Professor Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow & JCPP

Professor Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow discusses her relationship with JCPP.

13 November 2018

ADHD Masterclass

Learning outcomes and key takeaways Consider whether therapeutic intervention for ADHD depends on scientific progress Understand the role of genetic and environmental factors in the aetiology of ADHD, and the implications for treatment Recognise that ADHD is a neuro-biologically heterogeneous condition, and ask whether it is important to tailor treatments to address different causal profiles […]

Event type

Masterclass

Location

London

Anxiety Edition – foreword by Dr Mark Lovell

This edition of The Bridge covers the topic of anxiety. Owing to anxiety being common, with all of us experiencing a state of anxiety at some time and many also having trait anxiety, it is no surprise that ACAMH’s two main academic outputs the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Mental Health contain some good quality research on anxiety advancing our knowledge of the science and evidence based practice.

1 November 2018

Parent-led group CBT training can reduce anxiety in children

A brief psychological intervention in which parents and carers are supported in applying cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) principles in their child’s day-to-day life can lead to good outcomes for child anxiety disorders, according to new research.

1 November 2018

Effects of development must be considered when examining interpretation bias in children with anxiety

Anxiety is often treated using interventions that target interpretation bias, but the link between interpretation bias and anxiety in children is unclear. Now, in a Research Review published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Suzannah Stuijfzand and colleagues have performed a meta-analysis of the literature to establish whether this association in children really does exist.

1 November 2018

Is childhood maltreatment a risk factor for increased symptoms of neurodevelopmental disorders?

Professor Helen Minnis and Lisa Dinkler discuss their paper “Maltreatment-associated neurodevelopmental disorders: a co-twin control analysis” published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

26 October 2018

Routine screening is needed to identify language problems in children with ADHD

In 2017, Emma Sciberras and colleagues conducted a Research Review for the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry to rigorously analyse how common are language problems in children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Here, the researchers discuss their main findings and explain why they consider that a screen for language function would be a valuable addition to current ADHD assessments.

8 October 2018

Raising Awareness for Body Dysmorphic Disorder

BDD is not something that clinicians always think of, so what are the symptoms that we should be looking out for and what evidence-based treatments can help relieve the symptoms that people experience?

8 October 2018

Depression

Research digests about depression from the September 2018 edition of The Bridge, ACAMH’s journal of secondary publication.

19 September 2018

Reconstructing child psychopathy

Reconstructing child psychopathy into grandiose-manipulative, callous emotional and daring-impulsive traits will facilitate diagnosis and treatment of conduct disorder.

6 September 2018