Association For Child And Adolescent Mental Health (acamh)

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/)

Dr. Faith Orchard talks to freelance journalist Jo Carlowe about the impact of sleep on mental health.

Professor Andrea Danese, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, talks to freelance journalist Jo Carlowe about trauma. Andrea discusses the impact trauma has on the child, the [Topic Guide](http://www.acamh.org/topic/trauma/) on the subject he wrote with Dr Patrick Smith for ACAMH, and findings from the recent paper in The Lancet ['The epidemiology of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in a representative cohort of young people in England and Wales'](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30031-8/fulltext) Lewis, S J et al. Andrea Danese is Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. He is also Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the National and Specialist CAMHS Clinic for Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression at the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.Arnon is one of the spea

Dr Arnon Bentovim, Child and Family Psychiatrist, and founder the Child and Family Practice discusses his work with freelance journalist Jo Carlowe. In particular Arnon talks about child and family training to develop and train evidence-based approaches to assessment, analysis and intervention.

JCPP Annual Research Review: Does late‐onset attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder exist? Professor Philip Asherson & Dr Jessica Agnew‐Blais discuss their paper.

Dr Amita Jassi & Dr Gazal Jones talk to freelance journalist Jo Carlowe about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the latest treatments available, and about the Topic Guide written for [ACAMH.](https://www.acamh.org/topic/ocd/)

Dr Dennis Ougrin, Editor in Chief of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal and Dr Bernadka Dubicka‏, Deputy Editor in Chief, discuss the future of CAMH and why you should submit papers for consideration. Please note at the start of this podcast there are some minor sound issues, apologies.

Professor David Olds, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, University of Colorado Department of Pediatrics, talks to freelance journalist Jo Carlowe about his career and the Family-Nurse Partnership. David is the Keynote Speaker at the [**Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and National Conference**](https://www.acamh.org/event/miller19/) - 'Attachment & Early Intervention: Improving emotional wellbeing and relationships in the family, and at school.' The title of his talk is 'Using Randomized Clinical Trials of the Family-Nurse Partnership to Inform Policy, Practice, and Developmental Science.' David says of his discussion: 'I will use our experience in developing, testing, and replicating the Nurse-Family Partnership to address the following questions. How can we design early parental interventions to maximize their likelihood of working? How can we design research to build a strong evidence-base for early-intervention?How can we scale evidence-

Professor Tamsin Ford, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Exeter Medical School, talks to Jo Carlowe, psychology journalist, about attachment and early intervention, and explains why schools are an important setting in relation to child mental health. Tamsin's work focuses on the effectiveness of interventions and services for children with poor mental health, such as the Incredible Years Classroom Management Course that is tested in the STARS trial. Tamsin will be speaking at the [Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and National Conference](https://www.acamh.org/event/miller19/), in London on Friday 8 March. Her discussion will be on 'The incredible years teacher programme – update on recent trials .'

At our Infant Mental Health conference, held in Southampton in December 2018, Clare Evans, second year training psychologist, University of Southampton, spoke to Professor Helen Minnis, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Glasgow. Professor Minnis discussed her early experiences of working in an orphanage in Guatemala and how it influenced her career, attachment disorders, and her current innovative research with the BeST? Study, which aims to find out what is the best service for young abused and neglected pre-school children coming into foster care. Clare is one of ACAMH growing group of students and early career researchers who are given opportunities to publish blogs, interview leading players in psychology and psychiatry, and attend our events for free. For details of how you can get involved email [membership](membership@acamh.org).

At the recent (Dec 2018) ACAMH Southern Branch conference on Infant Mental Health we spoke to Professor Pasco Fearon about his work on attachment.

Edmund Sonuga Barke, Editor in Chief of JCPP, talks about the papers that influenced him, how JCPP maintains its quality, and what the future holds for [JCPP](https://www.acamh.org/journal-child-psychology-psychiatry-jcpp/). Edmund is currently Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience working in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London. He also holds Visiting Chairs at Ghent University, Aarhus University and the University of Sussex. He is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. His work integrates Developmental Psychopathology and Neuroscience perspectives to employing basic developmental science approaches to study the pathogenesis of neuro-developmental and mental health conditions; their underlying genetic and environmental risks, mediating brain mechanisms and developmental outcomes. He has a particular interest in ADHD and related disorders. In 2016, Prof So