Full study report on 'STADIA' trial now out in @nihr.bsky.social Health Technology Assessment journal. Large multi-centre #RCT with 1225 children and young people referred to #CAMHS www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/GJKS0519 #Diagnosis #mental#health  @acamh.bsky.social #MindtheKids podcast 👇

Hi everyone 👋🏼 We’re super excited for the Digital Youth X MindTech conference this Thursday 13th in London! It’ll focus on digital innovations in youth mental health. Follow along all day at ✨ #DigitalYouth ✨ I’m Olivia, and I’ll be covering the event with Henry - nice to meet you!☺️ THREAD🧵

🎙️ #MindtheKids pod! Host Mark Tebbs speaks with @kapilsayal.bsky.social about the landmark STADIA trial ➡️ exploring how structured assessments like DAWBA might reshape #CAMHS referrals. 👉 Essential listening for parents, clinicians, researchers. https://bit.ly/4ntVkA2

📢 Join us for a vital webinar on improving childhood admissions to mental health units! 🗓️ 4 Nov 2025 | 🕛 12 - 1pm Featuring new resources to support young people, families & healthcare professionals. Full story: tinyurl.com/yv838w92 Register here: tinyurl.com/sddh48n2

💻 Clear information matters. The ‘Knowing Where You Are Going’ guidance helps CAMHS units provide user-friendly website information, co-produced with young people & families. 🔔 Join the webinar (4 Nov): tinyurl.com/36zmpy6j 📥 Download guidance: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-res...

🌟 New resources are available to help young people, families, and clinicians understand what to expect during CAMHS inpatient admissions. These tools improve communication, offer reassurance, and provide vital support throughout the journey. Learn more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-res...

Debate section in this month’s @acamh.bsky.social CAMH journal: Are we over-pathologising young people's mental health? With Rachel Hiller, our perspective: “Research shows otherwise – mental health conditions are not being recognised or diagnosed in healthcare settings” doi.org/10.1111/camh...

This is one of very few long term studies of a brief early intervention to improve mental health in young children. The news is positive - we can make sustained improvements for children early in their lives. Something that early years practitioners know - now there is more research to back it up.

See the blogpost summarizing the paper by Stringaris et al below. For the original paper: mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1... #youthmentalhealth #depressiontreatment #depression

Join the EXPAND team for a free, interactive lunchtime webinar on supporting ethnic minority youth and families to access support for neurodevelopmental healthcare. 🗓️ 9 Dec | 🕧 12:30-13:30 | 💻 Online Register: 🔗 institutemh.org.uk/events/event...

📣 New debate article… Are we over-pathologising young people's mental health? Research shows otherwise - mental health conditions are not being recognised or diagnosed in healthcare settings Using two large research projects, we highlight the mismatch… Read on… doi.org/10.1111/camh...

STADIA trial summary Infographic 👇

Excellent Mental Elf summary of the ‘STADIA’ trial. Many children and young people struggling to access mental health care, following referral, impacting on their outcomes. @nihr.bsky.social @acamh.bsky.social @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...

Out today in BJPsych Open: Fragmentation in adolescent health care provision In this editorial, @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & @emmasoneson.bsky.social describe the perils of fragmentation in adolescent health care and consider what's needed to enhance provision. Read here ⬇️

📝 Just published! We have a new paper out in #ChildAndAdolescentMentalHealth on our service model: how clinicians & researchers at the Lab are using digital innovations to meet urgent needs in #CAMHS ⬇️ The paper: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... The blog: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-pap...

‘STADIA’ trial: What we did & What we found… Please share…

@nihr.bsky.social ‘STADIA’ trial… now in print in this month’s JCPP issue @acamh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... Large multi-centre #RCT with 1225 children and young people with emotional difficulties referred to #CAMHS, followed-up for 18 months. New Summary Infographic in next post…

🧠 Excited for our upcoming webinar 🔍 Exploring the power of mixed methods in #MentalHealth #Research 📅 14 July | 🕐 1–2pm 📄 Featuring insights from an expert panel! 🔗 Don’t miss it! tinyurl.com/28t89jmm @nihrspcr.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social @ucl-primarycare.bsky.social

Our new paper is out in JCPP! We used longitudinal network analysis to show how symptoms influence each other in adolescents participating in three types of psychotherapy for depression. doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... 1/3

@nihr.bsky.social ‘STADIA’ trial… now in print in this month’s JCPP issue @acamh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... Large multi-centre #RCT with 1225 children and young people with emotional difficulties referred to #CAMHS, followed-up for 18 months. New Summary Infographic in next post…

Looks excellent & a great set of CAMH journal articles... Wider service context and availability crucial, and codesign with young people and teachers, re next steps for the field. Also very careful measurement and monitoring of unintended consequences, as highlighted in Myriad and Promise RCTs

Too many under-18s are still being admitted to adult mental health wards, despite national guidelines. New research highlights the urgent need for age-appropriate care and better support for young people during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Read more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/researc...

Exciting day for us - we're launching our study showing HUGE delays for children in foster care. Our paper is in Nature Medicine rdcu.be/ekep1 and a short animation www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwDu... @righttrial.bsky.social @uofgshw.bsky.social @rachelhiller.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social

Hot off the online press: Updates on digital mental health interventions for children and young people: systematic overview of reviews by Liverpool et al in our #ECAP journal: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #youthmentalhealth #mentalhealth #digitalinterventions #ESCAP

The next round of the BRILLIANT GROW mental health and addiction researcher development programme has launched. Do check it out as its a fantastic opportunity to develop your career with coaching, expert insights and peer support ⬇️⬇️

Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards… @nihrarcs.bsky.social @arc-em.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Excited to share the latest paper from Chloe Chessell, @cathycreswell.bsky.social and Rachel Evans! 🚨 Outlining the journey of Online Support Intervention (OSI), the paper highlights key considerations for translating digitally augmented mental health interventions for children into routine care. 👇

📣 So, are standardised diagnostic assessment tools useful in #CAMHS? New 'STADIA' trial process evaluation of the Development & Wellbeing Assessment (DAWBA), interviewing 109 participants across 8 CAMHS sites. Wide range of barriers and facilitators identified: 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s007....

Overdiagnosis? Seems timely to reshare... In CAMHS, little evidence of overdiagnosis of emotional disorders, rather the opposite - many children and young people with diagnosable mental health disorders not receiving a clinical diagnosis or timely help Full 'STADIA' RCT: doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...

Overdiagnosis? Seems timely to reshare... In CAMHS, little evidence of overdiagnosis of emotional disorders, rather the opposite - many children and young people with diagnosable mental health disorders not receiving a clinical diagnosis or timely help Full 'STADIA' RCT: doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...

We are proud to announce that Dr Charlotte Hall has been shortlisted for an #NIHRImpactPrizes! This recognition celebrates her outstanding work with the QbTest team in ADHD assessment tool. Winners announced on 20 March! 🎉 Learn more about QbTest: 🔗 arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/dr-char...

🌟 Exciting News! Our study on our method of Gillick Competence assessment in online, anonymous surveys is published! Empowering 13-15-year-olds to self-consent could overcome barriers to low risk, impactful mental health intervention research. Learn more: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/3...

📣 Systematic Review in Feb’s ECAP: Youngest children in school year more commonly diagnosed with, & prescribed medication for, #ADHD, than older classmates #relativeage effect also associated with receipt of diagnosis of #ASD. Great work led by Eleni Frisira 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New research shows >50% of specialist adult mental health service use comes from former #CAMHS patients We need early intervention in childhood to change these poor long-term outcomes That's why we need much more research on mental illness prevention in #CAMHS 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

“Much learning to be taken from this trial, which provides probably the best data insights we have into child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in England.. well worth a read!” www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel... Full STADIA paper link here: acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Great to see this quote about my latest novel, The Wonders of Doctor Bent from @ksbhui.bsky.social up there in lights! Do use the link to pre-order your copy! #newfiction #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthSupport www.waterstones.com/book/the-won...

Females with ADHD differ in their symptom profile to males with ADHD, highlighting the need for future research to identify and characterise symptoms typical of female ADHD www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Important new #NIHR research calls for standardized online info for #CAMHS units & better support for families facing distance/cost barriers. Policy should recognize some families prefer at-distance/adult ward options. Mental health care access must consider practical realities tinyurl.com/ytfzuacj

Thank you for the podcast invitation @elainelockhart.bsky.social. It was a pleasure to meet with Asilay and discuss the ‘STADIA’ trial findings and implications for #CAMHS service delivery. If anyone is interested, full article @acamh.bsky.social is freely available here: doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...

Come and do a funded PhD with me, @benjaminbarr.bsky.social , and Leanne Jackson #perinatal #mentalhealth www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgr...

It’s no surprise to read that there are negative aspects to sending young people experiencing mental health crisis distant wards, or to adult wards. The surprise is how little attention this appears to get from funders and researchers, and policy makers, the media and the general public.

For anyone involved in researching or delivering universal school based interventions- read this important thread. We need to learn from what doesn’t work! And even more from what causes harm.

This is the first systematic review investigating the impact of child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric admissions out-of-area or to adult wards www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....

Time to act: hundreds of children sent out of area every day for mental health treatment @rcpsych.bsky.social, @drladesmith.bsky.social, @elainelockhart.bsky.social www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...

Many thanks for sharing Elaine; we have been gathering evidence via the #FarAwayfromHome study The article also highlights wider systematic barriers to care, identified in STADIA - despite significant mh needs many #CAMHS referrals are rejected, with delays in receiving help doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...

The Institute of Mental Health brings together healthcare staff and academics to lead mental health research designed to improve diagnosis, treatment, and care. We are a partnership between Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Nottingham. institutemh.org.uk

In the midst of a crisis in youth mental health, more than half of all medical schools in the UK & Ireland do not even have a single professor in child & adolescent psychiatry New in #BJPsych www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Agree, very timely report from @cypmentalhealth.bluesky.social We need to enhance access and quality of care. STADIA trial in CAMHS highlights significant mh needs - but many referrals are rejected, with delays in receiving help doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... New ACAMH blog👉 www.acamh.org/blog/the-sta...