Association For Child And Adolescent Mental Health (acamh)

Professor Lucy Bowes, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, and Head of the oRANGE Lab, discusses her research on early life stress in relation to psychological and behavioural development, the impact of bullying in adolescents, together with exciting developments with virtual reality.

 Ramya Mohan discusses CAPE (Creative Arts for Processing Emotion), the interactive and practical method combining neuroscience and the creative arts, as a therapeutic technique.

Ian Hamilton, Associate Professor of Addiction at the University of York, discusses the impact that substance use can have on a young person's mental health. Ian wrote the ACAMH Topic Guide on Addiction and Substance Use. He is a lecturer in mental health in the Department of Health Sciences, with an interest in the relationship between substance use and mental health (Dual Diagnosis).

Roz covers a range of subjects on mental health, including looking at the work her and her team undertake at Great Ormond Street Hospital. This includes innovations such a mental health 'booth' for children and families. Roz also looks at the rise of dysfunctional perfectionism, what makes a young person vulnerable and the implications and interventions.

In this podcast, Dr. Trudie Roussow discusses Mentalisation Based Treatment for adolescents (MBT-A), how it differs from MBT for adults, and how this type of intervention can be utilised for those who self-harm. Trudie is one of the speakers at our National Conference on Suicide and Self-harm, 8 November, London.

 Abigail discusses her paper on inflammation and self-harm, its findings and implications moving forward. As well as the cohort study (ALSPAC), to school interventions and creating change through national dialogue. 

Ann talks about the prevalence of mental health problems in ASD, preventing mental health problems before they occur, interventions and psychological therapies and techniques she draws upon herself as a clinical psychologist.

David discusses school-based interventions, recent studies on prevention/intervention and (SHIFT), a large multi-centre randomised controlled trial, investigating systemic family therapy following teenage self-harm. 

Lars discusses dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents (DBT-A) as an intervention, his most recent paper in The JCPP, national strategies for suicide prevention and the latest clinical research.

Dr Sinead Rhodes discusses ADHD and neurodevelopmental disorders with freelance journalist Jo Carlowe. Includes Sinead's latest research, cognitive factors underlying mental health and tailored interventions.

Professor Stephen Scott talks about using parenting as an intervention in young people's mental health and future prospects. The discussion includes the latest research on parenting programmes, insecure attachment and digital interventions. 

Dr. Helen Fisher talks about psychosis in young people. The discussion includes the development of psychosis in young people, the risk factors, and how Helen is playing a part to increase the awareness of psychosis to the general public. 

Dr. Dasha Nicholls talks about eating and feeding disorders in children and young people. Raising awareness, Nicholls aims to level the playing field; noting that the mortality rate is higher than that of diabetes and asthma. She highlights adolescence is an important time for early intervention.

Dr. Dasha Nicholls talks about eating and feeding disorders in children and young people. Raising awareness, Nicholls aims to level the playing field; noting that the mortality rate is higher than that of diabetes and asthma. She highlights adolescence is an important time for early intervention.

In this podcast Prof Cathy Cresswell Discusses some of the issues surrounding anxiety in children, the latest research and developments, and the different treatments available. Also Cathy explains about the UKRI Research Network Plus called Emerging Minds, and how this aims to transform and promote good mental health.

Three minutes with Dr Max Davie about our upcoming Sleep and Mental Health Conference on 27 September 2019 in Edinburgh.

Dr. Jennifer Shields & Dr. Sarah Brown discuss Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) with freelance journalist Jo Carlowe. FASD is the most common preventable non-genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disorders in the UK. FASD is an umbrella term used to describe the range of effects that can occur in an individual with prenatal alcohol exposure. These effects can have lifelong implications including physical, mental, behavior, and/or learning issues. Dr Jennifer Shields is leading on two FASD conference for us in the Autumn of 2019. The first is in London in September, and the second is in Dublin in October. Both have early bird offers now open.

Dr. Bethan Davies & Dr. Aislinn Bergin, of NIRH Mindtech, talk to freelance journalist Jo Carlowe about the innovations that Digital Interventions can have on young people's mental health. They discuss the different digital technologies available during different points in a person’s life, including mental health promotion, prevention, treatment, self-management. Bethan also discusses the ACAMH topic guide on Digital Interventions that she wrote.

Dr. Margiad Williams & Prof. Judy Hutchings talk to freelance journalist Jo Carlowe about 'Parenting' and the behavioural and emotional difficulties in young children face. What is harsh parenting? What are the latest interventions? Plus what's in the pipeline? All this and more detailed in this podcast. Don't forget to read the [**Parenting Topic Guide**](https://www.acamh.org/topic/parenting/) written by Margiad, and overseen by Judy.

Neurodevelopmental disorders are a neglected area of mental health practice, little mentioned in recent government policy documents. The evidence base is strong in theory but often hard to put into practice at the front line. Unhelpful misunderstandings and prejudices persist both in the general population and in professionals.  Dr. Max Davie talks about this and how you can get involved in [ACAMH's Neurodevelopmental Special Interest Group.](https://www.acamh.org/sig/neurodevelopmental-sig/)