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Mental Health in Lockdown and its Impact on Children, Adolescents and Families – In Conversation with Dr. Polly Waite
In this podcast we talk to Dr. Polly Waite about her research on anxiety in adolescents, the Co-Space study on how families are coping during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her recent JCPP Advances paper.
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Genetically informed family research, and anti-racism in mental health research – In Conversation with Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh
We hear how Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh helped to set up the Twins Early Development Study, CoTEDS, her research on genetically informed methods to examine the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology, advice for those considering a part-time PhD, and anti-racism in mental health research.
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Resilience, Ethnicity and Adolescent Mental Health (REACH) Project – In conversation with Dr. Gemma Knowles
In this podcast we speak to Dr. Gemma Knowles, Research Associate of the Social Epidemiology Research Group at King’s College, London, and part of the REACH Project. REACH stands for Resilience, Ethnicity and Adolescent Mental Health.
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Professor Sir Michael Rutter retires after 55 years at the IoPPN
This article is reproduced with the permission of King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN).
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‘Effective e-therapy engagement, and improving Maori families early environment’ In Conversation Prof Sally Merry
We are delighted to have the opportunity to talk to Professor Sally Merry, the Cure Kids Duke Family Chair in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
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‘Increased mental health difficulties in vulnerable children during lockdown’- In Conversation with Dolapo Adegboye
The third in our JCPP Advances podcast series that focus on the papers and editors featured in the publication is with Dolapo Adegboye, research associate in the Neurodevelopment Assessment Unit (NDAU) at Cardiff University.
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‘Wellbeing, COVID-19 & Worries of German CYP’ – In Conversation Dr. Tanya Poulain & Dr. Mandy Vogel
The second in our JCPP Advances podcast series that focus on the papers and editors featured in the publication is with Dr. Tanya Poulain and Dr. Mandy Vogel discuss their paper ‘Well‐being and COVID‐19‐related worries of German children and adolescents: A longitudinal study from pre‐COVID to the end of lockdown in Spring 2020’, and the wider implications that the pandemic has had on the mental health and wellbeing of young people.
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Finding strength from a bleak year
Professor Andrea Danese explains about the KeepCool project.
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Investigating the interplay of genetics and environment on development – Prof Cathryn Lewis
Professor Cathryn Lewis, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology & Statistics, Head of Department, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College London, discusses the work of her research group and how determining the polygenic component of mental health disorders can be accurately measured, and how to use genetics to assess people’s risk of mental disorder.
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Congratulations to Professor Francesca Happé CBE
We are delighted and proud to announce that Professor Francesca Happé, ACAMH Board Member and past Joint Editor of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2000-2006), was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to the study of autism.
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