News and information

New:

• Emergency Department Handbook: Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems.

Treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents - Methylphenidate, atomoxetine and dexamfetamine. Published on 22 March 2006. Available on the NICE website.

NICE guidance on depression in children September 2005

Published on 22 March 2006, this is available on the NICE website.

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• Understanding NICE guidance - information for children and young people with depression, their families and carers, and the public  
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• Quick reference guide - Identification and management in primary, community and secondary care  
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• Press release - Latest NICE guidance sets new standards for treating depression in children and young people  

Message from Professor G Duff, chairman, committee on safety of medicines
29 September 2005 CEM/CMO/2005/

• Strattera? (atomoxetine) - Risk of suicidal thoughts/behaviour  
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• Questions and Answers - Suicidal thoughts in children and adolescents treated with Strattera (atomoxetine)  ;
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• Press release - Updated warnings on the risk of suicidal thoughts with Strattera®   

Message from Professor G Duff, chairman, committee on safety of medicines
2 February 2005 CEM/CMO/2005/

• Strattera (Atomoxetine) - Risk Of Hepatic Disorders  
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• Strattera (Atomoxetine) - Risk of liver problems - Information for Parents and Patients  

Building and Sustaining Specialist CAMHS. Workforce, capacity and functions of tiers 2,3 and 4 specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services across England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

• The final draft dated 12 September 2005 is now available to download here, having been revised following consultation. This will shortly be published as a council report pending it being approved by the College's Special Committee on Ethnic Issues.

• List of faculty executive
• Current events - Faculty news updates and documents for consultation
• Royal College of Psychiatrists' response to the governments green paper 2003: ‘Every Child Matters’
• Conference presentations - Faculty of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 9-11 September 2003
  These are conference presentations/proceedings, which have been subject to the selection and review process of the programme committee, but not necessarily submitted for peer review publication

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The National Autism Plan for Children - Completion of the work of the National Initiative: Autism Screening and Assessment.

Wessex Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists Group - Information about this group.

Finding the Evidence - the third edition project

Chiara Samele, Research Fellow and Gemma Randall, Research Worker (new recruits to FOCUS) are currently working on the third edition of Finding the Evidence. This edition will be a handbook to provide the best available evidence in child and adolescent mental health. The book will be aimed at health professionals and researchers in the first instance. It will cover a number of conditions/problem areas, together with their treatments and review the best evidence within each. The book will highlight the gaps in the literature and areas where further research is needed.

To help us decide which topics to include in the third edition we are inviting health professionals and researchers working in CAMHS to fill in our questionnaire which you will find on our website.

If you would like to give us any feedback please contact Chiara Samele csamele@cru.rcpsych.ac.uk or Gemma Randall grandall@rcpsych.ac.uk Tel: + 44 (0)20 7227 0821.