CICAMH 2024

2024 Critical Issues in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference

Breaking Barriers

Innovative Approaches to Youth and Family Mental Wellbeing 

The 9th annual CICAMH conference will focus on innovative treatments and strategies for youth and families to foster mental well-being. An emphasis will also be placed on addressing barriers families face so that clinicians can continue to support youth and their individual needs. 

The conference will offer providers strategies for promoting family mental well-being through novel interventions such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Racial Socialization, community supporting for mandated reporters, and treatment for Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and other eating disorders. There will also be a focus on reducing barriers for youth from minoritized communities such as LGBTQ+ individuals and racially and ethnically diverse families.

The goal of the CICAMH conference is to increase awareness and understanding of these critical issues affecting youth mental well-being and to offer attendees resources to be better able to support youth, families, and their communities to promote healing and resilience. 

Learning Objectives:

Understand one barrier that families face that impact their ability to receive evidence-based care for mental health treatment.

Recognize five benefits and risks to social media use and presence in children and adolescents.

Explore three ways that interpersonal and racial stress and trauma impact development for diverse youth.

Describe one technique involving community partners and those with lived experiences that is utilized to support family strengthening work.

Identify two evidence-based treatment modalities for children and adolescents with eating disorders.

Explain how a public health model of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention could be applied to reduce mental health challenges among children and families.

Recognize one protective and promotive role of racial socialization on behavioral and mental health outcomes for Black youth.

Describe three ways to assist parents in supporting their gender diverse and/or LGBTQI+ teens.

Identify two ethical issues associated with telehealth mental health treatment for youth and families.

Special Thanks to our Collaborators

Behavioral Health Services County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency 

University of San Diego & Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science

Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego Department of Psychiatry

San Diego Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

2024 Course Directors and Chairs

Charmi Patel Rao, MD, DFAACAP, President, San Diego Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Carrie Jackson, PhD, Licensed Child Psychologist 

2024 Conference Coordination

Vanessa Pulido, LMFT,  CICAMH Conference Coordinator, San Diego Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Tami Magaron, CICAMH Conference Coordinator 

Featured Speakers

Sponsors

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The County of San Diego’s Behavioral Health Services (BHS) department provides mental health and substance use disorder services to over 111,000 San Diego County residents of all ages. Services are provided through 9 county-operated programs, over 300 contracts, and 800 individual fee-for-service providers. BHS offers services across the lifespan through coordinated systems of care and embraces Live Well San Diego, the County’s over-arching vision for a region that is building better health, living safely, and thriving.

The University of San Diego's Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science (HSON) is a community of progressive scholars and practitioners in an intellectually rigorous, research-intensive environment. Driven by compassion with action, the HSON will actively support your personal and professional growth. Whether you are interested in beginning your career in healthcare or elevating your nursing career to the next level, the HSON will ensure you graduate ready to provide optimal care in service to the community. We prepare the next generation of nurse scientists, leaders, advanced clinicians, and informaticists to meet humanity's most urgent needs — with compassion and with intellectual rigor.

The mission of the San Diego Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is to promote the healthy development of children, adolescents, and families through advocacy and education, and to meet the professional needs of child and adolescent psychiatrists in our community.