Welcome to the November 2020 issue of The Bridge. The research featured in this issue covers a wide range of topics relevant to our work with young people, including neurodevelopmental, emotional, and behavioural disorders, their comorbidity, and their links with functioning and quality of life. To reveal new insights about these topics, the studies used uniquely informative designs, such as longitudinal twin designs, and sophisticated analytical techniques, such as machine learning. I hope you enjoy reading about this excellent research.
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Research digests in this edition
- A machine learning approach identifies unique predictors of borderline personality disorder
- Are autistic behaviours a trait or a state of anorexia nervosa?
- Are psychotic experiences linked with early school performance?
- Children with low language ability are at risk of a poor health-related quality-of-life
- Depressed mothers and their offspring differ in terms of health risk profiles and allostatic load
- Does having both ADHD and irritability symptoms in childhood predict mental health outcomes in adolescence?
- How common and costly is persistent health anxiety in young people?
- How useful are Ofsted ratings for predicting educational outcomes and wellbeing at secondary school?
- Insufficient sleep during adolescence might pose a risk for later depression and anxiety
- Is aggression linked with academic performance in young people?
- Paediatric anxiety disorders confer a considerable public health burden