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Covid-19’s impact on Loneliness and Mental Health: A Study of Schizotypal Traits and Paranoia
The Covid pandemic lockdown has affected us differently, with some people being impacted more than others. Extensive research has indicated that lockdowns – which broadly include isolation measures, such as, in the UK, being required to stay at home unless for essential reasons – have disproportionately impacted individuals with higher levels of paranoia.
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Interplay between maternal depressive symptoms and child inhibitory control
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Tone Hermansen discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘Child internalizing and externalizing behaviors: Interplay between maternal depressive symptoms and child inhibitory control’.
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Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on older adolescents’ psychological wellbeing and self-identified cognitive difficulties
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘The COVID-19 pandemic coincides with growing concern regarding the mental health of young people. […] At three timepoints, independent samples of young people aged 16–18 years completed an online survey. Data collection coincided with periods of lockdown and young people returning to school. The survey assessed subjective impacts of the pandemic on overall wellbeing, anxiety and cognitive function.’ Meg Attwood (pic) et al.
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Editorial Perspective: When is a ‘small effect’ actually large and impactful?
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘In this short review, we utilise simulations to demonstrate that a relatively small shift in mean scores on mental health measures can indicate a large shift in the number of cases of anxiety and depression when scaled up to an entire population. This shows that ‘small’ effect sizes can in some contexts be large and impactful.’ Emma Grace Carey et al.
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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’.
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Research Review: A systematic review and meta-analysis of nonpharmacological interventions for children and adolescents with selective mutism
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder that often starts in early years with serious and lasting consequences. This systematic review identifies outcome measures used and outcomes achieved for nonpharmacological interventions for children and adolescents with SM’. Gino Hipolito (pic) et al.
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Network analysis of ecological momentary assessment identifies frustration as a central node in irritability
Paper from the JCPP – ‘Using a novel network analytic approach with smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA), we examined how irritability and other anxiety and mood symptoms were connected.’ Wan-Ling Tseng (pic) et al.
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Bipolar Masterclass ‘Updates on assessment, monitoring, and treatment’ (recording)
Delegates only. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Rasim Somer Diler to offer this Bipolar Spectrum Masterclass ‘Updates on assessment, monitoring, and treatment’.
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Trauma and Looked After Children – recording
The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, in collaboration with Child and Family Training (C&FT) and Improved Futures (IF) present a series of Briefing Seminars on ‘Dealing with distress, restoring well-being, and promoting resilience of Looked After Children and young people who have suffered extensive trauma’. Our goal is to help Looked After Services, Social Workers, […]
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