Risk factors

  • Sam Goldstein

    Fostering Resilience in Challenging Times: Practical Guidelines for Pediatric Mental Health Professionals

    Early bird for first 50 places! In today’s complex youth mental health landscape, professionals play a key role in equipping young people with the skills to navigate adversity. This two-part masterclass, led by world-renowned pediatric neuropsychologist Dr. Sam Goldstein bridges cutting-edge research with practical applications.

    Event type
    Masterclass
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Ariadna Albajara Saenz

    From Valencia to Understanding the Mental Health Impacts of Floods on Children and Young People

    Floods are the most common type of natural disaster, with 1.81 billion people facing significant flood risk worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Among those affected, children and young people are especially vulnerable due to limited coping strategies compared to adults and high dependence on caregivers. Despite this, research on the impacts of floods on their mental health remains scarce.

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  • Group of friends sitting together using their mobile phones

    The Risks and Benefits of Social Media on the Mental Health of Adolescents

    This talk will explore the burgeoning use of social media by adolescents in today’s society.

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  • Professor Henrik Larsson

    Professor Henrik Larsson – Editor in Chief

    Henrik Larsson is Editor in Chief of JCPP Advances, and Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at Örebro University and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

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  • Dr. Pasco Fearon- Deputing Editor in Chief

    Dr. Pasco Fearon is Chair of Developmental Psychopathology in the Division of Psychology & Language Sciences at University College London (UCL).

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  • Laurie Hannigan

    Laurie Hannigan

    Laurie Hannigan is a senior researcher based at the Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Oslo, Norway. He completed an undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Southampton, in the UK, followed by a master’s in Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry at King’s College London. He obtained his PhD in Behavior Genetics from King’s in 2018.

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  • Dr. Katie McLaughlin

    Dr. Katie McLaughlin

    Dr. Katie McLaughlin is a clinical psychologist with expertise in child and adolescent mental health and the Executive Director of the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health and Knight Chair and Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon. She has a joint Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology from Yale University.

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  • Alice Phillips

    The Provision of Mental Health Support for Young People in Care

    In this Papers Podcast, Alice Phillips discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘Secondary data analysis of social care records to examine the provision of mental health support for young people in care’. Alice is the first author of the paper.

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  • Pupils run to calm down their friend who is crying on the floor in the classroom.

    Stress and mental health presentations in secondary school-aged young people – recording

    This was organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group, and was led by Dr. Ruth Blackburn and Sorcha Ní Chobhthaigh from UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health present research on mental health in secondary school-aged young people.

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  • Children of parents with depression or anxiety: Long-term follow-up, causality and resilience

    Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Three papers in the December issue (2023) of JCPP Advances focus on children of parents with depression or anxiety. Parental depression and anxiety are both highly prevalent psychiatric conditions, representing a major public health concern. The aim of this editorial is to provide context to the findings of these three studies and to highlight important methodological strengths.’ Henrik Larsson (pic).

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