Adolescent health
Event
St David’s Day Conference 2019
01 March 2019
Cardiff
Join us for a day focused on mental health in infants, children and young people, with a discussion on our role as paediatricians.
News
RCPCH responds to Lancet findings on recreational screen time
27 September 2018
According to an observational study of more than 4,500 children in the United States, which is published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal today, limiting recreational screen time to less than two hours a day and having sufficient sleep and physical activity are associated with improve...
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Striking increase in mental health conditions in children and young people
12 September 2018
The proportion of children and young people saying they have a mental health condition has grown six fold in England over two decades and has increased significantly across the whole of Britain in recent years, new research reveals.
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Campaign launches to improve management of childhood asthma
3 September 2018
RCPCH supports the #AskAboutAsthma campaign as NHS in London ask sufferers to ‘take three small steps to improve lives’.
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Take my advice: Supporting your child with the new term's challenges
3 September 2018
The start of the new school year can be particularly stressful. In a new blog for parents, Dr Max Davie, Officer for Health Promotion at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, shares his advice on how to keep children healthy, mentally as well as physically, as they prepare to head throu...
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One in four 14-year-old girls self-harm, says Children's Society
28 August 2018
RCPCH's Dr Max Davie responds, saying a joined up approach to mental health is needed.
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RCPCH responds to the Scottish Government's suicide prevention plan
9 August 2018
Scotland's Mental Health Minister, Clare Haughey, today announced the country's new suicide prevention plan. Dr Donald Macgregor of the RCPCH responds to this announcement.
Course
BSPAR Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology Conference 2018
17 October 2018
Southampton
This is the dedicated conference for paediatric and adolescent rheumatology in the UK, which provides a unique forum bringing together multidisciplinary teams managing paediatric rheumatology from around the country. Delegates attend year on year to listen to the most up to date clinical and researc...
Course
Otto Wolff Neuroscience Symposium
09 November 2018
London
The aim of the symposium is to share the current research in neuromuscular diseases.
Course
Hands on Essential Paediatric ECG (Electrocardiogram)
23 November 2018
Urmston
This one day course is aimed at paediatricians at all levels of training to improve their skills in interpreting normal and abnormal ECG in children of all ages.