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Young people with mental health needs are often cared for on children's wards by generalist children's healthcare professionals (CHCPs). Generalist CHCPs find these encounters challenging and difficult but they are viewed as an opportunity to improve the healthcare offered to these young people. The authors secured funding from Health Education South London to design and deliver interactive workshops to improve the communication skills of CHCPs with adolescents in challenging circumstances. In this article, the authors outline the design and content of the workshops and discuss how the workshops explore and challenge the attitudes the participants have that could prevent a young person from seeking support or engaging with professionals. They also describe how the workshops have improved generalist CHCPs' confidence and communication skills when talking with young people and how participants now use these encounters as an opportunity to improve healthcare for children and young people.

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Futue trends in technological sophistication, personnel resources, and warfare scenarios are expecteL.to aggravate the Ja4 tef.ass situation.In view of) these problems and the current Depatment of Defense 1 olicies regarding Integrated diagnostics and a reduced reliance on paper-'based documentation, the concept of an Interactive, portable, computer-based maintainer's associate h-bei proposed.The purpose oT this effort was-tS developAthe technology for the Maintainer's Associate based on artificial intelligence techniques and demonstrate a prototype system in the field. (Concluded)In the course of this work, several + -7wtw issues were examined: hybrid diagnostics, knowledge engineering costs, user interfaces, and the integration of training and job aiding.The term whybrid 1 diagnostics. refers to the utilization of multiple sources of knowledge in the development of maintenance expert systems, in particular (a)'-dependency modeling fpatett+e+1-y.erivable from engineering databases)--Ind (b) heuristic expertise of field technicians. In the area of dependency modeling, one source of knowledge identified for the prototype was the test program set of the automatic test station. This information provided the specific measurement values and locations necessary for making measurements during troubleshooting.nowledge engineering costs were controlled through use of these test program sets and the F development of a "glass box"'editor which permitted knowledge base modifications during program operation.

Anorexia nervosa 734Bulimia nervosa 736Enuresis 738Encopresis 740Depression 742Deliberate self-harm 744Challenging behaviour 746Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 748Autism 750Anxiety 752Conduct/antisocial disorder 754Substance misuse 756• Incidence: 0.8–8 in 100 000 individuals per year.• Peak age of onset: 15–19 years....