Health related disorders
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The effects of COVID-19 on child mental health: Biannual assessments up to April 2022 in a clinical and two general population samples
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘We examined how child mental health has developed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic up to 2 years into the pandemic (April 2022). We included children (age 8–18) from two general population samples and one clinical sample receiving psychiatric care.’ Josjan Zijlmans (pic) et al.
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Examining Children and adolescent mental health trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a year of the Co-SPACE study
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘In this study we mapped children and adolescents’ mental health trajectories over 13 months of the pandemic and examine whether family, peer, and individual-level factors were associated with trajectory membership.’ Carolina Guzman Holst (pic) et al.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 64, Issue 02, February 2023
Editorial: ‘Therapies for mental health difficulties: finding the sweet spot between standardization and personalization’ by Alice M. Gregory, Martin K. Rutter, Juan J. Madrid-Valero, Sophie D. Bennett, Roz Shafran, Daniel J. Buysse.
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Editorial: Therapies for mental health difficulties: finding the sweet spot between standardization and personalization
Free Access paper from the JCPP – In this editorial, we discuss challenges and the continued need to find the sweet spot between standardization and personalization when it comes to therapies for mental health difficulties. We illustrate our discussion with reference to insomnia in adolescents/young adults as well as the chronic health condition type 1 diabetes. Alice M. Gregory (pic) et al.
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Annual Research Review: The impact of Covid-19 on psychopathology in children and young people worldwide: systematic review of studies with pre- and within-pandemic data
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “We aimed to search for and review the evidence from epidemiological studies to answer the question: how has mental health changed in the general population of children and young people?”. Tamsin Newlove-Delgado (pic) and Abigail Russel et al.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 63, Issue 08, August 2022
Editorial: Schools on the frontline of suicide prevention by Rebecca C. Kamody, Michael H. Bloch
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Research Review: Examining harmful impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures on parents and carers in the United Kingdom: A rapid review
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “This rapid review aimed to appraise the available evidence on the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK parents and carers”. Hope Christie (pic) et al.
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Short Research Article: COVID-19 and its impact on child and youth mental health service demand in the community and emergency department
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – “The number of monthly presentations and referrals to respectively the emergency department (ED) and community CYMHS were compared among 2018, 2019 and 2020. The study shows a marked increase in referrals to ED starting from July and in the community from May 2020”. Amy M. Tedja et al.
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Russian adolescent mental health in 2002, 2015 and during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021
Paper from the CAMH journal – Cross-sectional school-based surveys of 12- to 18-year-olds were carried out in a Siberian city using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, data on tobacco, alcohol and drug use and socio-demographic information. We examined the effect of cohort, gender, family composition and parental occupation on mental health and substance use. Helena R. Slobodskaya et al.
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ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are defined as situations that lead to an elevated risk of children and young people experiencing damaging impacts on their health and other social outcomes across the life course.
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