Can we diagnose mental disorders in children? A large-scale assessment of machine learning on structural neuroimaging of 6916 children in the adolescent brain cognitive development study

Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Prediction of mental disorders based on neuroimaging is an emerging area of research with promising first results in adults. However, research on the unique demographic of children is underrepresented and it is doubtful whether findings obtained on adults can be transferred to children’. Richard Gaus (pic), Sebastian Pölsterl et al.

28 June 2023

Professor Samuele Cortese, MD, PhD

Samuele Cortese, MD, PhD is currently Full Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for Solent NHS Trust. He is also Adjunct Full Professor with the New York University (NYU).

10 June 2023

Supporting Children and Young People’s Mental Health – An insight for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers

In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Dr. Mei Simmons discusses some of the factors that affect children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing and provides an overview of her recently published book ‘A Guide to the Mental Health of Children and Young People: Q and A for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers’.

22 May 2023

JCPP Annual Research Review 2023

We are delighted to announce the release of the 2023 Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry (JCPP) Annual Research Review, edited by Sara R. Jaffee.

17 April 2023

What can we learn from hunter-gatherers about children’s mental health?

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Nikhil Chaudhary and Dr. Annie Swanepoel discuss their co-authored JCPP paper ‘Editorial Perspective: What can we learn from hunter-gatherers about children’s mental health? An evolutionary perspective’.

11 April 2023

Hunter-gatherer childhoods may offer clues to improving education and wellbeing in developed countries, Cambridge study argues

Hunter-gatherers can help us understand the conditions that children may be psychologically adapted to because we lived as hunter-gatherers for 95% of our evolutionary history. And paying greater attention to hunter-gatherer childhoods may help economically developed countries improve education and wellbeing. JCPP Editorial from Dr Nikhil Chaudhary, and Dr Annie Swanepoel.

8 March 2023

Whole School Approach to Mental Health – Pedagogy in practice

This FREE webinar brings together experts from a range of settings to consider both classroom and whole school approaches on supporting pupils in the school to understand pupil mental health.

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The role nutrition can play in mood and behaviour – recording

Delegates only. This webinar is an essential introduction to understanding of the role that nutrition can play in mood and behaviour.

16 January 2023

2022 Top 10 Downloaded Journal Papers

The results are in, and in recognition of the success of our three journals, the JCPP, the CAMH and JCPP Advances, we are proud to present the top 10 most downloaded papers for each journal, published in 2022.

9 December 2022

Mental health of young asylum seekers and refugees in the context of COVID-19

In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Matthew Hodes, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Imperial College London, to discuss the mental health of young refugees and asylum seekers.

1 November 2022