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ACAMH Awards 2022 Results
Congratulations to all winners and nominees of the ACAMH Awards 2022.
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Effects of maternal childhood trauma on child emotional health: maternal mental health and frontoamygdala pathways
Paper from the JCPP – “Experiences of early life adversity pose significant psychological and physical health risks to exposed individuals”. Jessica P. Uy et al.
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Development of morning–eveningness in adolescence: implications for brain development and psychopathology
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “Here, we investigated the longitudinal relationships among the trajectory of eveningness preference, internalizing and externalizing psychopathology and white matter development, across adolescence”. Rebecca Cooper et al.
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London and Southeast ACAMH Branch
Here at the London and Southeast ACAMH Branch we’d like to extend a welcome to everyone with an interest in children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
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Nuts and Bolts of Pediatric Psychopharmacology and management of Psychosis in children (recording)
This event aims to enhance learning of child and adolescent mental health, with practical insights in the area of Paediatric Psychopharmacology for trainee and practising psychiatrists. The content is primarily practice focused with additional research evidence relevant to clinical practice.
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Prenatal alcohol exposure and child sleep problems: A family-based quasi-experimental study
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “We examine whether associations between prenatal exposure to hazardous maternal alcohol consumption during the first trimester of pregnancy and sleep problems in young children represent a causal association”. Ingunn Olea Lund and Eivind Ystrom (pic)
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 63, Issue 10, October 2022
Editorial: “Does the polygenic revolution herald a watershed in the study of GE interplay in developmental psychopathology? Some considerations for the Special Issue reader” by Edward D. Barker, Barbara Maughan, Andrea Allegrini, Jean Baptiste Pingault and Edmund Sonuga-Barke
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Managing Impulsive and Risky Behaviour – Episode 6 ‘ADHD, A Young Person’s Guide’
(TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this podcast discusses self-harm, substance abuse, sexual consent, and behaviours that can be described as impulsive or risky.)
Hosted by Dr. Blandine French, this podcast series focuses on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and is designed to help young people and their families. This episode focuses on managing impulsive and risky behaviour, and Blandine is joined by Ruth Pearse, from Parenting Special Children. This podcast also features clips from two young adults, Emily and Alex, who share their lived experiences of ADHD, and managing impulsive and risky behaviour.
We are delighted to produce this podcast series in partnership with Clinical Partners, the UK’s largest private mental health partnership.
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Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating (T1DE): Recognition and Risk Management – recording
This talk, and Q & A, on ‘Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating (T1DE): Recognition and Risk Management’ considered the impact of diabetes on peoples lives, clinical presentations, and an approach to safe management of the significant associated physical and mental health risks.
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Annual Research Review: Perspectives on progress in ADHD science – from characterization to cause
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “In this review, we provide a selective and focused survey of the scientific field of ADHD, providing our personal perspectives on what constitutes the scientific consensus, important new leads to be highlighted, and the key outstanding questions to be addressed going forward. We cover two broad domains – clinical characterization and, risk factors, causal processes and neuro-biological pathways”. Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke (pic) et al.
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