Martin Pratt

Do autistic girls talk differently about social groups?

https://www.acamh.org/research-digest/autistic-girls-talk-differently
#ACAMH #EvidenceBased #Autism

Effective use of gradual exposure in the treatment of anxiety- Part 1… What is gradual exposure therapy, and how can it treat anxiety? Jennifer Hudson provides a clinician's guide.

Effective use of gradual exposure in the treatment of anxiety Jennifer Hudson provides a clinician's guide.

https://acamhlearn.org/Learning/Effective_use_of_gradual_exposure_in_the_treatment_of_anxiety/c84abeef-602c-4360-81d0-b0c181d7746c
#ACAMHlearn #EvidenceBased #Anxiety

Which perinatal exposures confer a risk of offspring depression?

https://www.acamh.org/research-digest/which-perinatal-exposures-confer-offspring-depression
#ACAMH #EvidenceBased #Depression

Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) explained - Basic Concepts… Dr. Nicholas Westers addresses the pervasive but often misunderstood issue of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), explaining how to recognize signs, dispelling myths and spotlighting protocols and interventions…

Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) explained - Basic Concepts…

https://acamhlearn.org/Learning/Adolescent_non-suicidal_self-injury_(NSSI)_explained_-_Basic_Concepts/d0df538c-f757-4130-b98e-fa71009d0c9a
#ACAMHlearn #SelfHarm #Suicide

Inside the CAMHS Digital Lab: Apps AI and Young People's Mental Health… The conversation explores the challenges and innovations in implementing digital mental health technologies within CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services). Key themes include the barriers ...

In this episode of Mind the Kids, host Dr. Clara Faria joins Dr. Alice Wickersham, Zoe Frith, and Professor Johnny Downs from the CAMHS Digital Lab at King's College London to explore how digital innovation is transforming child and adolescent mental health services acamhlearn.org/Learning/Ins...

#Mood Vibe coding to The Smiths and a dram of Tamdhu Quercus Alba Distinction

Evaluation of special educational needs and disability provision in English primary schools using administrative health and education data in the ECHILD database ijpds.org/article/view...

What Do Secondary School Teachers Think About Adolescent Mental Health? #cmhw

🤔 Did you know that young people spend on average 30% of their waking hours at school?

🏫 Check out our new video for Day 2 of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, where our colleague Josh Wood went back to his secondary school to interview one of the teachers...

youtu.be/itO_Y3eB4sw

The feeder’s quiet king—woodpecker arrives, drills suet with focus, departs in a whirl of spotted flight

Weekend project, moved from #Loqseq to #Obsidian + #Otter + #Claude generated #YAML + schema that gets incrementally better with iterations. Amazing 🤯

Why I didn't send my child back to school after the pandemic: The Rise in Home Education The COVID-19 pandemic catalysed a significant shift toward home education, revealing deeper systemic challenges within mainstream schooling. This study explores the psychosocial dimensions of this educational transition, with particular attention to fam...

For just £5 - Why I didn’t send my child back to school after the pandemic: The Rise in Home Education, 3 March https://bit.ly/4ljcjW0

Book now to identify the critical elements of whole-school trauma-informed practice that benefits all stakeholders

Toddlers spending two hours on screens a day Two-year-olds in England watch television, videos or other digital content for an average of two hours each day, double the daily recommended screen time, new UCL-led research finds.

According to the latest data from the Children of the 2020s study, higher screen use among children is linked to poorer language development and higher rates of emotional and behavioural difficulties www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ja...

How do social media use, gaming frequency, and internalizing symptoms predict each other over time in early-to-middle adolescence? AbstractBackground. The effects of adolescent digital technology use (e.g. social media, gaming) on their mental health are a major public health concern,

The findings of this study do not support the widely held view that adolescent technology use is a major causal factor in their mental health difficulties academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/a...

Young people describe some online mental health content as 'dangerous' – but what makes other content helpful?

✅ What helps & hinders youth mental health content use
✅ Tips for creating engaging content
✅ Youth-led solutions from researchers & young people

#SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth

🧵 THREAD

Haven’t been this stoked about starting a book for ages #booksky

While phonological skills remain essential for early decoding, oral language provides the broader conceptual and linguistic foundation for comprehension and academic success. A comprehensive approach is therefore needed www.acamh.org/blog/rethink...

Evaluating What Works: An Intuitive Guide to Intervention Research for Practitioners Those who work in allied health professions and education aim to make people’s lives better. Often, however, it is hard to know how effective this work has been: would change have occurred if there wa...

It seems bookdown is shutting down, and so I've migrated the free online version of Evaluating What Works here:
dorothybishop-evaluating-what-works.share.connect.posit.cloud
Hard copy also available here:
www.routledge.com/Evaluating-W...

Tamsin Cromwell I am completing the London Winter Run on 15th February 2026 for Cancer Research UK. Please support my fundraising and help me reach my target to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK.

Please give generously if you can and repost - 1/2 of us will experience cancer

www.winterrun.co.uk/s/27912/110578

Währenddessen führt Claude Experimente an Menschen durch, die glauben, sie würden Experimente mit ihm machen 🤣

Tamsin Cromwell I am completing the London Winter Run on 15th February 2026 for Cancer Research UK. Please support my fundraising and help me reach my target to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK.

www.winterrun.co.uk/fundraisers/...

Please donate to cancer uk’s winter run if you are able

<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library In this article, we examine Australia's landmark decision to ban social media access for children under the age of 16, set to take effect in December 2025. While the legislation aims to protect young...

In this #OpenAccess Debate paper, Katrina E. Champion et al. examine Australia's landmark decision to ban social media access for children under the age of 16, set to take effect in Dec 2025, & discuss empowering parents and schools. https://bit.ly/4pRVW51

NHS England welcomes work of PANS PANDAS Steering Group  - PANS PANDAS UK Welcome to PANS PANDAS' news blog. This post is titled: NHS England welcomes work of PANS PANDAS Steering Group

#PansPandasHour
For some families, Christmas brings sudden neuropsychiatric crisis
I'll be back NY — still pushing for all clinicians to hear this #MedSky
@jennyedwards.bsky.social
@martinpratt.bsky.social
@emergencybod.medsky.social
@marcusedwards.bsky.social

panspandasuk.org/post/nhs-eng...

Get our free ebook sharing some of the evidence from across our events from this year. Thank you for joining us, we look forward to seeing you next year as we continue to share high-quality, evidence-based learning
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Got the dreaded ”we see something unusual on your mammogram results” phone call yesterday. Went back in this morning for another mamo and ultrasound. The radiologist looked at everything and said “You’re all clear!”
Women, stay up on your yearly mamo. It’s not fun but it can save your life.

Map of the UK showing numerous orange triangles and blue circles representing mental health services locations. Words read: "Add your mental health service."

Is your service on our mental health sector map?

Our mapping tool helps to:
✅ Spot gaps in provision
✅ Showcase the value of VCFSE orgs
✅ Connect members, partners and policymakers

Explore the map and add your service: https://amhp.org.uk/mental-health-sector-mapping/

#MHEqualityNow

Excellent work from @kirstieohare.bsky.social demonstrates just how many additional children and young people are being seen by CAMHS now compared to 20 years ago www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Parent Blame Game Developmental language disorders

Seventy years ago Leo Kanner's seminal paper describing autism coined the term “refrigerator mother”, apportioning some of the cause for the distinctive profile of autistic behaviour to cold, harsh parenting practices. Of course now we know that this is total nonsense www.acamh.org/blog/parent-...

Beyond ACEs: When Trauma-Informed Care Misses Neurodivergent Children Trauma-informed care often overlooks neurodivergence, leading to missed diagnoses and support, as in James’ story. Research shows trauma, neurodevelopmental conditions and adversity frequently co-occu...

Trauma-informed care needs to be neurodivergence-informed care www.acamh.org/blog/beyond-...

[Open Access] About half of teens with high social anxiety also experience paranoia. Those with both report the highest distress levels, suggesting this overlooked co-occurrence deserves more research attention acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

UK campaigners condemn ‘creepy’ digital billboards that can track viewers’ responses Tech company has installed the advertising screens in hundreds of apartment blocks across 20 British cities

"Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer; though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing." What fresh hell is this www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...