In our latest podcast we hear from five of our members on how they've been supporting children and young people's mental health. @drjamesdearden DrToks @ShaynaMoellenb Sam Jones Dr Karen Street 👉ow.ly/UuJ850Nr233

If you're interested in learning how to incorporate mental health education into your paediatric department, come along to our session...starting shortly!#RCPCH23

ICYMI: Fab workshop this morning with DrToks and the PMHA trainee reps on Mental Health Education. Check out the PMHA website’s *new* resources page here for a whole host of resources for CYP, families and professionals: pmha-uk.org/resources/

Free virtual conference this Thursday on 'mental health at the front door'. Talks include:deprivation of liberty in CYP, mental health in the emergency department, paediatric mental health leadership and the effect of parental mental health on CYP Sign up using the link below!

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But the interventions that many kids in distress need relate fundamentally to poverty, inequality, neglect, domestic violence, educational pressures etc.etc.

Children’s mental health is everyone’s business and paediatricians are particularly well placed to make a difference. From our new position statement - here are five ways paediatricians can continue to support children’s mental health 👇🧵 #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

Gutted to be missing what is sure to be a brilliant session on neurodiversity led by Emma Blake from the PMHA at #RCPCH24

The Benevolent Childhood Experiences (the opposite of the ACEs) try to capture the positive things in a childhood that can enhance long term outcomes in mental health. Important to evaluate the good things that can happen in a child’s life rather than just the negatives.

We are so excited for our free summer conference on Technology & Children's Mental Health this Wednesday With talks from Emma Blake, Shout Clinical Director Sarah Kendrick,Andy Burrows from Molly Rose Foundation, and the use of AI in mental health, it's going to be great!

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! Submit your abstract for the 2025 PMHA Annual Conference by 30th November. Download your abstract template at tinyurl.com/36j34tuk We look forward to hearing about all the amazing work you’ve done this year!

Thanks to a grant Rosetrees Trust we are developing an evidence based, educational theory based approach to training general paediatric ward teams on how to manage acute mental health crises. We need stakeholders to tell us what it should look like: 1. People with lived

Here's our paper The Lancet The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health on numbers of CYP admitted to general wards (paeds and adult) of 5-18 year olds due to their mental health. Will do a commentary tomorrow on bit-by-bit findings. The great privilege has been working with young people and their

Kicking off the #pmha25 conference with a talk from Dr Gabriel Whitlingham on ARFID. A super important talk for paediatricians of all specialties

Next up we have Ms Lucy Smith from DISCA Digital sleep support for children with ADHD talking about digital sleep support for children with ADHD #pmha25

Really important point raised by Kate Fielding when considering sensory processing in children with neurodivergence. Children's ability to learn is optimised if their sensory needs are met #pmha25

Thought provoking talk from Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou on the emotional burden experienced by neurodivergent children and young people.

Ruth Jacobs from Certified Minds reminds us that all behaviour is information, and often meets a need. Rather than telling CYP the risks of their behaviours, we need to understand what need is being met by the behaviour #pmha25