Association For Child And Adolescent Mental Health (acamh)

Dr John Ivens talks to ACAMH Publications Manager and Deputy CEO, Prabha Choubina, about the role of schools in mental health provision, the Government's green paper on children and young people's mental health, and assessing students' experiences of happiness in schools in order to develop personalised approaches.  Dr John Ivens is Headteacher at the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School, an educational psychologist and an advisor to Place2Be.

In conversation with Dr Duncan Gillard, Senior Educational Psychologist and an experienced ACT practitioner, trainer and author. Duncan is the co-author of the popular self-help book Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Dummies. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a trans-diagnostic therapeutic approach, belonging to the broad church of cognitive behavioural therapies (CBTs). With the practice of mindfulness as one of its core processes, the aim of ACT is to enable people to move toward a life with meaning and purpose through values-based action.

Research digest of a systematic and meta-review on the use of digital mental health interventions for children and young people published in the [Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry](https://www.acamh.org/journal-child-psychology-psychiatry-jcpp/) by Hollis et al.

Professor Dame Sue Bailey OBE DBE talks to ACAMH Publications Manager and Deputy CEO, Prabha Choubina, about progress and priorities for mental health in schools. Professor Dame Bailey is Mental Health Advisor to Health Education England, Chair of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition and Vice Chair of the Centre for Mental Health.

ACAMH Chair, Professor Stephen Scott talks to Professor Sir Robin Murray about his research into the causes of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and developing better treatments for these disorders. There will be a particular focus on the topic of adolescent drug use and its link to psychosis, as this forms the basis for Sir Robin’s Memorial Lecture at the 2018 Emanuel Miller Conference.

An introduction to the [ADHD issue](https://www.acamh.org/category/journal/the-bridge/) of The Bridge Abridged from Editor and Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dr Juliette Kennedy. This is followed by the latest research digest from the [Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry](https://www.acamh.org/journal-publications/), "Brain firing, but not wiring, is different in children with ADHD".