Health related disorders
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Russian adolescent mental health in 2002, 2015 and during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021
Paper from the CAMH journal – Cross-sectional school-based surveys of 12- to 18-year-olds were carried out in a Siberian city using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, data on tobacco, alcohol and drug use and socio-demographic information. We examined the effect of cohort, gender, family composition and parental occupation on mental health and substance use. Helena R. Slobodskaya et al.
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ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are defined as situations that lead to an elevated risk of children and young people experiencing damaging impacts on their health and other social outcomes across the life course.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 63, Issue 02, February 2022
Editorial: The gathering storm: a US perspective on the scientific response to the COVID-19 child and adolescent mental health crisis by Scott H. Kollins
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 62, Issue 12, December 2021
Editorial: Do lockdowns scar? Three putative mechanisms through which COVID-19 mitigation policies could cause long-term harm to young people’s mental health by Edmund Sonuga-Barke and Pasco Fearon
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‘NDC Learning Series’ – Medications and Physical Health recording (members)
We welcomed Dr. Mark Lovell and Dr. Max Davie. with a session that will focus on ‘Medications and Physical Health’. The Chair of this session was Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian. This was the fifth, of the ‘NDC Learning Series’ aimed at health professionals who come into contact with children and young people who have Neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs). ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.
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CAMH Editorial: Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2021
With the patchy but increasing roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine, and as the world begins to emerge in a bumpy fashion from strict lock-downs, the frightening experience of overwhelmed hospitals and alarmingly high mortality rates from COVID-19, we are beginning to take stock of the huge toll from the pandemic.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 62, Issue 08, August 2021
Editorial: ‘COVID-19: lessons learned for suicide prevention’ by Joan R. Asarnow and Bowen Chung
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 62, Issue 07, July 2021
Editorial: “‘No pain – No gain’ – Towards the inclusion of mental health costs in balanced “lockdown” decision-making during health pandemics” by Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
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March 2021 – The Bridge
This issue includes an excellent article on mood disorders in autistic young people, written by experts Dr Emily Jackson, Dr Eleanor Smith, and Dr Aditya Sharma. The authors thoughtfully discuss the overlap between these conditions, challenges in identifying their co-occurrence, and adaptations needed for interventions.
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Chronic illness may present barriers to engaging in CBT for depression
Between 10 and 20% of teenagers have a chronic illness:1 an ongoing health condition that lasts at least 3 months, and for which a cure is unlikely. Research suggests that teenagers with chronic illnesses are more likely to also have low mood and develop depression than their healthy peers.2
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