Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke is currently Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience working in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London. He also holds Visiting Chairs at Ghent University, Aarhus University and the University of Sussex. He is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. His work integrates Developmental Psychopathology and Neuroscience perspectives to employing basic developmental science approaches to study the pathogenesis of neuro-developmental and mental health conditions; their underlying genetic and environmental risks, mediating brain mechanisms and developmental outcomes. He has a particular interest in ADHD and related disorders. In 2016, Prof Sonuga-Barke was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Links on ACAMH website
Podcasts
- ‘What role should mental health costs play in the evaluation of public health interventions such as lockdown?’ In Conversation Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke (2021) In this podcast we talk to Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience at King’s College London, and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP). Edmund talks us through the purpose of his latest JCPP editorial ‘No pain – No gain’ – Towards the inclusion of mental health costs in balanced “lockdown” decision-making during health pandemics.
- Edmund Sonuga Barke, Editor in Chief of JCPP (2019), talks about the papers that influenced him, how JCPP maintains its quality, and what the future holds for JCPP.
Editorials
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 64, Issue 10, October 2023 “Paradigm ‘flipping’ to reinvigorate translational science: Outlining a neurodevelopmental science framework from a ‘neurodiversity’ perspective” by Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 62, Issue 07, July 2021 “‘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
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 62, Issue 01, January 2021 ““School of hard knocks” – what can mental health researchers learn from the COVID‐19 crisis?” by Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 61, Issue 08, August 2020 “The role of digital technology in children and young people’s mental health – a triple‐edged sword?” by Chris Hollis, Sonia Livingstone, Edmund Sonuga-Barke
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 61, Issue 01, January 2020 “‘People get ready’: Are mental disorder diagnostics ripe for a Kuhnian revolution?” by Edmund Sonuga-Barke
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 60, Issue 01, January 2019 “‘It’s a family affair’ – the social drivers of child and adolescent resilience” by Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 59, Issue 01, January 2018 “‘The way we do the things we do’ – decision making transparency at the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry” by Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 58, Issue 10, October 2017 “New frontiers in the scientific study of developmental language disorders” by Courtenay Frazier Norbury & Edmund Sonuga-Barke
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 58, Issue 01, January 2017 “Science unskewed – acknowledging and reducing ‘risk of bias’ in parenting research” by Edmund Sonuga-Barke
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 57, Issue 10, October 2016 “The effects of early trauma and deprivation on human development – from measuring cumulative risk to characterizing specific mechanisms” by Charles H. Zeanah & Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 57, Issue 01, January 2016 “Distinguishing between the challenges posed by surface and deep forms of heterogeneity to diagnostic systems: do we need a new approach to subtyping of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders” by Edmund Sonuga-Barke
- JCPP Editorial: Volume 56, Issue 05, May 2015 “Diet and children’s behaviour problems – disentangling urban myth from clinical reality” by Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke
Recorded talks, lectures, and discussions
- JCPP Advances First Year Anniversary recording (2022) 5 fantastic 10-minute lectures from leading researchers, academics, and practitioners on a number of topics in the field of child and adolescent mental health, and includes a short presentation from Wiley, ACAMH’s publishing partner, highlighting JCPP Advances’ success so far.
- Professor Edmund Sonuga Barke – JCPP: The way we do the things we do (2019) Recorded lecture from Edmund Sonuga-Barke, at the Wellcome Collection, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
- In Conversation… JCPP Annual Research Review Webinar (2018) Join JCPP’s Editor-in-Chief, Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke and Annual Research Review Editor, Professor Pasco Fearon, as they talk to researchers about the Annual Research Review in this webinar.
Blogs
- Championing research about, by and for neurodivergent people (2023) How neurodiversity-inspired thinking is casting a new light on brain development research, with neurodivergent young people at its core.
- JCPP 2023 Special Issue – ‘Innovation in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Interventions’ (2023) The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP) are delighted to announce the JCPP 2023 Special Issue on ‘Innovation in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Interventions’, edited by Paul Ramchandani, Tim Dalgleish, Joan Luby, Bradley Peterson, and Edmund Sonuga-Barke.
- Shining a light on the injustice of institutionalization and the damage it causes to children – to promote care reform across the globe (2020) Led by 22 of the world’s leading experts on reforming care for children, The Lancet Commission on Institutionalisation and Deinstitutionalisation of Children includes a review and meta-analysis of the effects of institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation on children’s development, and makes 14 policy recommendations addressed to policymakers at all levels.
- Helping parents manage challenging behaviour during the COVID19 lockdown – Some pointers for practitioners (2020) The current COVID19 crisis is creating unprecedented challenges at every level of society. Here we provide tips that can help clinicians to support parents navigate these difficult times and help promote positive and cooperative behaviour within their families.
- ACAMH Board Member elected Fellow of the prestigious British Academy (2018) Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke is one of four UK psychologists among 76 distinguished scientists and scholars to be elected to the fellowship in recognition of his work on ADHD and related neurodevelopmental disorders.
- From punk rock to academic heavyweight (2018) While at university Edmund became fascinated by behaviourist approaches to psychology which bring together philosophy, methodology and psychological theory.
- JCPP – recent impact factor and rankings (2018) “I am delighted for the members of the Association of Child & Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) and everyone connected with the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry – the journal is now ranked first in Developmental Psychology internationally in the recent impact factor tables”.
Featured papers
- Open Access JCPP paper ‘The adult outcome of childhood quasi-autism arising following extreme institutional deprivation’, (2023), Maria Rodriguez-Perez, Mark Kennedy, Edward D. Barker, Jana Kreppner, Mireia Solerdelcoll, Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
- Open Access JCPP Advances paper ‘Is there evidence of a causal link between childhood maltreatment and ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)? A systematic review of prospective longitudinal studies using the Bradford-Hill criteria’, (2023), Paraskevi Bali, Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Christina Mohr-Jensen, Ditte Demontis, Helen Minnis
- Open Access JCPP paper ‘Annual Research Review: Perspectives on progress in ADHD science – from characterization to cause’, (2022), Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke, Stephen P. Becker, Sven Bölte, Francisco Xavier Castellanos, Barbara Franke, Jeffrey H. Newcorn, Joel T. Nigg, Luis Augusto Rohde, Emily Simonoff
- Open Access CAMH paper ‘Review: Digital experiences and their impact on the lives of adolescents with pre-existing anxiety, depression, eating and nonsuicidal self-injury conditions – a systematic review’, (2022), Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne, Mariya Stoilova, Jake Bourgaize, Miriam Rahali, Sonia Livingstone, Edmund Sonuga-Barke
- Open Access JCPP paper ‘Editorial Perspective: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder viewed as neuro-divergence in the digital world’, (2022), Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne
