Depression is common in children and young people, particularly in adolescence and among girls. On average, an episode of depression lasts for about eight months and often occurs alongside non-depressive conditions such as ADHD.
Depression
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ADHD and Depression
Led by Dr. Olga Eyre, this session explores why young people with ADHD are at increased risk of developing depression, examining key mechanisms such as symptom overlap, shared risk factors, and potential causal pathways.
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- Intermediate level
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Navigating Diagnostic Challenges in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
We’re delighted to offer you a chance to learn from the very best – Dr. Boris Birmaher. The goal of this presentation is to present the difficulties and differential diagnosis of pediatric Bipolar Disease and factors associated with its course.
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- Advanced session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Prevention and treatment of depression in children and adolescents
Emeritus Professor Pim Cuijpers – I will give an overview of the research on preventing the onset of major depression in youth and will show that prevention is indeed possible but also faces important challenges in terms of effectiveness and implementation.
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Professor Bernadka Dubicka – Editor in Chief
Editor in Chief, Bernadka qualified in medicine and psychology at the University of London, completing child psychiatry training and her thesis in adolescent depression at the University of Manchester. She is the chief investigator of the National Institute of Health Research multi-site BAY trial of web-based Behavioural Activation in young people with depression (2022-26).
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Chronotype and Depression in Adolescence
We know that there is a bidirectional association between sleep duration/quality and depressive symptoms in youth. In adult populations depressive symptoms and circadian rhythms (sleep chronotype) have also been linked. In this paper, we established an association between chronotype and depressive symptoms in middle adolescence, independently of poor sleep and prior mental health difficulties.
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Professor Stephan Collishaw
Professor Stephan Collishaw serves as co-director for the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health and Professor in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section in the Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences at Cardiff University.
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Mood Disorders in Children and Young People: What is new? – Emanuel Miller International Conference 2024
ACAMH is delighted to have the privilege of introducing world-renowned researchers and clinicians, working in the field of mood disorders, for the 2024 Emanuel Miller International Conference. Following seminal studies and the publication of clinical guidelines, recognising and treating mood disorders in children and young people continues to improve. However both depressive disorders and bipolar […]
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- Emanuel Miller International Conference
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Professor Gabrielle Carlson
Gabrielle Carlson is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. She is also President of AACAP (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) Professor Carlson is a Joint Editor of CAMH.
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Stress and mental health presentations in secondary school-aged young people
This webinar will be led by Dr. Ruth Blackburn and Sorcha Ní Chobhthaigh from UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health present research on mental health in secondary school-aged young people.
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Autism; Depression in children and teenagers – Prof. Tony Attwood Special
This session will focus on the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help children and young people with autism with depression. It should interest all mental health professionals and particularly parents and those that support children and young people with autism. There will be effective interventions, tips, and advice, that can be used immediately.