Editorial: What’s in a name? Drawing on the examples of autism and schizophrenia, some reflections on diagnostic labels and their future role in child and adolescent psychiatry

Free Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The diagnostic labels that children and adolescents receive feed into their treatment access and future potential but also to their self-identities. […] the choice of labels used in child and adolescent psychiatry should remain a priority, in light of their impact on translational science, treatment and on individuals, alongside the ever-evolving nature of language itself’. Angelica Ronald (pic)

7 June 2023

Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Associated with Persistent Speech Disorder in Children

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Yvonne Wren and Dr. Emma Pagnamenta discuss their co-authored JCPP Advances paper ‘Social, emotional and behavioural difficulties associated with persistent speech disorder in children: a prospective population study’.

5 June 2023

Supporting Children and Young People’s Mental Health – An insight for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers

In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Dr. Mei Simmons discusses some of the factors that affect children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing and provides an overview of her recently published book ‘A Guide to the Mental Health of Children and Young People: Q and A for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers’.

22 May 2023

Editorial: It is time to modernize the concept of ADHD!

Free Access paper from the JCPP – ‘This new concept should take the discourse on ADHD to the next level: from a limited, symptom- and impairment-driven paradigm to a dynamic model that acknowledges ADHD’s heterogeneity and integrates weaknesses and strengths, focused on individual trajectories in functioning and self-management.’ Barbara Franke (pic), on behalf of the ‘Modernizing the concept of ADHD’ (MocA) Team

12 May 2023

Enhanced late positive potential to conditioned threat cue during delayed extinction in anxious youth

Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘This study compared threat learning among anxious and non-anxious youth using self-reports, peripheral psychophysiology measures, and event-related potentials’. Zohar Klein (pic) et al.

8 May 2023

Depression in Autism and ADHD: What do we know?

In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Dr. Lucy Livingston provides insight into the comorbidity of Depression in Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Autism.

Lucy will be presenting a talk on the same topic, entitled ‘Depression in Autism and ADHD: What do We Know?’, at the JCPP Advances 2023 Lecture series ‘What the research tells us; Anxiety, Neurodiversity, Suicide, and Genetics’ on 11 May 2023.

2 May 2023

Subjective and objective experiences of childhood adversity: a meta-analysis of their agreement and relationships with psychopathology

Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Researchers use both subjective self-report and objective measures, such as official records, to investigate the impact of childhood adversity on psychopathology. However, it is unclear whether subjective and objective measures of childhood adversity (a) show agreement, and (b) differentially predict psychopathology. To address this, we conducted a pre-registered meta-analysis to examine the agreement between subjective and objective measures of childhood adversity, and their prediction of psychopathology’. Emma R. Francis (pic) et al.

26 April 2023

Associations between Dimensions of Mental Health Literacy and Adolescent Help-seeking Intentions

In this Papers Podcast, research associate Dr. Claire Goodfellow discusses her CAMH paper ‘Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help-seeking intentions’. Claire is the first author of the paper.

17 April 2023

Validation of the Parental Understanding and Misperceptions about BAby’s Sleep Questionnaire using auto-videosomnography

Paper from the JCPP – ‘The current study aimed to (a) develop an assessment tool measuring parental understanding and misperceptions about baby’s sleep (PUMBA-Q); (b) validate the questionnaire using self-report and objective sleep measures.’ Eunyeong Jang et al.

30 March 2023

Embracing Equity – What does Inclusion mean for Mental Health Professionals?

International Women’s Day 2023 has chosen the theme ‘Embrace Equity’. In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, ACAMH Young Person Ambassador Clara Faria is joined by Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh and Dr. Eunice Ayodeji to celebrate women’s achievements in child and adolescent mental health, as well as explore how we can challenge gender stereotypes, call out discrimination, draw attention to bias, and seek out inclusion.

6 March 2023