Early intervention
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Research Review: Current evidence and opportunities in child and adolescent public mental health: a research review
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘A public mental health lens is increasingly required to better understand the complex and multifactorial influences of interpersonal, community and institutional systems on the mental health of children and adolescents.’ Mina Fazel (pic) and Emma Soneson.
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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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Testing reciprocal associations between child anxiety and parenting across early interventions for inhibited preschoolers
Open access paper from the JCPP – ‘Our findings coincide with developmental transactional models, suggesting that the development of child anxiety may result from child-to-parent influences rather than the reverse, and highlight the importance of targeting parent and child factors simultaneously in early interventions for young, inhibited children.’ Danielle R. Novick (pic) et al.
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Annual Research Review: Early intervention viewed through the lens of developmental neuroscience
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The overarching goal of this paper is to examine the efficacy of early intervention when viewed through the lens of developmental neuroscience. […] We conclude our article by discussing the implications our review has for policy, and we then offer recommendations for future research’. Charles A. Nelson et al.
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Professor Michael Kaess
Michael Kaess is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Bern as well as the Director of the University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bern in Switzerland. Professor Kaess is a Joint Editor of CAMH.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 63, Issue 06, June 2022
Editorial: ‘Prevention is the best cure’ by Geertjan Overbeek
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 62, Issue 04, April 2021
“‘The early bird catches the worm’—the need for even earlier intervention and targeted prevention for mental illnesses” by Helen L. Fisher
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Developments in Eating Disorders Research
As everyone’s thoughts are dominated by the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and wellbeing, it seems pertinent to start by thinking how people with or at risk of eating disorders may have been affected. Research suggests that the impacts differ according to the type of eating disorder concerns and behaviours.
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Interventions for reducing loneliness seem effective in young people
Meta-analyses of interventions aimed at reducing loneliness among young people are distinctly lacking in the field. Now, Alice Eccles and Pamela Qualter have addressed this gap by compiling a review for Child and Adolescent Mental Health on interventions to reduce loneliness in young people.
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Managing transition for school leaders post lockdown
Short film from charity Nip in the Bud about strategies school staff can use to support children through difficult transitions so that they feel happy, safe and open to learning.
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