Some highlights from our three journals JCPP, CAMH, and JCPP Advances. Each one of the posts below provides a link to read, and download the full paper.
Feature Papers
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Social, emotional and behavioural difficulties associated with persistent speech disorder in children: A prospective population study
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘The aim of the current study was therefore to address the current gap in the evidence to investigate the social, emotional and behavioural outcomes of children with persistent speech disorder in older childhood using data from a large prospective, population-based sample’. Yvonne Wren (pic) et al.
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Long-term clinical and cost-effectiveness of a therapist-supported online remote behavioural intervention for tics in children and adolescents: extended 12- and 18-month follow-up of a single-blind randomised controlled trial
Open Access paper from the JCPP- “Little is known about the long-term effectiveness of behavioural therapy for tics. We aimed to assess the long-term clinical and cost-effectiveness of online therapist-supported exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy for tics 12 and 18 months after treatment initiation.” Chris Hollis (pic) et al.
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Mental health impact of autism on families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities of genetic origin
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “In a cohort with IDD of genetic aetiology, we tested the hypothesis that excess risk attached to those with ASD + IDD, in terms of both children’s mental health and parental psychological distress.” Jeanne Wolstencroft (pic) and Ramya Srinivasan et al.
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Editorial: Therapies for mental health difficulties: finding the sweet spot between standardization and personalization
Free Access paper from the JCPP – In this editorial, we discuss challenges and the continued need to find the sweet spot between standardization and personalization when it comes to therapies for mental health difficulties. We illustrate our discussion with reference to insomnia in adolescents/young adults as well as the chronic health condition type 1 diabetes. Alice M. Gregory (pic) et al.
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Pre-pragmatic language use in toddlerhood: Developmental antecedents, aetiological factors, and associations to autism
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “Little is known about the factors that contribute to decontextualized language use in toddlers and whether these are different from factors contributing to general language development. We studied longitudinal associations between parent-rated core language and non-verbal socio-communicative abilities at 14 months of age, and decontextualized language use at 24 months of age in children with typical and elevated likelihood of ASD (total N = 303).” Maja Rudling (pic) et al.
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Review: Interventions to prevent or manage self-harm among students in educational settings – a systematic review
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – We conducted a systematic review of five databases (Medline, PsycINFO, ASSIA, ERIC and BEI) for quantitative studies evaluating interventions to reduce self-harm among students in schools, colleges and universities. Rasanat Fatima Nawaz (pic) et al.
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Research Review: Executive function profiles of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are both associated with differences in Executive Functioning (EF). There is lack of clarity around the specificity or overlap of EF differences in early childhood when both disorders are first emerging. This systematic review aims to delineate preschool EF profiles by examining studies comparing the EF profiles of children with and without ASD or ADHD. Marina Christoforou et al.
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Review: Recommendations for male-friendly counselling with adolescent males: A qualitative systematic literature review
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – There are growing calls to tailor counselling practices for adolescent males, a population reluctant to engage in psychological treatment despite concerning rates of mental illness. The objective of this systematic review was to collate and synthesise recommendations for individual counselling with adolescent males (12–18 years). Micah Boerma (pic) et al.
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Editorial Perspective: Leaving the baby in the bathwater in neurodevelopmental research
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “We review three worked examples (of stress processing, early activity level in ADHD and social brain development in autism) to illustrate how these new approaches might lead to new conceptual and translatable insights into neurodevelopment”. Sam Wass and Emily J.H. Jones (pic)
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Editorial Perspective: How can we help the children of Ukraine and others affected by military conflict?
Free Access paper from the CAMH journal – “The adoption of a pyramid of resources from universally available psychoeducational materials to specialised forms of trauma-informed interventions allows for screening and provision of appropriate levels of assistance”. Rachel Calam (pic) et al.
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