This section of the site contains selected open access papers from our journals:
Use the links above to access the index of JCPP and CAMH.
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Narrative Matters: No teen is an island – the cost of finding a tribe through memes and TikToks
Paper from the CAMH journal – ‘This article considers how literacies are assembled when ‘reading’ memes and TikToks; how this impacts adolescents’ membership or otherwise of a group; and how a desire for group membership hampers other aspects of literacy when engaging with this kind of social media content.’ Andrew Duffy.
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Hunter-gatherer childhoods may offer clues to improving education and wellbeing in developed countries, Cambridge study argues
Hunter-gatherers can help us understand the conditions that children may be psychologically adapted to because we lived as hunter-gatherers for 95% of our evolutionary history. And paying greater attention to hunter-gatherer childhoods may help economically developed countries improve education and wellbeing. JCPP Editorial from Dr Nikhil Chaudhary, and Dr Annie Swanepoel.
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Editorial Perspective: What can we learn from hunter-gatherers about children’s mental health? An evolutionary perspective
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here, we contrast hunter-gatherer childhoods with those of WEIRD (Western Educated Industrialised Rich Democratic) societies and consider the implications for children’s mental health.’ Nikhil Chaudhary and Annie Swanepoel.
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Practitioner Review: Psychosis in children and adolescents
Paper from the JCPP – ‘For this review, we focus primarily on the diagnosis and treatment of early onset schizophrenia. In addition, we review the development of community-based first-episode psychosis programming, and the importance of early intervention and coordinated care.’ Anna Sunshine (pic) and Jon McClellan
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Research Review: The neuroscience of emerging adulthood – reward, ambiguity, and social support as building blocks of mental health
Paper from the JCPP – ‘In this review, we focus on two strands of research with distinct importance for ‘emerging adulthood’ (EA): reward sensitivity, and tolerance of ambiguity.’ Jennifer A. Silvers (pic) and Tara S. Peris
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Practitioner Review: Common elements in treatments for youth suicide attempts and self-harm – a practitioner review based on review of treatment elements associated with intervention benefits
Paper from the JCPP – ‘This review highlights key treatment elements associated with efficacy that community practitioners can incorporate in their treatments for youth presenting with suicide/self-harm behaviors.’ Jocelyn I. Meza (pic) et al.
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Does preschool executive control mediate the impact of early environmental unpredictability and deprivation on the general factor of psychopathology a decade later?
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The current study evaluated whether deprivation and/or unpredictability early in life have unique effects on the general factor of psychopathology through impaired preschool executive control.’ Eric M. Phillips (pic) et al.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 64, Issue 03, March 2023
Editorial: ‘Using parenting interventions as treatments and brain development – are we at the end of the beginning yet?’ by Megan R. Gunnar
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Debate: Academics should collaborate with the technology industry, but not in lieu of noncollaborative research
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – ‘Academics must bear in mind that industry involvement at any particular stage of the research, or at all, is not always appropriate. Some research questions should not and cannot be answered objectively with industry involvement.’ Leon Y. Xiao
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Treatment of childhood disruptive behavior disorders and callous-unemotional traits: a systematic review and two multilevel meta-analyses
Paper from the JCPP – ‘Children with callous-unemotional (CU) traits are at high lifetime risk of antisocial behavior. It is unknown if treatments for disruptive behavior disorders are as effective for children with CU traits (DBD+CU) as those without (DBD-only), nor if treatments directly reduce CU traits.’ Samantha Perlstein (pic) et al.
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