Mindfulness-based interventions improve depression and anxiety outcomes in youths

In 2019, Darren Dunning and colleagues compiled a Research Review for the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry in which they evaluated, for the first time, the efficacy of MBIs on cognition and mental health in adolescents <18 years-of-age.

6 August 2019

In Conversation…Parenting with Prof. Stephen Scott

In this podcast, Professor Stephen Scott talks about using parenting as an intervention in young people’s mental health and future prospects.

1 August 2019

In Conversation… Psychosis with Dr. Helen Fisher

Discover how Helen Fisher is involving immersive art to raise awareness of psychosis in young people.

22 July 2019

Identifying imaging biomarkers in the neonatal brain

The past decade has seen great improvements in magnetic resonance imaging technologies, such that it is now possible to image the developing brain in utero. In 2018, Dafnis Batalle and colleagues compiled an Annual Research Review for the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, where they evaluated the current status of neuroimaging research in neonates and paediatrics to determine the origins of neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders.

11 July 2019

Coupled delta-beta wave activity might predict social anxiety in children

Researchers from McMaster University, Canada, have examined whether individual differences in salivary cortisol levels at baseline and parent-reported social anxiety levels are associated with resting, coupled delta–beta frontal wave activity.

11 July 2019

In Conversation… Prof. Cathy Cresswell – Anxiety and ‘Emerging Minds’

Cathy Cresswell, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford discusses anxiety and ‘Emerging Minds’ – action for child mental health.

5 July 2019

JCPP Editorial: Volume 60, Issue 07, July 2019

“The passage of time” by Eric Fombonne

1 July 2019

Suicide and self-harm in young people – Judy Dunn National Conference

The prevalence of suicide and self-harm in children and adolescence is a subject we should all be concerned with. For the 2019 Judy Dunn National Conference we have gathered together the leading academics, clinicians, and researchers in fields of self-harm and suicide, plus those who have lived experience. Join us for the latest evidence-based research, […]

Event type

National Conference

Location

London

Links between adverse childhood experiences and self-harm

What are ACEs, and how do they link with mental health and self-harm in particular?

7 June 2019

Most adolescents with depression are significantly fatigued: What can we do about it?

“Fatigue” describes an extreme state of tiredness or exhaustion. When it is ongoing and not explained by exertion, it can become problematic.

4 June 2019