Cognitive Training
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In Conversation… Dr. Trudie Roussow
In this podcast, Dr. Trudie Roussow discusses Mentalisation Based Treatment for adolescents (MBT-A), how it differs from MBT for adults, and how this type of intervention can be utilised for those who self-harm.
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Just what does a learning disability nurse do?
”As a clinical nurse specialist, and manager, there is no typical day.”- Julie Blackaby. “It is probably the liveliest and most exciting it has been since the advent of the NHS”- Noeleen Morritt.
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Attachment and lived emotional experience of children and young people
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- Half Day
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- Birmingham
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Tony Attwood ‘Autism essentials for parents’ – UK
Tony Attwood, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., and expert on autism, returns to the UK to speak to an ACAMH audience, primarily aimed at parents and those that support autistic children and young people. Includes live stream option.
- Event type
- Day Conference
- Location
- Surrey
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Tony Attwood – ‘Autism insights for professionals’
This event is primarily aimed at professionals. Session 1 ‘The profile of abilities in girls and women with ASD-Level 1’. Session 2 ‘The diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder including ASD-Level 1’
- Event type
- Conference
- Location
- Dublin
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Tony Attwood ‘Autism essentials for parents’ – Ireland
This event is primarily aimed at parents. Session 1 ‘Strategies to reduce being bullied’, Session 2 ‘Special Interests’. We envisage that it will sell out, do not miss this opportunity to see Tony Attwood live, secure your place now.
- Event type
- Day Conference
- Location
- Dublin
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Suicide and Self-harm Edition Editorial
The National Confidential Enquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health Annual Report (2018) highlighted that suicide in the under 20’s is rising generally and that the number of suicides rises towards late teens.
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DBT-A reduces self-harming behaviours by improving feelings of hopelessness
Professor Lars Mehlum and colleagues have completed a prospective 3-year follow-up study, which showed that DBT-A has enduring effects in terms of reducing self-harm frequency in adolescents compared to EUC.
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Low parental belongingness increases suicidal ideation risk
The Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) randomized controlled trial (RCT) was originally established to evaluate the efficacy of three school-based interventions on preventing suicide in 11,000 adolescents.
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Social cohesion and integration in schools reduces suicidal behaviour rate
Emerging data suggest that strengthening positive social bonds and improving social integration might reduce suicidal behaviours in youth to date; little research has studied the effect of social integration, on suicide behaviours, with reference to a young person’s social network structure — namely, an individual’s position within their network and the patterns of relationships among members of the network.
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