'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast
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'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast
These podcasts are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in child and adolescent mental health. They bridge the gap between rigorous research and practical application, featuring expert discussions on mental health. Each episode highlights cutting-edge studies offering insights into findings,...
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406 episodes
S9 Ep8: Can schools prevent childhood anxiety with parent-led CBT? - Mind the Kids podcast
In this episode of Mind the Kids, the podcast from the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), host Clara Faria, academic clinical...
S9 Ep7: Similar vocabulary but different socioeconomic status, means unequal educational outcomes - Mind the Kids podcast
In this Mind the Kids podcast, we explore how early childhood vocabulary links to later educational outcomes—and why socioeconomic inequality continue...
S9 Ep6: Why sleep is at the core of children's mental health - Mind the Kids podcast
In this episode of Mind the Kids, the podcast from the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), host Dr. Clara Faria — academic cli...
S9 Ep5: Beyond the Diagnosis: Supporting Executive Function to Improve Autism Mental Health - Mind the Kids podcast
In this episode of Mind the Kids, the podcast from the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), host Dr. Clara Faria — academic cli...
S8 Ep4: Understanding Climate Anxiety in Youths - a Mind the Kids podcast
This episode of the Mind the Kids podcast features Dr. Joanne Park, clinical psychologist and Principal Investigator of the Parenting Resilient Kids (...
S8 Ep3: How Maternal Anorexia Shapes Offspring Mental Health - a Mind the Kids podcast
In this episode of the Mind the Kids, Clara Faria speaks with Professor Nathalie Auger and Professor Howard Steiger about new research exploring how m...
S8 Ep2: Measuring Teen Mental Health Across 12 Nations - a Mind the Kids podcast
In this episode of Mind the Kids, Clara Faria is joined by Dr. Ariadna Albajara-Saenz and Dr. Amirah Wahdi to discuss adolescent mental health in low-...
S8 Ep1: ADHD & Autism: Over diagnosed or under-recognised? Prof Tamsin Ford in a Mind the Kids podcast
Welcome to Mind the Kids, exploring cutting-edge child and adolescent mental health research. In this episode host Clara Faria, a child psychiatry fel...
S7 Ep9: Anxiety, does the apple fall far from the tree? A Mind the Kids podcast
Welcome to Mind the Kids, the ACAMH podcast where research meets real-world practice in child and adolescent mental health. In this episode, 'Anxiety,...
S7 Ep9: Mind the Kids: ‘Delivering School Intervention: Culture, Context and Conflict’
What does it take to support children’s mental health and learning when their classrooms are in the middle of a conflict zone?
In this Mind the...
S7 Ep8: Mind the Kids 'Protecting Mental Health, the Power of Positive'
Why do so many studies – and headlines – focus on what goes wrong in childhood, when some young people go through adversity and still find ways to thr...
S7 Ep7: Mind the Kids ‘Regular sleep, the balm of hurt minds'
Why do some teenagers seem permanently jet lagged, wide awake at midnight and exhausted at 8am? And what does that actually do to their mood, their le...
S7 Ep5: Children with MID, a multi-factored intervention offers best protection
Children with mild intellectual difficulties are often overlooked, but the evidence suggests they may face real challenges in emotional wellbeing, beh...
S7 Ep4: Mind the Kids 'Adolescence and Appearance. AI eat your words'
AI chatbots can feel warm, human and tailored, but this brings real risks when the advice is wrong or incomplete, especially for vulnerable young peop...
S7 Ep3: Mind the Kids - Trauma responsive care - It's all about me
Trauma-informed and trauma-responsive care are at the heart of this thoughtful conversation about how we support children and young people who have ex...
S7 Ep2: Mind the Kids - Inpatient Insights
In this episode of Mind the Kids, hosts Dr Jane Gilmour, honorary consultant clinical psychologist and Child Development Programme Director at UCL, an...
S6 Ep8: Mind the Kids: Navigating the service cliff - Supporting autistic youth transition into adulthood
For many families of autistic young people, leaving school feels less like a gentle transition and more like falling off a cliff into a fragmented, un...
S7 Ep1: Mind the Kids - Tics: Education, Education, Education
In this special episode of Mind the Kids, “Tics: Education, Education, Education”, hosts Dr. Jane Gilmour, Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist a...
S6 Ep7: Mind the Kids: Lessons from the ABCD data revolution
This episode of 'Mind the Kids: Lessons from the ABCD data revolution' unpacks why “how we measure puberty” really matters for understanding adolescen...
S6 Ep6: Mind the Kids: Prenatal substance exposure - hope not judgement
hThis powerful episode dives into how a mother’s own childhood trauma can quietly shape the emotional lives of her children – and how that cycle can b...
S6 Ep5: Mind the Kids - Building Blocks: How motor and social skills shape language learning, as captured by genes
What if a baby’s wobbly reach for a spoon or a make-believe tea party could quietly change the way language unfolds? In this episode of Mind The Kids...
S6 Ep5: Mind the Kids - Genetic clues to classroom struggles
Why do some children find learning a little harder, and could their genes hold part of the answer? In this episode of Mind the Kids, entitled ‘Geneti...
S6 Ep4: Mind the Kids - Energized or at risk? Distinguishing subclinical hypomania in adolescents
Energized, driven, “on a high” – or at the edge of something more serious? This Mind the Kids episode, “Energized or at risk? Distinguishing subclinic...
S6 Ep2: Mind the Kids -When language surprises: unexpected bilingualism in autism
How can a child suddenly start speaking a language no one around them uses? This Mind the Kids episode, “When language surprises – unexpected bilingua...
S6 Ep1: Mind the Kids - Irritability in teens, more than a phase
How can you tell when teen irritability is ‘just a phase’ and when it is a sign that something more serious is going on?
In this episod...
S4 Ep8: Mind the Kids: Cannabis - Context is everything
This episode of “Mind the Kids” offers a deeply nuanced discussion on cannabis use and abuse within family contexts and among adolescents. Hosted by D...
S4 Ep8: Mind the Kids: Depression Symptoms - Should Fatigue be in the Major League?
This episode ‘Depression Symptoms - Should Fatigue be in the Major League?’ extends well beyond clinical perspectives to offer a vivid, human portraya...
S6 Ep1: Inside the CAMHS Digital Lab: Apps AI and Young People's Mental Health
In this episode of Mind the Kids, host Dr. Clara Faria sits down with Dr. Alice Wickersham, Zoe Frith, and Professor Johnny Downs from the CAMHS Digi...
S5 Ep8: Mind the Kids - Therapy and Autism: Actions for Adaptions
This Mind the Kids episode, ‘Therapy and Autism: Actions for Adaptations’, asks what does truly neurodiversity affirming therapy look like for autist...
S4 Ep4: Mind the Kids - The Lowdown on Meltdowns
What actually is a ‘meltdown’, and when do big feelings in kids become a problem that families and schools can’t ignore? In this episode of Mind the K...
S4 Ep6: Mind the Kids - Mental Health Needs in Care, but Missed Out
‘Mental Health Needs in Care, but Missed Out’ takes listeners inside the realities and challenges faced by children in the UK care system. This episod...
S4 Ep5: Mind the Kids - Special Educational Needs to Label or Not to Label? That is the question.
In this episode ‘Special Educational Needs to Label or Not to Label? That is the question’ Dr Jane Gilmour and Professor Umar Toseeb address the nuanc...
S4 Ep4: Mind the Kids - Does minor aggression have a major impact?
In this episode ‘Does minor aggression have a major impact?’ we confront a sensitive but crucial area: the effects of intimate partner violence and ag...
S4 Ep2: Mind the Kids - Neurotypes, Genotypes, and Phenotypes
Welcome to "Mind the Kids," where stories, science, and lived experience collide to shed light on the mysteries of child development. What if the answ...
S4 Ep2: Mind the Kids - Income(ing): Poverty and Resilience
Welcome to this episode of Mind the Kids, the podcast from the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. In an episode titled 'Income(ing):...
S4 Ep1: Mind the Kids - Rebooting the Great Psychotherapy Debate
Does it really matter which type of therapy you choose? In this Mind the Kids episode, hosts Dr. Jane Gilmour and Prof. Umar Toseeb sit down with Prof...
S3 Ep11: Mind the Kids - More Than Money: Nudging Parents, Breaking Barriers, Transforming Futures
Welcome to Mind the Kids, the podcast from the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Today’s episode takes us into the complex world of...
S3 Ep10: Mind the Kids: Home fae Home: Hot Chocolate Helping Trauma
What began on a cold November night with a simple cup of hot chocolate and some open ears grew into a vibrant, inclusive space where young people, oft...
S3 Ep9: Mind the Kids - Diagnosis with Heart: The Promise and Challenges of SDA Tools
Picture a young person arriving at their first mental health appointment, weighed down not only by their difficulties but also by the puzzle of naviga...
S3 Ep8: Mind the Kids - Navigating Early Risk: How Kindergarten Shapes Childhood Outcomes
Imagine a child stepping into their first classroom, carrying with them a world shaped by family stress, poverty, or developmental challenges. What ha...