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Research Review: Examining harmful impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures on parents and carers in the United Kingdom: A rapid review
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “This rapid review aimed to appraise the available evidence on the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK parents and carers”. Hope Christie (pic) et al.
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Bidirectional associations between sleep problems and behavioural difficulties and health-related quality of life in adolescents: Evidence from the SCAMP longitudinal cohort study
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “Sleep problems show associations with negative outcomes in both physical and mental health in adolescents, but the associations may be reciprocal”. Chen Shen (pic) et al.
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CAMH Editorial: Volume 27, Issue 3, August 2022
This editorial presents the contentious debate among authors from different disciplines on the problems of psychiatric diagnoses with conduct disorder, and opposition-defiant disorder as case illustrations. Furthermore, it provides an overview of opinions of experts on mental health interventions for adolescent refugees.
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Short Research Article: COVID-19 and its impact on child and youth mental health service demand in the community and emergency department
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – “The number of monthly presentations and referrals to respectively the emergency department (ED) and community CYMHS were compared among 2018, 2019 and 2020. The study shows a marked increase in referrals to ED starting from July and in the community from May 2020”. Amy M. Tedja et al.
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Review: Young people’s recovery processes from mental health problems – a scoping review
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – “Recovery from mental illness and mental health problems is relatively well-researched among adults, but evidence that focuses on the recovery experiences of young people and what characterizes it is scarce”. Jennie Moberg (pic), Lisa Skogens, and Ulla-Karin Schön
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Internet-delivered therapist-assisted cognitive therapy for adolescent social anxiety disorder (OSCA): a randomised controlled trial addressing preliminary efficacy and mechanisms of action
Open Access from the JCPP – “Forty-three youth (14–18 years) with SAD recruited through schools were randomly allocated to therapist-assisted Internet-delivered CT-SAD or waitlist for 14 week”. Eleanor Leigh (pic) and David M. Clark
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Editorial Perspective: On the need for clarity about attachment terminology
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “Part of the appeal of attachment language is that it feels near to our everyday experience, as terms like ‘attachment’, ‘security’ or ‘disorganisation’ feel readily recognisable. Yet, not one of these terms is used by academic attachment researchers in line with ordinary language”. Marije L. Verhage et al.
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Editorial Perspective: A perfect storm – how and why eating disorders in young people have thrived in lockdown and what is happening to address it
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “The number of children and young people referred to community eating disorders services escalated dramatically shortly after onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many presented with medical instability following restrictive eating and needed acute hospitalisation to correct malnutrition”. Dasha Nicholls (pic)
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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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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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