Association For Child And Adolescent Mental Health (acamh)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.24646 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Fiona Challacombe discusses her co-authored CAMH journal paper ‘Preventing anxiety in the children of anxious parents – feasibility of a brief, online, group intervention for parents of one- to three-year-olds’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12596). There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: What is known about anxiety, how it aggregates in families, and how it is transmitted between generations. Why it is important to tackle childhood anxiety and the typical trajectory for children who are anxious and do not receive help. Insight into the adapted online group intervention on parenting skills for anxious parents. Implications of the paper’s findings for child and adolescent mental health professionals and policymakers. Tips for anxious parents. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology