Compassionate Care and Compassion Fatigue in CAMHS

In Conversation podcast with consultant clinical psychologist, Dr. Lucy Maddox. Lucy is currently researching compassionate care and compassion fatigue in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and is also passionate about the wider dissemination of psychology ideas.

Discussion points include: What is ‘compassionate care’ and what does this look like in CAMHS? Definition for ‘compassion fatigue’ and how this differs from ‘burnout’ and trauma. How compassion fatigue manifests in CAMHS settings, and the impact, and the role of the pandemic. What organisations and individuals can do to mitigate compassion fatigue. The message to policymakers to foster compassionate care and reduce compassion fatigue in CAMHS. Why it is important to disseminate psychology ideas to the wider public.

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Call for abstracts – Navigating Loss, Cultivating Strength: Strategies for Enhancing Children’s Mental Health

ACAMH Malta welcome abstracts from interested professionals who would like to present their recent research, or innovative professional experience, related to loss and cultivating strength in children and adolescents. We are especially looking for presenters to discuss aspects related to trauma and loss and how to help children cope.

For full details please visit the website, and share with colleagues who might be interested.

Successful applicants will present at the ACAMH Malta Annual Conference – ‘Navigating Loss, Cultivating Strength: Strategies for Enhancing Children’s Mental Health’, talking place on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 April 2024 at Villa Arrigo.?

NEW EVENT!

Understanding and supporting children looked after and adopted children

It is recognised that the children looked after population is often on clinical caseloads, yet there appears to be little discussion around both the impact of their early life experiences on their neuropsychology, and the practical aspects of working with this specific population due to this. This webinar will focus on the mental health of children looked after and adopted children. See website for full details .

We’re hiring! Editorial Assistant

We’re looking for an Editorial Assistant to join the team to assist the Publications Director in the efficient running of the editorial office. The role primarily involves specific journal tasks and journal administrative tasks for the three journals published by ACAMH (JCPP, CAMH and JCPP Advances), and will equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to pursue a future career in STM publishing.

Take a look on the website for full details and please share if you know someone who might be interested.

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All ACAMH webinars are centred around evidence-based research, and our speakers are some of the leading lights in the field. ACAMH is a charity, and we receive no government funding, nor do we ask for donations. We try to keep our costs as low as possible. Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’.

Can’t make it on the day? Don’t worry! Delegates have exclusive access to recordings and slides for 90 days after the event, plus a personalised CPD certificate via email.

Mood Disorders in Children and Young People: What is new? Emanuel Miller International Conference 2024

The 2024 Emanuel Miller International Conference, will address the recognition and diagnosis of mood disorders in children and young people. It will revisit postulated mechanisms and risk factors, refer to major treatment trials and treatment guidelines, address the complexity of treating co-morbid conditions, offer treatment algorithms and provide an update on our understanding of the early onset, and the often resistant to treatment, of the chronic and recurring nature of mood disorders. Already confirmed are Professor Boris Birmaher, Professor Bernadka Dubicka, Professor Argyris Stringaris, Professor Valeria Mondelli, Dr. Matthew Hodes, Professor Andrea Cipriani, and Dr. Rasim Somer Diler.

Featured Papers from ACAMH journals

‘Research Review: Child emotion regulation mediates the association between family factors and internalizing symptoms in children and adolescents – a meta-analysis’

Open Access paper from the JCPP

Parental influence on children’s internalizing symptoms has been well established; however, little is known about the underlying mechanisms. One possible mechanism is child emotion regulation given evidence (a) of its associations with internalizing symptoms and (b) that the development of emotion regulation during childhood and adolescence is influenced by aspects of the family environment. This meta-analysis aimed to systematically investigate the mediating role of child emotion regulation in the relationship between various family factors and internalizing symptoms in children and adolescents.

Authors: Sylvia Chu Lin (pic), Christiane Kehoe, Elena Pozzi, Daniel Liontos, Sarah Whittle

‘Concurrent and prospective associations between family socioeconomic status, social support and salivary diurnal and hair cortisol in adolescence’

Paper from the JCPP

Exposure to socioeconomic adversity is hypothesized to impact hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activity and cortisol secretion, but existing evidence is inconsistent. Yet, few studies have investigated this association using a developmental approach that considers potential protective contextual factors. This study examined the role of stability and changes in family socioeconomic status (SES) in the prediction of multiple cortisol indicators and tested whether social support moderated these associations.

Authors: Christina Y. Cantave (pic), Mara Brendgen, Sonia Lupien, Ginette Dionne, Frank Vitaro, Michel Boivin, Isabelle Ouellet-Morin

‘Longitudinal association of conduct and emotional problems with school exclusion and truancy: A fixed effect analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study’

Open Access paper from the CAMH journal

There is a need for causally stronger research on the association between child mental health and school exclusion and truancy. This study examines school exclusion and truancy in relation to both conduct and emotional problems and considers these problems both as predictors and as outcomes of school exclusion and truancy.

Authors: Aase Villadsen (pic), Claire Cameron, John Evans, Jo Van Herwegen, Vivian Hill, Jane Hurry, Amelia Roberts, Dominic Wyse, Thure Johansen