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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Contemporary screen time modalities and disruptive behavior disorders in children: a prospective cohort study
Paper from the JCPP – “This study’s objective was to determine the prospective associations of contemporary screen time modalities with conduct and oppositional defiant disorder in a national cohort of 9–11-year-old children”. Jason M. Nagata (pic) et al.
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Editorial: Schools on the frontline of suicide prevention
Free Access paper from the JCPP – “The world has experienced an unprecedented mental health crisis associated with the COVID-19 pandemic (Liu et al., 2020). After more than two years navigating the associated uncertainty and distress, the impact on youth mental health continues to be a pressing concern”. Rebecca C. Kamody and Michael H. Bloch
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Barriers to emergency department clinicians’ confidence in providing paediatric trauma-informed care
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “The available evidence indicates that clinicians internationally need further education and training to enhance their knowledge and confidence in providing trauma-informed psychosocial care”. Nimrah Afzal et al.
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Early manifestations of genetic liability for ADHD, autism and schizophrenia at ages 18 and 24 months
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “Given that ADHD, autism and schizophrenia are all highly heritable, we tested the hypothesis that in the general population, measures of toddler language development, motor development and temperament are associated with genetic liability to ADHD, autism and/or schizophrenia”. Lucy Riglin (pic) et al.
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Psychological legacies of intergenerational trauma under South African apartheid: Prenatal stress predicts greater vulnerability to the psychological impacts of future stress exposure during late adolescence and early adulthood in Soweto, South Africa
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “We evaluate the intergenerational effects of prenatal stress experienced during apartheid on psychiatric morbidity among children at ages 17–18 and also assess the moderating effects of maternal age, social support, and past household adversity”. Andrew Wooyoung Kim (pic) et al.
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Latent class analysis to characterize neonatal risk for neurodevelopmental differences
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “Neonatal risk factors, such as preterm birth and low birth weight, have been robustly linked to neurodevelopmental deficits, yet it is still unclear why some infants born preterm and/or low birth weight experience neurodevelopmental difficulties while others do not”. Allison M. Momany (pic) et al.
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Mother’s and children’s ADHD genetic risk, household chaos and children’s ADHD symptoms: A gene–environment correlation study
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “Chaotic home environments may contribute to children’s attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. However, ADHD genetic risk may also influence household chaos”. Jessica C. Agnew-Blais (pic) et al.
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Genetic and environmental influences on temperament development across the preschool period
Paper from the JCPP – “This is the first study to examine genetic and environmental sources of developmental growth in three temperament dimensions: surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control, during the preschool period”. Chang Liu et al.
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Examining academic self-concept as a mediator of the relationship between anxiety and depression: A longitudinal study
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – “The aim of this longitudinal study was to analyze the mediating role of different areas of self-concept in the relationship between the early development of anxiety symptoms and the later appearance of depressive symptoms”. Alexandra Morales (pic) et al.
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Differences in body mass index trajectories of adolescent psychiatric inpatients by sex, age, diagnosis and medication: an exploratory longitudinal, mixed effects analysis
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – “This study aimed to analyse sex differences in longitudinal body mass index (BMI) change for adolescents receiving treatment in a secure psychiatric hospital”. Justine Anthony (pic) et al.
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