Nurture
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Research Review: Child emotion regulation mediates the association between family factors and internalizing symptoms in children and adolescents – a meta-analysis
Open Access JCPP paper – ‘Various family factors impact children’s emotion regulation development, and in turn, contribute to the risk of internalizing symptoms in young people.’ Sylvia Chu Lin (pic) et al.
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Practitioner Review: Neurobiological consequences of childhood maltreatment – clinical and therapeutic implications for practitioners
Paper from the JCPP – ‘In this report, we explore key validated alterations in brain structure, function, and connectivity associated with exposure to childhood maltreatment as potential mechanisms behind their patients’ clinical presentations.’ Jacqueline A. Samson (pic) et al.
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Medically assisted reproduction and mental health in adolescence: evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The number and proportion of children conceived through medically assisted reproduction (MAR) is steadily increasing yet the evidence on their mental health in adolescence is inconclusive’. Maria Palma et al.
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Infant and preschool attachment, continuity and relationship to caregiving sensitivity: findings from a new population-based Australian cohort
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here, we report new prevalence and temporal stability data for child attachment and parental caregiving behaviour, from infancy (1 year) to preschool (4 years)’. Jennifer E. McIntosh et al.
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Paternal Perinatal Stress and its Impact on Infants and Children
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Fiona Challacombe discusses her JCPP paper ‘Paternal perinatal stress is associated with children’s emotional problems at 2 years’. Fiona is the first author of the paper.
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A mother’s touch: a key player in fine tuning the function of our genome
There is debate as to the importance of genetics in determining our behaviour. This debate has become enshrined perhaps due to the early focus of genetics on searching for DNA variation in our genome (termed a polymorphism) that affected protein structure, the hypothesis being that such a protein variant would not be working optimally in our body throughout our life.
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How to Help Children to Feel Happy
BBC Radio four discussion on CAMH featuring ACAMH Chair, Professor Stephen Scott
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