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JCPP Editorial: Volume 61, Issue 10, October 2020
“Is sleep the red flag to psychopathology’s bull?” by Michael Gradisar, Alice M. Gregory, Liat Tikotzky
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September 2020 – The Bridge
The month of September is a challenging time for young people, as they start a new school year. September 2020 will be particularly difficult for many, as they must also deal with the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing, as well as the effects of increasing financial pressures on families.
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Poor sleep quality in adolescence might contribute to poor psychological functioning
Sleep problems affect up to 25% adolescents and have frequently been associated with psychopathology. Now, Marije Vermeulen and colleagues have investigated whether short and/or problematic sleep truly contributes to psychological functioning.
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Does DNA methylation link sleep disturbances to mental health problems?
Sleep disturbances have long been linked to mental health problems in children, but the underlying mechanisms of this relationship are unclear.
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Do we remember more when learning before bedtime?
Researchers at the University of York have found that children with poor reading comprehension have a lower capacity for vocabulary learning than children with good comprehension.
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July 2020 – The Bridge
In this issue, we summarise recent studies on a wide range of topics – including sleep, sensory symptoms, emotional symptoms, disinhibition, alcohol misuse, complex PTSD symptoms, and self-harm – which reveal new insights helping us to better understand and address psychopathology in young people.
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Would delaying the school day prevent anxiety in adolescents?
A new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry has investigated whether sleep duration and regularity might link stressful life events to anxiety and depression symptoms.
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Variable sleep schedules might put preschoolers at risk of academic difficulties
New data suggest that internalizing problems are associated with sleep variability and that cognitive ability is associated with sleep timing.
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Lost sleep contributes to mood disturbances in teens with ADHD
Stephen Becker and colleagues at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center show that short sleep duration is a causal contributor to affect and mood disturbances in teenagers with ADHD.
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In Conversation… Dr Emma Sciberras on Sleep and Anxiety in ADHD
Dr Emma Sciberras discusses sleep and anxiety in ADHD, around 70% of children with ADHD will have sleep problems and anxiety can exacerbate ADHD symptoms. Includes transcription, and links.
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