Resources

Documents

• List of Forensic CAMHS services in the UK

• Introduction to the Executive Committee

• "Dual Training in Psychiatry" - letter from Professor Howard, Dean of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

• Please see the AFPSIG Position Paper on Dual Training for more information

• Information for CAMHS: The Thames Valley Forensic Child and Adolescent Forensic Mental Health Team (FCAMHS Team)

• Articles by Dr Philip Collins in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Faculty Newsletter

• Links between juvenile sexually abusive behaviour and emerging severe personality disorder traits in childhood

• The needs and effective treatment of young people who sexually abuse: current evidence

• Children and Young People in Custody 2010-11

Presentations

• The Utility of the Construct of Psychopathy in Children

• Working with High Risk Adolescents from A Developmental Trauma Perspective: Ideas and Emerging Practice

Links

• ACAMH

  Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

• The AIM Project

  Assessment, Intervention, Moving On.

• CPD Online Module - Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry

• European Association for Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychology and other involved Professionals

• The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY)

  Designed to assist professional evaluators in assessing, and making decisions about, a juvenile's risk for violence.

• Transition to Adulthood (T2A)
  Supporting vulnerable young adults in the criminal justice system.

• YoungMinds
  UK charity for mental health and wellbeing of young people.

• Youth Justice Board Website
  

  Contains guidance and information for those working within the youth justice system.

• Young People in Focus
  Founded in 1989 as Trust for the Study of Adolescence (TSA).

• The Forensic CAMHS Network - A multidisciplinary network of mental health professionals in the community, psychiatric hospitals, secure units and prisons, who work with young people with mental and behavioural disorders.