FRIENDS OF AACAMH
any non-professional enthusiast of CAMH such as parents, advocates or âfriends of CAMHâ who has a strong interest or passion for issues relating to CAMH in Africa regardless of nationality or origin
FULL MEMBERSHIP
Child and Adolescent Mental Health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists etc.) who are nationals of any African Country or of African heritage/descent living and/or working in or outside the African continent. These shall have the full rights (including voting rights) and responsibilities accorded a member.
AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP
Child and Adolescent Mental Health trainee (resident, trainee psychologist, therapist etc) who are nationals of any African Country or of African heritage/descent living and/or working in or outside the African continent.
Membership Features
FRIENDS OF AACAMH
- YET TO BE DECIDED
AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP
- Access to peer-review services for abstracts, personal essays, CVs etc for applications to international conferences with constructive feedback from experiences senior colleagues
- AACAMH support letters for conference applications
- Access to AACAMH professional mentorship programme (pairing with senior colleagues on the Continent and in the Diaspora)
- Signed Certificate of Membership for members in good standing
- Free copy of AACAMH biannual newsletter and 1 free advertisement/year for affiliated members wishing to place and advert (say for Africa-wide recruitment for research project for example) in newsletter
- Access to journals with focus or strong leaning towards research from Africa#
- Access to listServe where clinical cases can be discussed with feedback from Senior colleagues#
- Access to apply for AACAMH Travel grant Fellowships for conferences held on the Continent#
- Reduced rates for future AACAMH conferences#
FULL MEMBERSHIP
- Access to database of African CAMH workers for research (such as key-informant interviews etc.), collaborations etc.
- Access to AACAMH-affiliated portals showing grant calls specific to African researchers*
- Access to compendium of local evidence-based interventions, instruments and data normed in Africa.
- Signed Certificate of Membership for members in good standing
- Discounted advertisement rates for members wishing to place and advert in AACAMH newsletter
- Access to journals with focus or strong-leaning towards research from Africa#
- Reduced rates for future AACAMH conferences#
- Access to mentorship opportunities from senior colleague, with option to be a mentor to a young early-career professional and be duly recognised as an âAACAMH Senior Mentorâ
* the African Global Mental Health Institute has access to such a database, and the leadership of this group are also the leaders of the African Association Psychiatrists, with whom we are in the process of forging a collaborative link.
# these are benefits meant for the not-too-distant future when we are in a position to charge greater dues which can support these types of services.