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Children’s cognitive performance and suicide risk through middle adulthood
Paper from the JCPP – ‘Longitudinal studies show that lower cognitive performance in adolescence and early adulthood is associated with higher risk of suicide death throughout adulthood. However, it is unclear whether this cognitive vulnerability originates earlier in childhood since studies conducted in children are scarce and have inconsistent results.’ Pablo Vidal-Ribas (pic) et al.
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Patterns of maladaptive exercise behavior from ages 14–24 in a longitudinal cohort
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The current study clarifies processes that influence exercise-related risk in adolescence and young adulthood, including the frequency with which young people transition between engaging in exercise for weight loss and experiencing negative consequences of this behavior.’ Katherine Schaumberg (pic) et al.
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Kindergarten conduct problems are associated with monetized outcomes in adolescence and adulthood
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Participants were from two multisite longitudinal studies: Fast Track and the Child Development Project. Parents and teachers reported on kindergarten conduct problems, administrative and national database records yielded indexes of criminal offending, and participants self-reported their government and medical service use. Outcomes were assigned costs, and significant associations were adjusted for inflation to determine USD 2020 costs.’ Natalie Goulter (pic) et al.
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CAMH Editorial: Volume 28, Issue 2, May 2023
CAMH May 2023 Editorial is now available to read.
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Commentary: Optimism and guidance for improving treatment effects among children with callous-unemotional traits – reflections on Perlstein et al. (2023)
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The results of Perlstein et al. (2023) offer the first meta-analytic evidence against the long-held belief that CU traits confer treatment resistance. […] I argue that Perlstein et al. (2023) offer both optimism and guidance for improving treatment effects among children with conduct problems and CU traits’. Georgette E. Fleming (pic)
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Socioeconomic disadvantage and high-effort coping in childhood: evidence of skin-deep resilience
Paper from the JCPP – ‘The current study hypothesized that skin-deep resilience – a pattern wherein socioeconomic disadvantage is linked to better mental health but worse physical health for individuals with John Henryism high-effort coping – is already present in childhood.’ Katherine B. Ehrlich (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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Negative parenting, epigenetic age, and psychological problems: prospective associations from adolescence to young adulthood
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘This pre-registered longitudinal study examined the long-term effects of negative parenting and psychological problems throughout adolescence (ages 13–17 years) on Epigenetic Age acceleration (EA) in late adolescence (age 17 years) and EA changes from late adolescence to young adulthood (age 25 years).’ Stefanos Mastrotheodoros et al.
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Academic motivation decreases across adolescence for youth with and without ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder): Effects of motivation on academic success
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘This longitudinal study examined growth trajectories of academic motivation in youth with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across the important developmental transition from middle school to high school, and associations with academic success’. Zoe R. Smith (pic) et al.
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Associated Brain Alterations and Future Suicide Ideation in Female Adolescents and Young Adults with Mood Disorders
In this Papers Podcast, Lejla Colic and Dr. Hilary Blumberg discuss their co-authored JCPP Advances paper ‘Brain grey and white matter structural associations with future suicidal ideation and behaviors in adolescent and young adult females with mood disorders’.
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