Depression
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Autumn was glorious
‘Make mental health education compulsory in primary and secondary schools’ was the focus of a welcome and topical debate in the House of Commons on the 6 November.
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Music therapy: helping children and young people to access their education
Music therapy is a psychological therapy that uses the medium of music to achieve non-musical aims, such as encouraging self-expression where verbal skills are limited due to a physical or learning disability, or when clients find verbal therapy too direct or challenging.
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The Bridge Returns
Welcome back to ‘The Bridge’. The full set of articles will be published in December for ACAMH Members.
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Caring for ‘psychopathic’ children is essential
“What do you do with a child that frightens you?” asked presenter Justin Webb on Radio 4’s Today programme.
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Defining the familiar: the birth of Avoidant or Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Dr Rachel Bryant-Waugh has seen many changes in the 30 years she has spent helping children and adolescents overcome their eating disorders. Among these changes was the 2013 inclusion of a new disorder in the psychiatrists’ bible – the DSM.
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Falling child psychiatry numbers do not make happy reading
Drop in the number of child psychiatrists from 1,015 full-time equivalent posts in May 2013 down to 948 in May 2017.
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Patient-centred practitioners prioritise PROMs
Clinicians who use therapeutic approaches that focus on patients’ perceptions, such as CBT, may be more likely to seek patient feedback.
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Joining up services, is the way forward
Being a paediatrician is an absolute privilege and a core part of my identity.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 58, Issue 12, December 2017
“What is depression?” by Argyris Stringaris
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