News, reports and resources

RCPsych Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Trainee Conference 2019

Date: Thursday 7 November 2019 

Venue: Conference Aston, Birmingham 

Further information and registration

Unfortunately College staff are unable to help with queries about this event.  Please use the email addresses under the link.

 

The Adolescent Health Conference 2020: Working Together to Bridge the Gap

Date: Friday 27 March 2020

Venue: London

The RCPsych has partnered with the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Physicians, to host a conference with experts from both primary and secondary care working together to bridge the gaps in adolescent health care.

This multi-disciplinary conference has been designed for doctors and trainees at all career stages. 

Programme and booking information

• Know someone who's just received exam results? Why not share the free Kindle eshort Three Things I'd tell my younger self, by Joanna Cannon with contributions from Wendy Burn and Kate Lovett 
• Read our response to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Green Paper, and find out how we will continue to campaign in this space.

• Summer 2019 (PDF)
• Spring 2019 (PDF)
• Winter 2018 2019 (PDF)
• Summer 2018 (PDF)
• Spring 2018 (PDF)
• Autumn 2017 (PDF)
• Summer 2017 (PDF)
• Spring 2017
• Autumn 2016 (PDF)
• Spring/Summer 2016 (PDF)

Archive

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College reports

• CR195: When to see a child and adolescent psychiatrist (PDF)
• CR198: Guidance for the use of audio-visual recording in child psychiatric practice (PDF)

Faculty reports

• FR/CAP/GAP/01: Good mental health services for young people (PDF)
• FR/CAP/01: Survey of in-patient admissions for children and young people with mental health problems (PDF)
• FR/CAP/02: Physical health of children and adolescents What specialist child and adolescent psychiatrists need to know and do (PDF)

Other resources

• Values Based CAMHS: What really matters to children and young people
  • Report of the Values Based CAMHS Commission (PDF)
    Summary document (PDF)
• Position statement: Defining a health-based place of safety (S136) and crises assessment sites for young people under 18 (PDF)
• RCPSYCH and Tribunals Judiciary A Guide to Mental Health Tribunals for Young People (PDF)
• Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Children and Young People: A guide to assessing and managing patients who are referred to secondary care (PDF)

Access a variety of resources for psychiatrists, trainees and other mental health professionals, such as books, webinars and eLearning materials.

We produce a variety of leaflets on young people's mental health, catering for both young people, and parents, carers and teachers.

You can also see other resources such as books, films, helplines and websites.