ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Foundations for Parenting Infants and Toddlers This five-part video series provides a comprehensive and clinically relevant overview of infant development and caregiving. Dr. Kasiannan draws on key developmental theories, current research, and glo...

🆕📣New #ACAMHlearn video; Foundations for Parenting Infants and Toddlers - Dr. Porpavai Kasiannan
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Five-part video series provides a comprehensive and clinically relevant overview of infant development and caregiving.

Events We run a variety of events throughout the year to support the professional development of all those working to support the mental health of children and young people.

🐦 Final day of early birds for our Autumn webinars!

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All delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD certificate via email.

YouTube video by Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Mind the Kids - Navigating Eating Disorders Trauma in CAMHS

🎤New 'Mind the Kids' pod!
Navigating #EatingDisorders Trauma in #CAMHS
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@claragfaria.bsky.social talks to Dr. Robyn McCarron about the realities and challenges of inpatient care for young people.

Trigger warning: Sensitive topics, listener discretion is advised.

Adolescence at Risk: Online Misogyny, Mental Health, and the Urgent Need for Action Manosphere communities are characterised by rigid beliefs, distinct lexicons and recruitment mechanisms. They propagate misogynistic rhetoric, externalisation of blame, biological determinism and gend...

Adolescence at Risk: Online Misogyny, Mental Health, and the Urgent Need for Action
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Excellent new blog from @ariadnaalbajara.bsky.social

Co-creation process in research with youth: Empower Islington

Co-creation process in research with youth: Empower Islington

@drkeriwong.bsky.social interviews young people on an initiative between @ucl.ac.uk & @islington-council.bsky.social, the project aimed to support mental & physical wellbeing following COVID-19 pandemic.
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Insights from Two Decades of Statewide Data on the Diagnostic Rates among Autistic Females A 2024 study by Harrop and colleagues reflects how the landscape of autism diagnosis for females has evolved. Drawing on more than 10,000 diagnostic records from the TEACCH Autism Program in North Car...

Insights from Two Decades of Statewide Data on the Diagnostic Rates among Autistic Females

A 2024 study by Harrop and colleagues reflects how the landscape of autism diagnosis for females has evolved. www.acamh.org/blog/insight...

Blades and Wounded Minds: exploring the links between youth mental health and knife crime This webinar "Blades and Wounded Minds: exploring the links between youth mental health and knife crime" examines the complex relationship between youth mental health issues—particularly trauma and an...

Blades and Wounded Minds: exploring the links between youth mental health and knife crime
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FROM £5! This webinar examines the complex relationship between youth mental health issues—particularly trauma and anxiety—and the rise in knife crime among young people.

Addressing the mental health of children with chronic illnesses

Addressing the mental health of children with chronic illnesses - Prof Deborah Christie
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Understand the biological, psychological, and social developmental changes happening during adolescence, and the reciprocal impact of chronic illness on families and adolescents.

Putting Sustainability at the Front of Digital Mental Health Here, two mental health researchers reflect on their work in digital mental health and what is next for sustainable mental health research.

New blog for @acamh.bsky.social: CAMHS Digital Lab members Sarjhana Ragunathan Brindha & Zoë Firth reflect on the importance of embedding sustainable practices in digital mental health care & research 🌿

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YouTube video by Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Mind the Kids - From Research to Impact: Transforming Youth Mental Health

🎤New 'Mind the Kids' pod!
From Research to Impact: Transforming Youth Mental Health
@claragfaria.bsky.social welcomes Prof Giovanni Salum, Senior VP of Global Programs @childmindinstitute.bsky.social & Associate Prof at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul www.youtube.com/watch?v=abI9...

Transgender and Nonbinary Youth - Supporting Families Supporting families of transgender and nonbinary youth is crucial for positive mental health outcomes. Join Dr. Sabra L. Katz-Wise, Associate Professor at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical S...

Transgender and Nonbinary Youth – Supporting Families
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Supporting families of transgender and nonbinary youth is crucial for positive mental health outcomes. Join Dr. Sabra L. Katz-Wise leading researcher on LGBTQ+ health and family functioning.

A proud moment for our team👏

Helen, our Director of Children and Young People Services, has been nominated for the #ACAMHAwards in the Digital Intervention category.

Being longlisted for this award is a testament to Helen’s dedication, leadership, and compassion in the field.

@acamh.bsky.social

Supporting Families of Trans Youth: A New Toolkit Rooted in Lived Experience A new community-based participatory study highlights the importance of family support in improving mental health outcomes for transgender and nonbinary youth. Co-created digital stories reveal how ope...

Supporting Families of Trans Youth: A New Toolkit Rooted in Lived Experience

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Operationalizing the ICF Core Sets for Autism and ADHD: From Framework to Feasible Tool Alehagen, Bölte, and colleagues conducted a feasibility study to develop and user-test an online platform for the ICF Core Sets for autism and ADHD. The study found that the platform was easy to use, ...

Operationalizing the ICF Core Sets for Autism and ADHD: From Framework to Feasible Tool
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Alehagen, Bölte, and colleagues conducted a feasibility study to develop and user-test an online platform for the ICF Core Sets for autism and ADHD.

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: What Makes Coaching Work? A new study by Scherpbier et al. (2025) explores how therapists support parents in learning and using positive interaction strategies during Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Using 125 video-re...

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: What Makes Coaching Work?
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A new study by Scherpbier et al. (2025) explores how therapists support parents in learning and using positive interaction strategies during Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).

I'm incredibly honored & humbled to be longlisted for the 2025 #ACAMH Kathy Sylva ‘Rising Star’ Award 🌟
Grateful to @acamh.bsky.social for this recognition, it means so much as a researcher committed to turning evidence into real-world impact for young people. #ACAMHAwards #Mentalhealth

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library Sleep has historically been undervalued, with its significance in public health and child development often disregarded. More recently, there has been immense and growing public interest in sleep. Gu...

JCPP Editorial: Sleep privilege – research and clinical recommendations for when sleep cannot be optimal

Alice M. Gregory, @allisonharvey.bsky.social Roz Shafran
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YouTube video by Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Mind the Kids - One and done? Single session interventions

🎤New ep of Mind the Kids podcast out today!

One and done? Single session interventions

@claragfaria.bsky.social interviews @marialoades.bsky.social, listen wherever you get your pods from - search ACAMH or visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab0r...

#singlesessioninterventions #scalable

Putting Sustainability at the Front of Digital Mental Health Here, two mental health researchers reflect on their work in digital mental health and what is next for sustainable mental health research.

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Putting Sustainability at the Front of Digital Mental Health

"...the climate crisis is also a mental health crisis."
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Zoë Firth & Sarjhana Ragunathan Brindha researchers @camhsdlab.bsky.social. Working with @kingsioppn.bsky.social and @maudsleynhs.bsky.social.

'We want our podcast to take the good data and bridge the gap into practice and clinical work' | BPS Mention child and adolescent mental health, and the word ‘crisis’ is rarely far behind…

"We want our podcast to take the good data and bridge the gap into practice and clinical work"

@drjanegilmour.bsky.social @umartoseeb.bsky.social @acamh.bsky.social

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Transgender and Nonbinary Youth - Supporting Families Supporting families of transgender and nonbinary youth is crucial for positive mental health outcomes. Join Dr. Sabra L. Katz-Wise, Associate Professor at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical S...

Make a Difference for Transgender and Nonbinary Youth.

Join our webinar 'Transgender and Nonbinary Youth – Supporting Families'
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Led by Sabra L. Katz-Wise (PhD) leading researcher on LGBTQ+ health and family functioning.

The Early Path to Social Anxiety: How Temperament, Attention, and Emotion Interact to Inform Intervention Strategies In this invaluables session Dr. Koraly Pérez-Edgar examines how early temperament, especially behavioural inhibition, acts as a developmental 'tether', influencing children’s long-term social and emot...

Excited to lead an @acamh.bsky.social webinar on how early temperament, attention, and emotion interact to shape the path to social anxiety.

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I’ll share research and practical strategies for early intervention to support at-risk children. Join me to learn more!

🤝 Real-World Implementation: Lessons from Wales and Scotland

How do you embed trauma-informed practices across entire systems? Be part of the discussion on building trauma-aware communities!

🎫 EARLY BIRD ENDS 30 JUNE! bit.ly/3FnlyEy

#Autism is connected with genetic changes that are present from conception but is often not identified until children are in school.

Don't miss Prof. Emily Jones at our fantastic conference on #Neurodiversity on 26 June & explore the early precursors of neurodevelopmental conditions. bit.ly/4jujuJ6

STEPS in the Community: Pilot Trial Offers Promising Pathways for Autistic Adults Transitioning to Independence Up to 70,000 autistic teenagers enter adulthood in the US each year, yet many report feeling unprepared for the leap. The STEPS programme is a goal-oriented intervention designed to bridge this gap.

STEPS in the Community: Pilot Trial Offers Promising Pathways for Autistic Adults Transitioning to Independence
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Inside the Teen Brain round table latest evidence about adolescent development.

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With an amazing lie-up; @drjanegilmour.bsky.social @peteetchells.bsky.social @drdomthompson.bsky.social y.social @rosiemeek1.bsky.social Eileen Kennedy Moore & Prof Deborah Christie

Autumn Webinar programme Attending an ACAMH webinar provides access to evidence-based research presented by leading experts in the field. You'll gain valuable knowledge on child and adolescent mental health, improving your pr...

What's that in the sky? A bird? A plane?

O,h it is a bird, an early bird, in fact loads of them!

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Autumn Webinar programme
All events are centred around evidence-based research, and our speakers are some of the leading lights in the field.

Neurodiversity: Cutting-Edge Research, Evolving Perspectives, and Effective Innovations - 2025 Jack Tizard Memorial International Conference 'Neurodiversity: Cutting-Edge Research, Evolving Perspectives, and Effective Innovations' is the 2025 Jack Tizard Memorial Conference that brings together leading experts to explore neurodiversity res...

On 26th June check out the conference @acamh.bsky.social ‘Neurodiversity: Cutting-Edge Research, Evolving Perspectives, and Effective Innovations - 2025 Jack Tizard Memorial International Conference’. www.acamh.org/event/neurod...
Talks on new research and innovative approaches to #Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity: Cutting-Edge Research, Evolving Perspectives, and Effective Innovations - 2025 Jack Tizard Memorial International Conference 'Neurodiversity: Cutting-Edge Research, Evolving Perspectives, and Effective Innovations' is the 2025 Jack Tizard Memorial Conference that brings together leading experts to explore neurodiversity res...

Honoured to be part of the @acamh.bsky.social ‘Neurodiversity: Cutting-Edge Research, Evolving Perspectives, and Effective Innovations - 2025 Jack Tizard Memorial International Conference’. www.acamh.org/event/neurod...
#neurodiversity

YouTube video by Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Mind the Kids Only the lonely

New 'Mind the Kids' pod ep!
In 'Only the lonely' @drjanegilmour.bsky.social & Prof Umar Toseeb talk to Prof Roz Shafran on the complexities of loneliness, its heterogeneous nature, and potential interventions.

Subscribe where you get your pods from, or catch it at
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