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Editorial: Prevention is the best cure – or is it? A cautionary tale
Free Access paper from the JCPP – ‘If knowledge is power, we can say that with great knowledge comes great power—and with great power comes great responsibility. Part of that responsibility is to not ‘over diagnose and overtreat’ our young people, and to not lose sight of the fact that preventive youth care should be primarily about strengthening resilience—not about detecting and quickly solving problems.’ Geertjan Overbeek (pic) et al.
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Trends in adolescent emotional problems in Wales between 2013 and 2019: the contribution of peer relationships
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We tested change in emotional problems in a national sample of young people in Wales in 2013, 2017 and 2019 using identical symptom screens, and examined whether trends were accounted for by changes in youth friendship quality and bullying.’ Rebecca Anthony (pic) et al.
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Call for papers – CAMH Special Issue 2025 ‘Physical Environmental Influences on the Psychosocial Outcomes of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults’
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH journal) invites manuscripts for a special issue entitled ‘Physical Environmental Influences on the Psychosocial Outcomes of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults’ to be edited by Dr. Keri Wong, Dr. Steven Papachristou, and Dr. Marta Francesconi.
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Bridging the Child Mental Health Care Gap in LMICs: RESEED and Task-shifted, Teacher-led Care
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Christina Cruz (pic), Dr. Michael Matergia, and Priscilla Giri discuss their co-authored CAMH journal Short Research Article ‘RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher-led, task-shifting initiative for child mental health’.
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The Provision of Mental Health Support for Young People in Care
In this Papers Podcast, Alice Phillips discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘Secondary data analysis of social care records to examine the provision of mental health support for young people in care’. Alice is the first author of the paper.
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Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the Children of Depressed Parents
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Vicky Powell discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘Following the children of depressed parents from childhood to adult life: A focus on mood and anxiety disorders’. Vicky is the lead author of the paper.
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Melatonin Use and the Risk of Self-Harm and Unintentional Injuries in Youths
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Marica Leone discusses her JCPP paper ‘Melatonin use and the risk of self-harm and unintentional injuries in youths with and without psychiatric disorders’. Marica is the first author of the paper.
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Adolescent psychotic experiences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study
Paper from the JCPP – ‘The Tokyo Teen Cohort (TTC) is a prospective cohort study of adolescents in the general population of the Tokyo metropolitan area, followed from age 10 to 16 years. We used multi-level linear regression models to test the associations between the phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-reported PEs.’ Jordan DeVylder et al.
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Longitudinal association of conduct and emotional problems with school exclusion and truancy: A fixed effect analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – ‘This study examines school exclusion and truancy in relation to both conduct and emotional problems and considers these problems both as predictors and as outcomes of school exclusion and truancy.’ Aase Villadsen (pic) et al.
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Are some children genetically predisposed to poor sleep? A polygenic risk study in the general population
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Children who are genetically predisposed to insomnia have more insomnia-like sleep problems, whereas those who are genetically predisposed to longer sleep have longer sleep duration, but are also more awake during the night in adolescence.’ Desana Kocevska (pic) et al.
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