Paediatric Mental Health Association

A 10% discount can be requested by quoting ‘HCUK10pmha‘ when booking. Masterclass: Children’s Safeguarding – Learning from inquiries,...

Paediatricians have seen a huge rise in cases of anorexia nervosa and other food restriction disorders in this age group, with some...

Come, children, gather round my knee; Something is about to be. Tonight’s December thirty-first, Something is about to burst. The clock...

On 7th December 2020, the Royal College of Psychiatrists is holding a highly topical online study day, titled Minimum Age of Criminal...

The virtual edition of the 24th World Congress of IACAPAP will be held from 2 – 4 December 2020. Themed “Starting from the Beginning –...

1st September 2020 Mental health issues are increasingly common among children and young people—suicide is now the leading cause of death...

The RCPCH’s Spring meeting, scheduled for April 2020, was regretfully cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But now the the meeting...

In March, the RCPCH published its ‘State of Child Health 2020’ report. This landmark report provides a snapshot of infant, children and...

During the interval of a recent concert by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Dr Dickon Bevington, Consultant Child and...

An article by Dr Emma Blake, Consultant Paediatrician, now Chair / Convenor of PMHA Well, in these crazy times – with universal...

A letter in The Guardian written by a group of health and disability experts highlights that the COVID-19 pandemic has meant access to...

Frontline paediatricians have written to the editor of the British Medical Journal, advocating for the rights and safeguarding of...

We should be overhauling the school system, not rushing to send children back By Suzanne Moore on Monday 18th May, 2020. “The emotional...

“Children’s lives have been turned upside down by coronavirus. For some children, with the right support and resources, the situation...

A short post to say that the PMHA is going to be at the annual Royal College of Paediatrics meeting on Tuesday 28th April 2020. The PMHA...

We had a really great annual meeting this year and are starting the ball rolling for next years meeting… The 2021 meeting will take...

VENUE: The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Coram Campus 41 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ DATE: Friday 3rd July, 2020 TIMES:...

If you remember a particularly interesting presentation or want to refresh your memory, you can now find all the presentations from last...

According to this article in the Guardian, four in ten GPs are advising parents of children with mental health problems to pay for...

As the sun sets on the last day of 2019, the PMHA would like to wish you a Happy New Year and a great start to the new decade. We hope we...