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Can literacy interventions benefit mental health in children with permanent hearing loss?
Children with permanent childhood hearing loss (PCHL) seem to be at risk of developing emotional and behaviour difficulties, how can literacy interventions help?
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Most cited CAMH paper joint #11 of 25: Long‐Term Outcomes of Incredible Years Parenting Program: Predictors of Adolescent Adjustment
Carolyn Webster‐Stratton, Julie Rinaldi, Jamila M. Reid.
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Key Practitioner Message includes; Level of post‐treatment parent‐child coercion predicted adolescent outcomes -
Most cited CAMH paper joint #13 of 25: Predictors of Service Use for Mental Health Problems Among British Schoolchildren
Tamsin Ford, Helena Hamilton, Howard Meltzer, Robert Goodman.
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Key Practitioner Message includes; Regional differences in contact with public sector services for mental health services suggest that the organisation of services can influence who is and is not seen -
Disinhibited social engagement behaviour is not unique to children exposed to inadequate caregiving
Interestingly, the course of DSEB was not associated with neglect, emotional maltreatment or effortful control but there was evidence for a significant association with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder.
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Early caregiving experiences shape adolescent attachment profiles
Secure attachment in adolescents seems to be associated with robust mental health and social skills. How the quality of early caregiving impacts on attachment security in adolescence, however, is less clear.
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Noisy home environments affect autonomic reactions in infants
Previous research has suggested that children who are exposed to a stressful environment early in life are at a higher risk of adverse long-term outcomes, including mental disorders and cognitive impairment. Now, a team of researchers in the UK have monitored autonomic reactions.
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Child anxiety symptoms affect mothers via an environmental mechanism
Intergenerational anxiety associations in families are well reported, but the underlying mechanisms of anxiety transmission are unclear. Now, researchers in the UK and the USA have conducted the first genetically sensitive study to explore the effects of genetic and environmental anxiety transmission in families during middle childhood.
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Young COPMI must be better informed to ensure adequate support
Data suggest that children of parents with a mental illness have low mental health literacy and typically do not seek help from health providers.
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Paternal depression affects adolescent mental health
A large body of studies have shown that exposure to maternal depression is a key risk factor for adolescent depression, comparatively fewer studies have investigated the influence of paternal depression on children and adolescents.
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One in four children in the UK are exposed to maternal mental illness
New data published in Lancet Public Health show that nearly a quarter of children aged between 0 and 16 years are exposed to maternal mental illness.
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