This issue of The Bridge features summaries of recent child and adolescent mental health research. I hope you enjoy reading about this excellent work which improves our understanding of a wide range of conditions and informs mental health care for young people.
Please read on to find out about this and many other important studies.
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Research digests from January 2021
- Can childcare attendance reduce externalising behaviour in children exposed to adversity?
- Cognitive inflexibility contributes to both externalising and internalising difficulties in ASD
- Do brain function abnormalities lead to substance use, or vice versa?
- Do children with social anxiety disorder benefit from social skills training?
- Emotional abuse during childhood is linked with differences in brain structure
- How does parenting style affect development in infants with a visual impairment?
- How effective is medication for ADHD symptoms in children with ASD?
- How much do we really know about ‘Theraplay’ for young children?
- Mothers’ prenatal BMI is linked with foetal brain connectivity
- Sleep problems from infancy are linked with impaired well-being in middle childhood
- Which disorders precede the development of mood disorders in young people?