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Psychosocial interventions for disruptive behaviour problems are feasible in low and middle-income countries
Erly 2018, JCPP published data from a systematic review and meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for disruptive behaviour problems in children in low and middle-income countries. The study, by Professor Matthew Burkey and colleagues, found that child-focused and behavioural parenting interventions may be effective for affected children in these socioeconomic groups.
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Children at risk of developing antisocial behaviours show deficits in affective empathy
Researchers in the Netherlands and UK have monitored cardiovascular and electrodermal activity and eye tracking to assess affective and cognitive empathy in children at high risk of engaging in criminal behaviours.
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Police contact during adolescence can delay female psychosocial maturation
Over the past 30 years, the rate of female juvenile arrests in the USA has almost doubled. Despite this rapid increase, most research into juvenile delinquency has primarily focused on males.
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Low empathy in adolescent boys predicts violent behaviour in adulthood
Low empathy and low resting heart rate are established, independent risk factors of antisocial behaviour. Now, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have studied whether an interaction between these two factors during adolescence might mediate violent behaviour in early adulthood.
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How do we react when a child kills?
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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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Eating Disorders
Research digests on eating disorders from the August 2018 edition of The Bridge, ACAMH’s journal of secondary publication.
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Welcome to Dr Dennis Ougrin
Our new Editor in Chief of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health journal.
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Dramatherapy: History, Applications and Outcome Measures
Dramatherapist, Kairo Maynard, on the development of dramatherapy and how it can be used to help support young people.
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Offspring of mothers with depression show asymmetric frontal brain activity
These findings highlight the importance of a longitudinal study design in delineating the role of FA in depression.
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