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Editorial Perspective: Medical body modification in youth with gender dysphoria or body dysmorphic disorder – is current practice coherent and evidence-based?
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “In recent decades, there has been a steady increase in the number of people, including adolescents, undergoing medical body modification (MBM) to alter their physically healthy bodies in invasive and nearly irreversible ways through medical treatment (e.g. surgery)”. Gregor Kohls (pic), and Veit Roessner
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ACAMH Awards 2022 Results
Congratulations to all winners and nominees of the ACAMH Awards 2022.
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Effects of maternal childhood trauma on child emotional health: maternal mental health and frontoamygdala pathways
Paper from the JCPP – “Experiences of early life adversity pose significant psychological and physical health risks to exposed individuals”. Jessica P. Uy et al.
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Research Review: The next 10 years of behavioural genomic research
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “Although the fallout has not yet settled, the goal of this paper is to predict the next 10 years of research in what could be called behavioural genomics”. Robert Plomin (pic)
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Development of morning–eveningness in adolescence: implications for brain development and psychopathology
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “Here, we investigated the longitudinal relationships among the trajectory of eveningness preference, internalizing and externalizing psychopathology and white matter development, across adolescence”. Rebecca Cooper et al.
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Nuts and Bolts of Pediatric Psychopharmacology and management of Psychosis in children (recording)
This event aims to enhance learning of child and adolescent mental health, with practical insights in the area of Paediatric Psychopharmacology for trainee and practising psychiatrists. The content is primarily practice focused with additional research evidence relevant to clinical practice.
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Prenatal alcohol exposure and child sleep problems: A family-based quasi-experimental study
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “We examine whether associations between prenatal exposure to hazardous maternal alcohol consumption during the first trimester of pregnancy and sleep problems in young children represent a causal association”. Ingunn Olea Lund and Eivind Ystrom (pic)
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Celebrating the life and work of Professor Sir Michael Rutter
On 27 June 2022, King’s College London welcomed friends, family and colleagues from across the globe to share Sir Michael’s impact on them, their work, and the field of child psychiatry.
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Mental health of young asylum seekers and refugees in the context of COVID-19
In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Matthew Hodes, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Imperial College London, to discuss the mental health of young refugees and asylum seekers.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 63, Issue 10, October 2022
Editorial: “Does the polygenic revolution herald a watershed in the study of GE interplay in developmental psychopathology? Some considerations for the Special Issue reader” by Edward D. Barker, Barbara Maughan, Andrea Allegrini, Jean Baptiste Pingault and Edmund Sonuga-Barke
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