Obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms predict anxiety, and vice versa

Researchers in London have studied the relationship between anxiety sensitivity (the tendency to fear anxiety symptoms) and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms.

28 February 2020

Is parental educational status to blame for academic problems in children?

Children of parents with low educational attainment have up to three-fold higher risk of developing a psychiatric disorder such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression than children of parents with high educational attainment.

28 February 2020

Early adoption protects against internalizing, but not externalizing, problems

Researchers in the UK have used data from two groups of early-adopted individuals (from the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts) to comprehensively describe outcomes up to mid-life.

28 February 2020

Digital Interventions for Children and Young People

There are many different digital technologies that can be used at different points in a person’s life, from mental health promotion and prevention through to treatment and subsequent self-management.

Autism, a parents guide with Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian and Dr. Marianna Murin. Episode 2 ‘Discovering Strengths – how to empower your autistic child’

Ann and Marianna look at a strength-based model for autism, what types of strengths can be built upon and who can play a key role in helping children and young people with autism.

14 February 2020

Most cited CAMH paper #17 of 25: Teachers’ Recognition of Children’s Mental Health Problems

Maria E. Loades, Kiki Mastroyannopoulou.
Key Practitioner Message includes; Teachers were generally good at recognising the existence and severity of symptoms of problems (behavioural or emotional) presented by a child described in a vignette.

7 February 2020

Parent interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders & intellectual disabilities

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SIG

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London

Autism, a parents guide with Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian. Episode 1 ‘Identifying Autism – getting the right diagnosis’

Ann looks at the types and behaviours in children may get parents/carers to question if their child could be autistic, and what they can do to. This podcast series is supported by the Autism Diagnostic Practice at Clinical Partners.

31 January 2020

Adoption and attachment: A parent’s perspective Part 2

I work as a psychiatrist, and I had a year’s experience of CAMHS psychiatry and I already had two thriving birth children when my adopted daughter came into our lives. None of this had prepared me for the challenges I faced when my daughter moved in.

20 January 2020

A Cross-cultural Examination of Attachment Relationships and Mental Health in Adolescents

Research into the protective factors for adolescent mental health such as attachment will help us understand the challenges adolescents face.

3 January 2020