https://acamhlearn.org/Learning/Impact_of_Type_Timing_and_Duration_of_Exposure_to_ACEs_on_Adolescent_Self-harm_and_Depression/969af1f1-aa36-4341-935d-8db171153a64

Bushra Farooq discusses her JCPP paper ‘The relationship between type, timing and duration of exposure to adverse childhood experiences and adolescent self-harm and depression: findings from three UK prospective population-based cohorts’.

Learning Objectives
1. Insight into the three UK prospective population-based cohorts used and why the use of three cohorts.
2. Exploring the structured life course modelling approach and the accumulation of risk hypothesis.
3. The impact of different developmental stages of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on depression and self-harm.
4. Why the prevalence of adolescent depression and self-harm differed between the cohorts.
5. Why it is necessary to look at self-harm and depression separately.
6. The association between individual ACEs and depression and self-harm.
7. Exposure to parental mental health problems as the most prevalent ACEs in all three cohorts.
8. Implications for clinical practice and other researchers.

Impact of Type, Timing and Duration of Exposure to ACEs on Adolescent Self-harm and Depression

In this episode we’re going to be learning about the updated NICE guideline on the identification and management of the menopause.

Our guests are Marie Anne Ledingham, a Consultant Clinical Adviser at NICE and an NHS obstetrician and gynecologist. 

And Professor Martha Hickey, consultant in Gynaecology at the Royal Women’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia and topic advisor on the NICE guideline committee.

Learn more about the guideline here:

And the discussion aid here:

Learn more about NICE's updated menopause guideline

https://acamhlearn.org/Learning/Maternal_Disapproval_of_Friends%3a_Impact_on_Peer_Status_and_Child_Conduct_Problems/ce7509b2-085f-4566-bc4f-f96c91c8f9ab

In this Papers Podcast, Professor Goda Kaniušonytė and Professor Brett Laursen discuss their co-authored JCPP paper ‘Maternal disapproval of friends in response to child conduct problems damages the peer status of pre- and early adolescents’. There is an overview of the paper, key findings, and implications for practice.

Learning Objectives
1. Definition of what ‘low peer status’ looks and feels like from the child’s perspective.
2. The types of things mothers were doing to show their disapproval and how this impacted their children.
3. Why this type of parental interference proved counterproductive in terms of conduct behaviours and the children’s peer status.
4. Why peer status decreases when mothers disapprove of friends and why this leads to greater behaviour problems. 5. Advice for parents who disapprove of their child’s friends.
6. Implications of findings for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) professionals.

Maternal Disapproval of Friends: Impact on Peer Status and Child Conduct Problems

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13575
https://acamhlearn.org/Learning/%e2%80%98There_the_dance_is_%e2%80%93_at_the_still_point_of_the_turning_world%e2%80%99%3a_Coregulation_and_Dysregulation_During_Early_Development/eae64388-126d-4b96-bc36-cd09a63c28c2

In this In Conversation podcast, Professor Sam Wass is joined by Dr. Celia Smith to discuss the science-facing findings of their JCPP Annual Research Review “‘There, the dance is – at the still point of the turning world’ – dynamic systems perspectives on coregulation and dysregulation during early development” and the implications of their findings for practitioners.

Learning Objectives
1. Brief overview of the methods used to study early child-caregiver interactions.
2. How new measurement techniques is driving new theory.
3. An overview of the clinical interactions currently available focused on child-caregiver interaction in the 0-3 age range.
4. Insight into six key areas relating to different processes of coregulation and dysregulation in the parent-infant pair.
5. What the reviews find in terms of cultural bias, especially as ideas around caregiver and infant interactions are often based around wester ideals, and how this can be addressed.

‘There, the dance is – at the still point of the turning world’: Coregulation and Dysregulation During Early Development

Recently, there has been an increase in the amount of effort dedicated to ensuring that scientific knowledge can be mobilised to make a positive impact on individuals and society. In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Fatos Selita (pic) and Professor Yulia Kovas discuss their co-authored JCPP Editorial ‘For better or for worse? Intended and unintended consequences of science communication’.

Learning Objectives
1. The pressures and challenges that scientists often face regarding communicating their findings.
2. The three risks that might lead to confusion or unintended consequences of science communication.
3. Insight into the extent to which scientific miscommunication is a problem and examples of where science miscommunication in the field of child psychology and psychiatry can go wrong.
4. The importance of training scientists in science communication and some of the key elements that would be most effective in bridging the gap between scientific research and public understanding.
5. Recommendations for how to avoid and mitigate the impact of key risks in science miscommunication.
6. What journalists and the general public can do to understand science better.

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For better or for worse? Intended and unitended consequences of science communication

https://acamhlearn.org/Learning/Our_Children_are_Our_Future%3a_Socio-economic_Inequality_and_Child_and_Adolescent_Mental_Health/87375502-58fb-4347-9341-43aaae5cdb3b

With our children being our future and our long-term societal wellbeing depending on them, Professor Kate Pickett and Professor Richard Wilkinson provide insight into their recent CAMH journal Editorial ‘Socio-economic inequality and child and adolescent mental health’. 

Richard and Kate are co-authors of the bestselling and award winning The Spirit Level (2009) and The Inner Level (2018). Described by Penguin as ‘the most influential and talked-about book on society in the last decade’, The Spirit Level won the 2010 Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Prize and was the 2012 Publication of the Year of the Political Studies Association. The New Statesman listed it in the Top Ten Books of the Decade, and the Guardian among the 100 most influential books of the century.

Learning Objectives
1. The relationship between socio-economic inequality and child and adolescent mental health.
2. What causes the lack of good data in low-and-middle income data.
3. The pathways and mechanisms through which socio-economic inequality affects child and adolescent mental health.
4. The three ways in which inequality effects mental health.
5. The framework for how socio-economic inequalities between societies interacts with socio-economic positions within societies.
6. Issues of causality.
7. What can be done to mitigate the impact of income inequality on child and adolescent mental health.
8. Current gaps in the literature that would be fruitful to address.

Our Children are Our Future: Socio-economic Inequality and Child and Adolescent Mental Health

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13594 

In this Papers Podcast, Professor Jennifer Hudson and Lizél-Antoinette Bertie discuss their co-authored JCPP Editorial Perspective ‘Extending IPDMA methodology to drive treatment personalisation in child mental health’. There is an overview of the paper, key findings, and implications for practice.

Learning Objectives
1. Define and summarise how Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis (IPDMA) works.
2. The limitations of randomised control trials, systematic reviews and conventional meta-analyses in terms of answering research questions about what works for an individual.
3. Why the study focused on anxiety disorders in the context of youth.
4. Messages that researchers should take from this Editorial Perspective.
5. How the researchers envisage the approach outlined in the paper moving the field towards evidence-based personalised mental health care and how this can be translated into practice.
6. Insight into PADDY (the Platform for Anxiety Disorder Data in Youth) and the need for, and importance of, the formation of a topic-based data repository.
7. The ethical risks and logistical challenges of the formulation of a data repository and how such challenges can be met.

Personalising Treatment in Child Mental Health: Leveraging and Extending IPDMA Methodology

In this episode we discuss our consultation on NICE's routing criteria for highly specialised technologies. 

Professor Jonathan Benger, our deputy chief executive and chief medical officer, outlines the proposals.

Visit the consultation page to have your say: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/GID-PMG10008/consultation/html-content

The consultation is open from Thursday 19 December 2024 and will run until Thursday 30 January 2025.

Learn more about the proposed changes to our routing criteria for highly specialised technologies

 Watch the video at https://acamhlearn.org/Learning/Inside_the_Teen_Brain_-_Just_be_Yourself/1cda6d0f-b326-4e89-bd94-55fbfaf0654f

Description
In this episode, Inside the Teen Brain: Just Be Yourself, Professor Deborah Christie joins Dr. Jane Gilmour to discuss the complexities of identity formation during adolescence. Professor Christie explores how creative therapeutic approaches, such as metaphors and frameworks, can provide adolescents with a safe space to reflect on their strengths, abilities, and aspirations. The conversation highlights the significant role of peers, family, and supportive networks in shaping a young person’s sense of self. Professor Christie also emphasizes the importance of fostering environments where adolescents can explore their evolving identities in a positive and empowering way. Drawing on her extensive experience, she shares practical insights for professionals to help young people navigate this pivotal developmental stage. 

Learning Objectives
 1. To understand the key challenges adolescents face in forming their identity. 
2. To explore how creative therapeutic techniques can empower young people to reflect on their strengths and aspirations. 
3. To recognize the role of peers, family, and supportive networks in shaping adolescent identity. 



Inside the Teen Brain - Just be Yourself. Dr. Jane Gilmour talks to Prof. Deborah Christie

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