Mood disorders
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Review: Digital experiences and their impact on the lives of adolescents with pre-existing anxiety, depression, eating and nonsuicidal self-injury conditions – a systematic review
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal 2023 Special Issue – “We review publications relating to anxiety, depression, eating disorders and nonsuicidal self-injury to identify common and condition-specific digital experiences and how these may be implicated in the origins and maintenance of these mental health conditions”. Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne (pic) et al.
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Prospective prediction of developing internalizing disorders in ADHD
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “Clinical course in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is highly heterogeneous with respect to both core symptoms and associated features and impairment”. Sarah L. Karalunas (pic) et al.
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Antidepressants for children and teenagers: what works?
Prescriptions for teenagers are rising. Research has found that the number of 12 to 17 year olds prescribed antidepressants more than doubled between 2005 and 2017. More recent information suggests that prescriptions have continued to increase, especially during the pandemic.
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Brain grey and white matter structural associations with future suicidal ideation and behaviors in adolescent and young adult females with mood disorders
Open Access from JCPP Advances – “To reduce suicide in females with mood disorders, it is critical to understand brain substrates underlying their vulnerability to future suicidal ideation and behaviors (SIBs) in adolescence and young adulthood”. Lejla Colic et al.
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Editorial Perspective: Are treatments for childhood mental disorders helpful in the long run? An overview of systematic reviews
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “Mental disorders may have severe consequences for individuals across their entire lifespan, especially when they start in childhood. Effective treatments (both psychosocial and pharmacological) exist for the short-term treatment of common mental disorders in young people”. Annelieke M. Roest (pic) 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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Practitioner Review: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder – the importance of depression
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “Young people with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, show high rates of mental health problems, of which depression is one of the most common. Given that depression in ASD and ADHD is linked with a range of poor outcomes, knowledge of how clinicians should assess, identify and treat depression in the context of these neurodevelopmental disorders is much needed”. Anita Thapar (pic) et al.
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CARIBOU-1: A pilot controlled trial of an Integrated Care Pathway for the treatment of depression in adolescents
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “To co-ordinate a multidisciplinary team in the delivery of guideline recommendations using a measurement-based care framework, our group previously developed a care pathway for the treatment of depression in adolescents.” Darren B. Courtney 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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Which perinatal exposures confer a risk of offspring depression?
In December 2020, the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry published a Research Review authored by Xiangfei Meng and colleagues Yingying Su and Carl D’Arcy on the developmental origins of depression.
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