CAMHS – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is a broad term for all services that work with children and young people who have difficulties with their emotional or behavioural wellbeing. As well as NHS CAMHS, local areas will have a range of other services available, based on local need and commissioning arrangements. These include services from local authorities, schools, charities, the private sector and community paediatrics.

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    What are the barriers to mindfulness for Tourette’s?

    We know that mindfulness and meditation can be of great benefit to people but it is a challenge for those with movement disorders such as Tourette Syndrome.

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    Understanding and working with Tourette Syndrome

    This Twilight evening will focus on key aspects of the assessment and management of TS, including updates on recent research. We will provide an overview of TS and evidence-based treatment approaches, as well as addressing the challenges of working with clinical comorbidities (e.g. ADHD, OCD) and the importance of differentiating tics from other common childhood movements.

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  • The challenge: Getting research interventions into community where they are needed

    This article is a summary of the paper published in JCPP – Hybrid implementation model of community‐partnered early intervention for toddlers with autism: a randomized trial.

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  • What is an intellectual disability?

    This alphabetical framework is designed as an aide memoire for the identification of an ID (in children, young people or adults). It will help you identify available information sources and gaps in knowledge about an individual’s ability. It will guide you in decision making regarding a likely diagnosis and help you generate a needs based plan.

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    Gender Identity Development – An Introduction

    This all-day conference is equivalent to 5 CPD learning hours and is aimed at professionals working in mental health or pastoral roles/teams who are supporting gender diverse young people.

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    CAMHS – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

    Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is a broad term for all services that work with children and young people who have difficulties with their emotional or behavioural wellbeing. As well as NHS CAMHS, local areas will have a range of other services available, based on local need and commissioning arrangements. These include services from local authorities, schools, charities, the private sector and community paediatrics.

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  • Do clinicians and service users share responsibility when making decisions?

    The essential elements of shared decision making and what this can look like for CAMHS.

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  • Conduct Disorder

    In order to view this content, you need to be an ACAMH member. Membership starts from just 11p a day. We hope you consider joining and being part of the advancement of child and adolescent mental health.

    Current members will need to be registered as a website user and log in, our guide to this simple process can be accessed here.

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  • In Conversation… JCPP Annual Research Review Webinar

    Join JCPP’s Editor-in-Chief, Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke as he talks to researchers about the upcoming Annual Research Review in this webinar. 

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  • The Bridge – Gender Issue

    Welcome to The Bridge – this month focusses on gender diversity in children and young people. 

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