'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20847 In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Paul Croarkin of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Mayo Clinic Rochester , Minnesota, and Dr. Arjun Athreya of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics   at the same institution. The focus of this podcast is on the JCPP paper ‘ Evidence for machine learning guided early prediction of acut...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20792 In this podcast, we are joined by Lizzy Winstone , Senior Research Associate in Epidemiology at Bristol Medical School, the University of Bristol. The focus of this podcast is on the JCPP Advances paper ‘ Adolescent social media user types and their mental health and well-being, results from a longitudinal survey of 13 to 14-year-olds in the United Kingdom ’ ( doi.org/10....

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20778 For this podcast, in celebration of Playday (celebrated each year across the UK on the first Wednesday in August), we are joined by Professor Helen Dodd , Professor of Child Psychology in the College of Medicine and Health at the University of Exeter . The focus of this podcast is on child mental health and the importance of adventurous play. As Playday encourages familie...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20737 In this podcast, we are joined by Sally Hogg , Deputy CEO at the Parent Infant Foundation , to discuss early trauma and the importance of early relationships. To set the scene, Sally starts by providing details about the 1001 days movement , which she coordinates, and details what it is about the first 1001 days of a child’s life that is so critical. Sally discusses the i...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20683 In this podcast we are joined by student researchers Hannah Abdalla, Malaika Okundi , and Carl Simela . All three have been working on TRADE , which stands for Transmission of experiences of Racism, Anxiety, and Depression in families. TRADE is a collaboration between researchers at the Center for Mental Health and King’s College London . To set the scene, Hannah, Malaika...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20650 In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Rebecca Rolland , a Harvard faculty member and author of The Art of Talking With Children , published by HarperCollins, to discuss how we communicate with children. To set the scene, Rebecca begins by talking about what inspired the book, The Art of Talking With Children, and discusses in what ways she feels that digital media has imp...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20553 For this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Jillian Halladay , registered nurse, clinical epidemiologist, and winner of ACAMH’s Research Trainee of the Year Award 2021 . Jillian begins by commenting on what it meant to her to have received the ACAMH Research Trainee of the Year Award in 2021, before providing us with an insight into her research examining the co-occurrence of...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20530 For this podcast, for Refugee Week , we are joined by Dr. Tina Rae , Consultant Educational and Child Psychologist and ACAMH Board Member . The focus of this podcast is on child refugees and how best to support them within educational settings. Tina talks to us about trauma and mental health as it relates to child and adolescent refugees and sets the scene by detailing wh...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20476 For this podcast, for Refugee Week , we are joined by Professor Panos Vostanis , professor of Child Mental Health at the University of Leicester , and founder of the organisation World Awareness for Children in Trauma (WACIT) . As an expert in the impact of trauma on child and adolescent mental health, Panos sets the scene by talking to us about trauma as it relates to ch...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20426 For this podcast, for Refugee Week , we are joined by Dr. Hayley Rajpal , a child and adolescent psychotherapist with a specialism in working with looked after children and their networks. Hayley’s thesis research explored the challenges of therapeutic engagement with unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors, and this will be the focus of the podcast. To set the scene, Hayley...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20329 For this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Maria Loades , clinical psychologist and senior lecturer at the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath . The focus of this podcast is on the Common Elements Toolbox (COMET) , a study testing a digital intervention to help university students improve their wellbeing. To set the scene, Maria provides us with an insight into...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20231 In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Mandy Steiman , clinical psychologist at the Azrieli Centre for Autism Research (ACAR) at the McGill University Health center . The focus of this podcast is on the JCPP paper ‘ Predictors of language regression and its association with subsequent communication development in children with autism ’ ( doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13565 ) As co-author of...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.20057 In this podcast, we are joined by Akhgar Ghassabian , Assistant Professor at the Departments of Pediatrics , Population Health , and Environmental Medicine at NYU School of Medicine , and Dr. Tonya White , Professor at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Erasmus University Medical Center , Rotterdam. The focus of this podcast is on the JCPP paper ‘Adolesc...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19889 In this podcast, we talk to Will Mandy , Professor of Neurodevelopmental Conditions at the research department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at University College London ( UCL ). The focus of this podcast is on the JCPP paper, ‘Mental health and social difficulties of late-diagnosed autistic children, across childhood and adolescence’ ( doi.org/10.1111/jc...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19898 For this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Andrés Martin , Riva Ariella Ritvo Professor at the Child Study Center , and director of the simulated participant program, SPP, Teaching and Learning Center TLC , Yale School of Medicine , Dr. Jose Paez , also of the Yale Child Study Center, and Dr. Doron Amsalem , child and adolescent psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Clinica...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19805 In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Emma Sciberras , Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, and Dr. Julian Fernando , a lecturer in the same department. The focus of this podcast is on their co-authored paper, ‘ Climate change-related worry among Australian adolescents: an eight-year longitudinal study ’ ( doi: 10.1...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19791 In this podcast we talk to Ana Maria Portugal, Developmental Neuroscientist and postdoctoral researcher in developmental behaviour genetics at the Centre of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Ana was the first author of the recent Open Access JCPP paper, ‘Pupil size and pupillary light reflex in early infancy: heritability and link to g...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19695 For this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Aja Murray , lecturer in psychology at the University of Edinburgh, and winner of ACAMH’s Kathy Sylva ‘Rising Star’ Award 2021. Aja begins by providing us with an insight into her background, her research interests, and her role as a developmental psychologist who specializes in mental health, before commenting on what it meant to he...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19594 In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Joey Fredrick , a clinical psychology postdoctoral fellow at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center , Ohio, USA, to tackle the question ‘Is sluggish cognitive tempo associated with circadian preference, sleep, and daytime sleepiness in adolescence?’. Joey is the first author of a paper on this topic published in the Journal of...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19507 In this podcast, we are joined by Professor Lina Gega , professor of mental health at the University of York and honorary nurse consultant in psychological therapies at Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Trust . Lina is also a joint editor of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal , one of the three journals produced by the Association for Child and Adolesc...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19446 For this podcast, focusing on adolescent sleep, we are joined by celebrated neuroscientist Dr. Dean Burnett , author of The Idiot Brain and a speaker at a February 2022 live stream event, The enigma of adolescent sleep: misunderstood science and effective intervention . Dean sets the scene by exploring whether there is a typical teenage sleep pattern and if so, how this c...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19313 TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this podcast discusses personal experiences of self-harm and suicide. This University Mental Health Day , we are joined by two students, Rhiannon Hawkins and Nathan Randles , to discuss student mental health and what CAMH professionals need to know. Rhiannon currently studies Geography at the University of Oxford and Nathan is a medic...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19272 For this podcast, we are delighted to interview aspiring academic psychiatrist Clara Faria , winner of the ACAMH 2021 Undergraduate Clinical Trainee of the Year Award and ACAMH’s first Young Person’s Ambassador . Clara sets the scene by providing insight into what it meant to her to be recognised as ACAMH’s 2021 Undergraduate Clinical Trainee of the Year, as well as being...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19158 For this podcast, we are honoured to be joined by criminologist Joanna Foster . Joanna has managed the London Fire Brigade Firesetters Intervention Scheme and now runs fabtic , a company specialising in fire setting behaviour by children. Joanna provides insight into how common fire starting is in children, as well as at what age children start setting fires, and whether...

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.19121 In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Eila Kankaanpää , senior lecturer in health economics at the University of Eastern Finland . The focus of this podcast is on the JCPP paper, ‘The long-term cost of childhood conduct problems: Finnish Nationwide 1981 Birth Cohort Study ’ ( doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13506 ). Eila is a co-author of the paper and sets the scene by providing insight...