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Narrative Matters: No teen is an island – the cost of finding a tribe through memes and TikToks
Paper from the CAMH journal – ‘This article considers how literacies are assembled when ‘reading’ memes and TikToks; how this impacts adolescents’ membership or otherwise of a group; and how a desire for group membership hampers other aspects of literacy when engaging with this kind of social media content.’ Andrew Duffy.
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Editorial Perspective: What can we learn from hunter-gatherers about children’s mental health? An evolutionary perspective
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here, we contrast hunter-gatherer childhoods with those of WEIRD (Western Educated Industrialised Rich Democratic) societies and consider the implications for children’s mental health.’ Nikhil Chaudhary and Annie Swanepoel.
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Categorical versus dimensional structure of autism spectrum disorder: A multi-method investigation
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘The primary objective of this study was to use a multi-method approach to examine the broad latent categorical versus dimensional structure of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)’. Thomas W. Frazier (pic) and Lacey Chetcuti et al.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 64, Issue 02, February 2023
Editorial: ‘Therapies for mental health difficulties: finding the sweet spot between standardization and personalization’ by Alice M. Gregory, Martin K. Rutter, Juan J. Madrid-Valero, Sophie D. Bennett, Roz Shafran, Daniel J. Buysse.
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Commentary: Modeling the malleable mental health trajectory – a commentary on Oldehinkel and Ormel (2023)
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘In their Annual Research Review, Oldehinkel & Ormel argue that psychological and psychiatric researchers should not only compare groups but also focus on the within-person variability using repeated measurements in longitudinal studies to advance our understanding of emotional and behavioral problems. I argue adopting such within-person approaches might also change how we think about causality and might lead us to more successful intervention research.’ Henning Tiemeier
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Review: Crisis responses for children and young people – a systematic review of effectiveness, experiences and service organisation (CAMH-Crisis)
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – ‘To examine the organisation of crisis services across education, health, social care and voluntary sectors; the experiences and perceptions of CYP, families and staff; the effectiveness of current approaches to care and the goals of crisis intervention.’ Deborah Edwards (pic) et al.
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Commentary: Something old, something new – can adding genomic data to family studies advance our understanding of the impact of nature and nurture on mental health? Commentary on McAdams et al. (2023)
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘In their annual research review, McAdams, Cheesman, and Ahmadzadeh (2023) provide a thorough overview of how the use of novel genetically informative approaches can increase our knowledge about the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology. Here we highlight what we see as the three main takeaways of McAdams et al.’s review and reflect on future directions.’ Jasmin Wertz and Stephanie J. Lewis
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Research Review: Delineating early developmental pathways to ADHD: Setting an international research agenda
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘We introduce the recently established Early ADHD Consortium, an international network of investigators engaged in prospective, longitudinal studies of risk for ADHD beginning early in life, conducted within a developmental framework, and which incorporate multimethod approaches. This network seeks to harmonize measures and methodological approaches to increase the potential for data sharing and subsequent impact.’ Meghan Miller (pic) et al.
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The adult outcome of childhood quasi-autism arising following extreme institutional deprivation
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here we provide the first detailed analysis of the adult outcomes of the group of institutionally deprived-then-adopted children identified as displaying quasi-autism.’ Maria Rodriguez-Perez et al.
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Nature based interventions in CAMHS wards can benefit patients and staff: helpful ideas from a qualitative practice-based paper
There is evidence that our surroundings matter, both psychologically and physically. Where we spend our time has an impact on how we feel. Much of what we have learnt about this comes from research in hospital settings.
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