.
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Antidepressants for children and teenagers: what works?
Prescriptions for teenagers are rising. Research has found that the number of 12 to 17 year olds prescribed antidepressants more than doubled between 2005 and 2017. More recent information suggests that prescriptions have continued to increase, especially during the pandemic.
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How to Cope When Your Child Can’t: How parents can help themselves and each other
This free session uses the latest evidence-based research, and examples from parents to help us understand what we can and cannot do; to help us to accept any distress, worry, anxiety, sadness or loss of control in our situations; to see that we can tolerate these things; and to know that there are ways to move forward.
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Anxiety – Pedagogy in practice
ACAMH are delighted to have teamed up with the Chartered College of Teaching to present a FREE online training series, ‘Pedagogy in practice’, exclusively for teachers and Chartered College of Teaching Members. The first of these session looks at Anxiety, something that pupils, and us, at some point, have all experienced.
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- Pedagogy in practice
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- LIVE STREAM
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Updates on Anxiety in children and adolescents – Jack Tizard International Conference
The 2022 ACAMH Jack Tizard International Conference on Anxiety will be a unique opportunity to hear the latest research trends and their implications for clinical practice.
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- Jack Tizard Memorial International Conference
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Myth Busting: Autism – children and adolescents
To celebrate Autism Awareness Week we are putting on this FREE webinar, to look at the evidence-base, focus on the facts, and bust some myths when it comes to Autism. Join our hosts Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian, and Dr. Marianna Murin, both specialists in the field of Autism, plus we’ll also have a live discussion to answer your questions.
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Anxiety; Cues, Clues & Support for Young People in School – Ask the Expert
Professor Cathy Creswell and Helen Manley join us for the third in the series of sessions exclusively for Teachers. This FREE online event is an exciting new partnership between ACAMH and Coram Life Education (CLE) exclusively for Teachers. It offers insights into the latest evidence-base, together with practical advice to help you help your pupils, and your own children.
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Ideas emerging from week one at COP26
Professor Bernadka Dubicka, our Editor in Chief of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Journal (CAMH), and recent chair of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Faculty RCPsych, has been at COP26. In this blog post Bernadka talks about what she has learned from the first week of the global climate conference.
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Hope and courage in the climate crisis
Celebrating the launch of the CAMH Special Issue on ‘Child and youth mental health & the global ecological crisis’
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Climate Change Impacting Mental Health – live from Australia & UK
Professor Dr. Bernadka Dubicka, Professor Ann Sanson, researchers, clinicians, and young people’s lived experience, will discuss the evidence-base research on the impact climate change is having on mental health.