Genetics
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How well children read is largely down to their genes
Children who are avid readers are typically good readers, and children who seldom read a book voluntarily often have dyslexia. Is their reading ability the consequence of how much they practised?
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 59, Issue 09, September 2018
“Data repositories, registries, and standards in the search for valid and reproducible biomarkers” by Bradley S. Peterson
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Genetic factors influence the relationship between the home environment and onset of depressive symptom
Clinical depression is prevalent in adolescence, but how depression emerges and the nature of the early risk factors is unknown. Insight has now come from a study performed by researchers at King’s College London.
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The Olympics’ loss is psychology’s gain
Discover what was Professor Gordon Harold’s somewhat unlikely start in psychology.
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JCPP Annual Research Review
Free access to the articles included in the JCPP Annual Research Review, “Reimagining the environment in developmental psychopathology: from molecules to effective treatments”, until June 2018.
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Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and Conference 2018 – Focusing on Adolescent Mental Health
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 59, Issue 03, March 2018
“‘Shine bright like a diamond!’: is research on high-functioning ADHD at last entering the mainstream?” by Klaus-Peter Lesch
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 59, Issue 02, February 2018
“Promises and pitfalls in the development of biomarkers that can promote early intervention in children at risk” by Sara Jaffee
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The Parent Blame Game
Seventy years ago Leo Kanner published his seminal paper describing autism. In that paper he also coined the term “refrigerator mother” apportioning some of the cause for the distinctive profile of autistic behaviour to cold, harsh parenting practices.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 58, Issue 02, February 2017
“Developmental psychopathology in the post-genomics era – substantial challenges but reasons for hope” by Jeffrey M. Halperin
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