Adolescents
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Cortical thickness can differentiate conduct disorder subtypes
A study by Graeme Fairchild and colleagues has used a neuroimaging approach to compare the structural organization (or “covariance”) of brain regions between youths with different subtypes of conduct disorder (CD) and healthy controls (HC).
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #6 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #6 of 60: Cyberbullying: its nature and impact in secondary school pupils
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #7 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #7 of 60: Development of the adolescent brain: implications for executive function and social cognition
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #32 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #32 of 60: Time trends in adolescent mental health
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #34 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #34 of 60: Annual Research Review: A meta‐analysis of the worldwide prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents
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Reflections on JCPP at 60… Professor Cathy Lord
For me, JCPP represented my growing awareness of the field of developmental psychopathology and the possibility that clinicians and researchers could work together to better understand how children and adolescents and families developed over time in a way that helped us better help others.
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Improvements of adolescent psychopathology after insomnia treatment: Results from a randomized controlled trial over one year.
Many adolescents experience sleep problems, which can be caused by hormonal changes during puberty, and social changes with increasing complexity of daily life while growing up.
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Sleepiness in adolescence is associated with criminal behaviour in adulthood
Poor sleep seems to be associated with antisocial and criminal behaviour, but the longitudinal nature of this relationship is unclear.
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Cortical hyperarousal in children may predict insomnia in adolescence
Read about the first developmental study to examine whether increased beta EEG activity in childhood precedes the onset of pathological insomnia symptoms in adolescence.
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Online ADHD service map aims to stop young people slipping through net
Researchers at the University of Exeter have released a map put together from the results of a national survey. The new map aims to help identify existing services and gaps in provision for young adults with Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder (ADHD).
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