Does an internet gaming disorder prospectively predict psychiatric symptoms?

A minority of children and adolescents develop addiction-like engagement in gaming that is associated with impaired function.1 Preliminary data suggest that affected children with these symptoms, indicating an Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), might present with more symptoms of common psychiatric disorders than those without an IGD.

16 November 2020

November 2020 – The Bridge

The research featured in this issue covers a wide range of topics relevant to our work with young people, including neurodevelopmental, emotional, and behavioural disorders, their comorbidity, and their links with functioning and quality of life.

3 November 2020

Dr. Joanna Martin

Dr. Joanna Martin is a Research Fellow at Cardiff University. Her research interests bridge the fields of psychiatry, epidemiology and genomics.

28 October 2020

Professor Eivind Ystrom

Eivind Ystrom is Professor of psychology and leader of the genetics research group at PROMENTA Research Center, University of Oslo. His main research interest is epidemiological studies of intergenerational transmission of risk for mental disorders.

28 October 2020

Assistant Professor Dr. Emma Sprooten

Dr. Emma Sprooten is Assistant Professor at the Donders Institute and Radboud University Medical Centre in The Netherlands. The goal of her research is to gain new insights into the biological underpinnings of psychopathology using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and genetics.

28 October 2020

World Mental Health Day 2020: Mental Health for all

The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is ‘mental health for all’. Our Vision is ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and to this end we urge you to take a look at the learning opportunities on our website and to share with your networks.

8 October 2020

FREE webinar ‘OpenHouse on Autism’ – In search of a bedtime routine. What to do when your child won’t sleep.

Join our host Emma Woodhouse, autism specialist with Clinical Partners, sleeping disorder specialist Dr. Charlie Tyack and leading autism clinician Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian to discover practical ways to address challenges around getting your child to bed.

August 2020 – The Bridge

This month there has been a renewed focus on the impact of institutional care on children’s development and mental health, following publication of the Lancet Group Commission on this subject.

29 July 2020

To celebrate the Child and Adolescent Mental Health 25th anniversary we take a snapshot of CAMH’s past, present and future

With the recent success of the CAMH journal accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE we look back on the last quarter century which has been quite a journey for ACAMH’s quarterly, clinical journal CAMH.

17 June 2020

June 2020 – The Bridge

Includes ‘Are social networking sites contributing to depression and anxiety symptoms in young people?’

12 June 2020