We are delighted to announce today that our Children & Young People's Mental Health (CAMHS) 2020 Conference & Exhibition has now gone live.
The event will be taking place on Tuesday, 14 July 2020 at the Ambassadors Hotel, Bloomsbury, London.
Our sixth national CPD accredited conference programme will explore emerging trends in children and young people’s mental health services, such as the interaction between online platforms for gaming/gambling and addiction; as well as existing issues with access to services, social media use and legislating to support CYPMHS and service users.
As the event has just gone live we would like to offer an early bird reduced ticket rate for this event should you be interested. We are offering a 20% reduction off the ticket price and this can be obtained by entering the promo code EARLY20 when booking any places. This offer will expire on Monday 24th February.
Visit the website for further details, to register interest or to book a place.
Already confirmed to speak will include:
Dr Sarah Wynick, Head of Psychiatry CAMHS, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation TrustAndrew Balfour, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Adult/Couple Psychotherapist, Tavistock Relationships
This conference programme will consider the impact of this ‘generational scandal’ on children and young people’s mental health, as well as exploring four key areas:
• NHS Long Term Plan: Tackling harmful online behaviours like gambling and gaming addiction through new specialised clinics are part of the NHS Long Term Plan, as is widening access to services closer to home, investing in treatment of eating disorders and opening up services to 345,000 children and young people by 2023/24 through NHS-funded services – including in schools and colleges.
• Online access: Review best practices for maintaining a healthy relationship between young people and the internet, considering a range of measures introduced to prevent internet use escalating harmfully, including the Information Commissioner Office's proposed code of conduct, duty of care legislation and incentives for big tech companies to meet regulation.
• Barriers to communities accessing CYPMHS: Discuss the increasing volume of research into how young BAME communities and young people who identify as LGBT face specific barriers to accessing CYPMHS, such as experiences of dealing with institutions, perceptions of coercive power dynamics and anxieties surrounding identity and anonymity.
• Service provision: The programme will look at CYPMHS that have dramatically improved the number of young people accessing services despite struggling with staff shortages and discuss whether the upturn is transferable.
A full hot two course lunch and refreshments are included throughout the day.
As with all our events you will hear from organisations providing case studies of practical, transferable improvements to children and young people’s mental health service provision.
The Ambassadors Hotel is just 5 minute walk from Euston Station and an ideal location for those travelling to London by rail or using the Underground. As ever, we will ensure that this is an informative and very useful event for all those within the NHS and for local government, the voluntary sector, academics and businesses that engage with it
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