RCPCH day 3 - the wonderful Emma Blake chairing the PMHA session on celebrating neurodivergence 🧠✨ #rcpch24

Starting with Dr Anita Marsden and Dr Georgina Davis on neuroaffirmative practice: “The pathology paradigm is outdated and this may well contribute to a lot of mental ill-health in our neurodivergent CYP” PMHA @rcpchtweets #RCPCH24

PMHA RCPCH (Ctd.) So instead, it’s important to be neurodiversity-affirming in our practice.. with discussion of evidence to follow- #RCPCH24

PMHA RCPCH (Ctd.) What might being neurodiversity affirmative might look like? ensuring support and advocacy - for neurodivergent CYP and for systems change to foster neuroaffirmative environments #RCPCH24

PMHA RCPCH Next up, we have Kate Adams, introducing us to Project Art Works, based in Hastings, highlighting the importance of creative expression for neurodiverse CYP, and adults too
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(btw, as someone who grew up in Hastings, hometown pride!! 👏🏽)

PMHA RCPCH Project Art Works Words that paediatricians needs to hear from Lee D Hudson: “we can no longer say that mental health isn’t within our remit” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 to close an excellent presentation on the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health MAPS study RCPCH #rcpch24