CAMHS
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A day in the life of a Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner
CWPs deliver low-intensity psychological interventions for mild to moderate low mood and anxiety disorders.
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Child mental health professionals need more technology training
Bethany Cliffe and colleagues have surveyed 154 CAMHS professionals to understand why technology-based tools have not yet been widely adopted by CAMHS.
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Routine Outcome Measurement in CAMHS
This article is a summary of the paper published in CAMH – Waldron, S. M., Loades, M. E., & Rogers, L. (2018). Routine Outcome Monitoring in CAMHS: How Can We Enable Implementation in Practice?
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Patient-centred practitioners prioritise PROMs
Clinicians who use therapeutic approaches that focus on patients’ perceptions, such as CBT, may be more likely to seek patient feedback.
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Psychosis pathway positive for patients
Using a dedicated pathway for patients with an ultra-high risk of psychosis at a London CAMHS community unit led to fewer admissions, quicker psychiatric review and a shorter wait for treatment.
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Toughened toddlers seek rewards & Toddlers’ temperament is autism early indicator
Two overviews of papers focusing on toddlers. The first on those who grow up in a harsh environment and act assertively at aged two tend to do better than average when solving reward-based problems, but do worse on abstract ones. The second suggesting a new avenue for exploring early diagnosis in autism.
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