Child development
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Call for papers – JCPP Advances Special Issue 2026 “Transdiagnostic Approaches to Child and Adolescent Mental Health”
JCPP Advances invites manuscripts for a special issue entitled “Transdiagnostic Approaches to Child and Adolescent Mental Health”. Interested authors should submit a letter of intent as a Microsoft Word document to the JCPP Advances editorial office with ‘JCPPA Special Issue 2026’ in the subject line by 28th March 2025.
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Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke – Editor in Chief
Editor in Chief, Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke is Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience working in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London.
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JCPP Annual Research Review 2024 – “Time may change me”: Developmental change across multiple time scales
We are delighted to announce the release of the 2024 Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry (JCPP) Annual Research Review, edited by Sara R. Jaffee.
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Neurodevelopmental Dimensional Assessment and Genomic Risk of Neuropsychiatric Conditions
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Sam Chawner discusses his JCPP Advances paper ‘Neurodevelopmental dimensional assessment of young children at high genomic risk of neuropsychiatric conditions’. Sam is the first author of the paper.
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2023 Top 10 Downloaded Journal Papers
After another successful year for our three journals, the Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry (JCPP), the Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal, and JCPP Advances, we are proud to present the top 10 most downloaded papers for each journal, published in 2023, as of 27 November 2023.
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Interplay of early negative life events, development of orbitofrontal cortical thickness and depression in young adulthood
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Using a complete longitudinal design with four time points, we examined whether NLE during childhood and early adolescence predict depressive symptoms in young adulthood through accelerated OFC thinning across adolescence.’ Lea L. Backhausen (pic) and Jonas Granzow et al.
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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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Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the Children of Depressed Parents
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Vicky Powell discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘Following the children of depressed parents from childhood to adult life: A focus on mood and anxiety disorders’. Vicky is the lead author of the paper.
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Effectiveness of Nurse-home Visiting in Improving Child and Maternal Outcomes Prenatally
In this Papers Podcast, Assistant Professor Nicole Catherine discusses her JCPP paper ‘Effectiveness of nurse-home visiting in improving child and maternal outcomes prenatally to age two years: a randomised controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project)’.
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The Role of Early Childhood Education in Supporting the Mental Health of Children
Professor Kathy Sylva OBE delivered this Keynote lecture ‘The Role of Early Childhood Education in Supporting the Mental Health of Children’ on Thursday 9 November at the ACAMH Awards. Professor Sylva was the recipient of ACAMH’s Michael Rutter Medal for Lifetime Contribution to Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
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