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Introducing ACAMH

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We would like to introduce to you ACAMH: The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Their vision:
“Sharing best evidence, improving practice. We aspire for ACAMH to become a major portal, access point for anyone seeking the most expertly digested understanding and interpretations of the best evidence available”

ACAMH has many interesting upcoming events – follow the links below to learn more:

Child and adolescent mental health: what have we learnt during the Covid-19 pandemic? Looking back, Looking forward

18 Mar 2021, LIVE STREAM,  A 2-Day National Conference
Click here for more details

Predicting Complex PTSD in Foster Care – CAMHS around the Campfire

29 Mar 2021, LIVE STREAM, An Informal Journal Club
Click here for more details

The evolution and challenge of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): A modular solution to intervention

29 Apr 2021, LIVE STREAM, A 2-day training
Click here for more details

ADHD in CYP with autism, and pharmacological treatment – CAMHS around the Campfire

25 May 2021, An Informal Journal Club
Click here for more details

Paediatricians warn parents to be alert to signs of eating disorders

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Paediatricians have seen a huge rise in cases of anorexia nervosa and other food restriction disorders in this age group, with some reporting a doubling, tripling or even quadrupling of cases compared with the same period last year.

For more information, please go to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) website by clicking here.

Help and support

BEAT eating disorders charity has a lot of useful information on their website and their helpline is open over the festive period.

More about SPIN Modules in Child Mental Health

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The RCPCH has a range of Special Interest (SPIN) modules. The deadline for applications is December 1st 2020

  • SPIN in training for level 3 trainees 
    This is additional training and experience in a clinical area, which you complete in 12 to 18 months of clinical time. If you do a SPIN module and complete your training, you can apply for posts as a General Paediatrician with a special expertise.
    
  • Post completion SPIN for paediatricians on the GMC specialist register 
    This is additional training or experience, which you complete usually over a 12 month to five year period.

Click here to read about the SPIN Module Curriculum in Child Mental Health.

For more information about applying for the Spin modules, please click on this link: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/special-interest-spin-module-application-guidance

Sir Norman Lamb, Chair of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, has agreed to record a talk for the ONLINE 2-day PMHA Annual Meeting

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Join us on Friday 29th January 2021 to hear what he has to say

You can book for the PMHA annual meeting here https://pmha-uk.org/the-pmha-annual-winter-meeting/

About the CYPMHC:

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“The vision of CYPMHC is for all infants, children and young people to grow up in a society that prioritises, invests in, listens and attends to their mental health and wellbeing. We are working towards building a nation where positive mental health is promoted and early intervention practices are in place to secure mentally healthier futures for our children and young people.

We see mental health as everyone’s business. When one of us is in distress, there are implications for everyone: lost potential, unemployment and crime are just some of the consequences.

We want the Government to hear what we have to say and to put our ideas into practice. We would like ministers, commissioners and everyone who makes decisions relating to children and young people to note that promoting positive mental health, preventing mental ill health, and intervening early when problems arise requires cross-government action.

We do not represent any one organisation, approach, or professional group but rather we engage with our members and come together to provide a strong unified voice speaking out about children and young people’s mental health.”

Please click on the link below for more information

https://cypmhc.org.uk

Attend ACAMH’s 2020 Events Online

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Did you know that you can now see a lots of ACAMH events from wherever you might be at the moment?

With the global spread of the coronavirus, many organisations across the world are changing working practices to ensure everyone’s safety. One such organisation is the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), which will not be staging physical events for the rest of 2020, but instead is bringing events online as live webinars, many of which will be free.

There are also a number of recorded webinars already available for view, including:

More will be added to the ACAMH website’s Freeview section, which contains a whole host of other past lectures.

Anna Freud Learning Network

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The Anna Freud Learning Network is a free national network for professionals, both individuals and organisations, which shares the latest research, resources, and learning opportunities to those working to transform the mental health of children and young people.

To find out more and to join the network, please click on the link below

https://www.annafreud.org/mental-health-professionals/anna-freud-learning-network

24th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions’ (IACAPAP)

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The virtual edition of the 24th World Congress of IACAPAP will be held from 2 – 4 December 2020. Themed “Starting from the Beginning – Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Mental Health”, this 3-day virtual congress will cover issues that are close to our hearts, as well as emerging trends and topics of interests to the adolescent and child psychiatry community.

Reasons to attend:

  • Join the programme designed to cater to delegates from different time zones, and engage live with speakers and presenters
  • Get access to session recordings on demand, even after the congress
  • Experience comprehensive programme featuring cutting-edge research and trends in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Gain international networking opportunities with potential collaborative partners, sponsors and exhibitors
  • Garner invaluable insights and experiences from renowned industry and academic experts

Visit www.iacapap2020.org for more information.

Read read more about IACAPAP 2020 in the email newsletter.

COVID-19: Child & Adolescent Mental Healthcare – Disruption or Evolution?

A related webinar on ‘COVID-19: Child & Adolescent Mental Healthcare – Disruption or Evolution?‘ was held in July 2020. You can watch a recording of this webinar here.

World Mental Health Day

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Today, October 10, is World Mental Health Day. In connection with this, we wanted to tell you about this great training tool:

We Can Talk is an online training tool to improve staff knowledge and confidence when supporting children and young people attending A&E and hospital wards due to concerns about their mental health.

It is free, takes less than an hour, and features young people with lived experience.

Click on the link below to start this training:

We Can Talk

Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Useful Resources: Young People’s mental Health

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has a wide range of useful information about young people’s mental health written to support young people, as well as their parents and carers.

The information is written by psychiatrists and young people working together. It includes information on topics such as…

– coping with stress
– depression in children and young people
– worries about weight and eating problems
– drugs and alcohol
– psychosis and schizophrenia for young people

Click on the links above to go to the specific section, or click on the link below to go an overview of all the information:

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/parents-and-young-people