Environmental influences
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Adolescent psychotic experiences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study
Paper from the JCPP – ‘The Tokyo Teen Cohort (TTC) is a prospective cohort study of adolescents in the general population of the Tokyo metropolitan area, followed from age 10 to 16 years. We used multi-level linear regression models to test the associations between the phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-reported PEs.’ Jordan DeVylder et al.
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Narrative Matters: Wasting away and fed up – dietary battles in history
Paper from the CAMH journal – ‘Histories of anorexia nervosa (AN), mostly written since the 1970s, have a standard narrative. The story is of largely Eurocentric self-starvation in adolescent girls in response to sociocultural pressures on women who are trapped in disempowering patriarchal systems.’ Jane Whittaker
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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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JCPP Editorial: Volume 64, Issue 11, November 2023
Editorial: “Salutogenic mental health science—A phoenix rising from the pathogenic ashes of psychiatry?” by Helen L. Fisher
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Concurrent and prospective associations between family socioeconomic status, social support and salivary diurnal and hair cortisol in adolescence
Paper from the JCPP – ‘This study examined the role of stability and changes in family socioeconomic status (SES) in the prediction of multiple cortisol indicators and tested whether social support moderated these associations.’ Christina Y. Cantave (pic) et al.
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The interaction between polygenic risk and environmental influences: A direct test of the 3P model of insomnia in adolescents
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘This work sheds light on the complex relationship between genetic and environmental factors implicated for insomnia.’ Juan J. Madrid-Valero (pic) et al.
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Pathways from maternal depression to child resilience: Socioeconomic, family, and individual factors in the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘These findings suggest that cognitive stimulation in early childhood may represent a modifiable protective factor for children exposed to maternal depression and a promising intervention target to promote child resilience in the context of maternal depression exposure.’ Jessica Mayumi Maruyama and Andreas Bauer (pic) et al.
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Measurement bias in caregiver-report of early childhood behavior problems across demographic factors in an ECHO-wide diverse sample
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘While studies have shown that demographic variables influence caregiver ratings of behavior problems, the extent to which the CBCL/1.5-5 functions equivalently at the item level across diverse samples is unknown.’ Shuting Zheng (pic) et al.
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Redistributing power in schools and how this can impact young people’s agency and identity
Recent Guardian articles have been reporting how this year’s GCSE exam results have been impacted by the crisis in young people’s mental health. There is increasing concern among school leaders about school absence and abnormal levels of anxiety. As I embark on the third blog related to my research, I explore how the research processes I developed, positively impacted the young people involved and acts as a counter to much of what young people see as being wrong with schools.
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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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