Health related disorders
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Female ADHD and Hormones – The Perfect Storm
Don’t miss the early bird! This lecture explores how hormonal fluctuations across the female lifespan—puberty, menstrual cycles, contraceptive use, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause—interact with ADHD symptoms and comorbid conditions such as anxiety, depression, and emotional dysregulation. led by Dr Borg Skoglund, Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, and at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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20th Century Lead Exposure Damaged American Mental Health
Pernicious lead exposure in air, water, soils cost 151 million Americans some well-being.
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Press release by Duke University for new paper published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry by Michael J. McFarland et al. -
RESHAPE Study: Key Takeaways
Hosted by Dr. Clara Faria, ‘RESHAPE Study’ series is a new mini-in conversation series that will explore the RESHAPE study and the impact of its findings for parents, teachers, policymakers, and mental health professionals.
In this podcast series, Clara is joined by several guest speakers, all of whom are part of the RESHAPE team, to address a range of issues relevant to child and adolescent wellbeing and mental health and what the RESHAPE findings show with regards to how theses issues impact on young peoples’ mental wellbeing.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 64, Issue 08, August 2023
Editorial “Developmental considerations in addressing the earlier age of severe eating disorder onset” by Rebecca C. Kamody and Michael H. Bloch
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JCPP Advances: Volume 3, Issue 02, June 2023
JCPP Advances June 2023 Issue is now available to read.
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Covid-19’s impact on Loneliness and Mental Health: A Study of Schizotypal Traits and Paranoia
The Covid pandemic lockdown has affected us differently, with some people being impacted more than others. Extensive research has indicated that lockdowns – which broadly include isolation measures, such as, in the UK, being required to stay at home unless for essential reasons – have disproportionately impacted individuals with higher levels of paranoia.
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Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on older adolescents’ psychological wellbeing and self-identified cognitive difficulties
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘The COVID-19 pandemic coincides with growing concern regarding the mental health of young people. […] At three timepoints, independent samples of young people aged 16–18 years completed an online survey. Data collection coincided with periods of lockdown and young people returning to school. The survey assessed subjective impacts of the pandemic on overall wellbeing, anxiety and cognitive function.’ Meg Attwood (pic) et al.
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Socioeconomic disadvantage and high-effort coping in childhood: evidence of skin-deep resilience
Paper from the JCPP – ‘The current study hypothesized that skin-deep resilience – a pattern wherein socioeconomic disadvantage is linked to better mental health but worse physical health for individuals with John Henryism high-effort coping – is already present in childhood.’ Katherine B. Ehrlich (pic) et al.
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Editorial Perspective: When is a ‘small effect’ actually large and impactful?
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘In this short review, we utilise simulations to demonstrate that a relatively small shift in mean scores on mental health measures can indicate a large shift in the number of cases of anxiety and depression when scaled up to an entire population. This shows that ‘small’ effect sizes can in some contexts be large and impactful.’ Emma Grace Carey et al.
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Changes in UK pre-schooler’s mental health symptoms over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: Data from Co-SPYCE study
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘We conducted an intensive longitudinal, but not nationally representative, study to examine trajectories of pre-schoolers’ mental symptoms in the United Kingdom during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.’ Peter J. Lawrence (pic) et al.
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