Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)

Description

ACAMH is a multi-discipinary membership association and valuable resource for those engaged in child and adolescent mental health and its associated specialities.

Established in 1956 by Emanuel Miller as a network to bring together like-minded professionals, it quickly attracted leading luminaries from across the disciplines, inspired to study the various ways in which the life of the child was influenced and to define the many dimensions and co-ordinates of the growing human mind as it developed from childhood into adolescence and beyond.

Over the intervening years, the Association has successfully consolidated and strengthened its reputation for progression, safeguarding the balance between academic scientific research and evidence-based clinical practice and responding to the fluctuating medical, social and theoretical trends which have shaped the disciplines over the years.

The same governing principles and commitment that inspired Emanuel Miller to found the Association over fifty years ago, continue today, embodied in its principal objective: 'to advance the scientific study of child and adolescent mental health and disseminate its findings through the media of meetings and publications'. It was also the inspiration behind the change of name in 2005 from the Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry to the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, to signify its commitment to remaining relevant to the needs of its members and the wider academic, clinical and scientific community.

Member benefits

An increase to monthly publication of the Journal for Child Psychology and Psychiatry
A re-designed and interactive website, which features events calendar, branch discussion forums, delegate booking forms and direct Access to the Wiley/Blackwells Synergy Site and which will be developing further as a CAMHS resource for members
Appointment of an Events Co-ordinator to support the branch network and plan more local conferences
Updates on research and developments within child and adolescent mental health
Quarterly issues of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, which provides a forum for the exchange of clinical experience, ideas and research
Quarterly issues of The Bridge newsletter
Electronic access to JCPP, CAMH and The Bridge through the link with Synergy
Early notification of events and concessionary rates at ACAMH meetings and conferences
Reduced rates on certain Wiley/Blackwell publications, both books and journals such as Child:Care, Health and Development
Special rate on conference facilities at ACAMH head office in London