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Registration for the PMHA Annual Meeting, which is being held on the 28th and 29th of January 2021, is now open.

This year’s meeting will be conducted ONLINE via Zoom. The meeting is a great way to connect with colleagues, refresh your skills, and pick up new knowledge and ideas. There is an exciting line up of talks and presentations relating to all aspects of paediatric mental health.

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Members of the PMHA can attend the meeting at a discounted price. Click here to join now for just £25 for a year

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The virtual edition of the 24th World Congress of IACAPAP will be held from 2 – 4 December 2020. Themed “Starting from the Beginning – Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Mental Health”, this 3-day virtual congress will cover issues that are close to our hearts, as well as emerging trends and topics of interests to the adolescent and child psychiatry community.

Reasons to attend:

  1. Join the programme designed to cater to delegates from different time zones, and engage live with speakers and presenters

  2. Get access to session recordings on demand, even after the congress

  3. Experience comprehensive programme featuring cutting-edge research and trends in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  4. Gain international networking opportunities with potential collaborative partners, sponsors and exhibitors

  5. Garner invaluable insights and experiences from renowned industry and academic experts

Visit www.iacapap2020.org for more information.

Read read more about IACAPAP 2020 in the email newsletter.

COVID-19: Child & Adolescent Mental Healthcare – Disruption or Evolution? A related webinar on ‘COVID-19: Child & Adolescent Mental Healthcare – Disruption or Evolution?‘ was held in July 2020. You can watch a recording of this webinar here.

 
 
  • Writer: PMHA
    PMHA
  • Oct 12, 2020
  • 2 min read

How to build a brain: From infancy to adolescence – Part 1

Date: Tuesday 27 Oct 2020 Time: 5:00pm to 7:10pm, £10 – £40

This is the first part of a two-part webinar series that will provide an overview of both normal and abnormal brain development across a wide range of topics that are relevant to anyone working with infants, children and young people.

During this session, you will be able to:

  1. Understand developmental ‘red flags’

  2. Develop an insight into common neurological conditions that present in childhood, including movement disorders and childhood epilepsy

  3. Explore how cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques allow us to describe normal structural brain development

  4. Gain insights into current topics in neuroimaging

  5. Explore the MDT approach to managing children and adolescents with chronic neurodisability

  6. Gain insight into what features of neurodevelopment are important to parents and young people

Join a panel of clinicians and academics who are experts in their fields. Topics covered will focus on the MDT management of common neurological conditions in childhood, including emergency presentations. At this webinar, expand your understanding of the normal brain development as a window and to understand what happens when things go wrong.

During this session, you will be able to:

  1. Understand developmental ‘red flags’

  2. Develop an insight into common neurological conditions that present in childhood, including movement disorders and childhood epilepsy

  3. Explore how cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques allow us to describe normal structural brain development

  4. Gain insights into current topics in neuroimaging

  5. Explore the MDT approach to managing children and adolescents with chronic neurodisability

  6. Gain insight into what features of neurodevelopment are important to parents and young people

Key Speakers:

Dr Dennis Grigoratos Consultant Paediatrician, Princess Royal University Hospital, King’s College NHS Trust

Dr Max Davie Community Paediatrician and RCPCH Officer for Health Promotion, Evelina London Children’s Hospital

 
 
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