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Play and the pandemic: a rapid review of the literature and promising steps forward
The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to be a health crisis among the global community. Children in virtually all countries have been impacted in terms of movement restrictions, school closures, playground and public park closures, and limited access to social and extended family networks.
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Treatment-seeking for eating disorders among adolescents: Implications for mental health literacy campaigns
Eating disorders commonly occur during adolescence, however, only a minority (10-25%) of affected adolescents receive appropriate treatment.
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“What young people think matters; a qualitative approach to the study of protective factors for mental well-being”
This blog shares findings from a new study comprising of two parts. Part one outlines a typology of profiles of adolescent reported protective factors in relation to mental well-being and the risk of mental disorder, using qualitative data. Part two applied the typology to identify trajectories of change in type membership occurring over one year, based on adolescent reports.
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Let’s talk about ADHD!
Much of the available information on ADHD is aimed at parents and carers rather than children. The ADHD Animation Research Team at Cardiff university talk about the medium for addressing children.
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Helping parents manage challenging behaviour during the COVID19 lockdown – Some pointers for practitioners
Posted by Edmund Sonuga-Barke on behalf of the Pointers on Parenting Under Pressure (POP-UP) team; Edmund Sonuga-Barke PhD, Johnny Downs MD PhD (King’s College London), Margaret Thompson MD FRCPsy, Jana Kreppner PhD, Hanna Kovshoff, PhD, Sam Cortese MD PhD FRCPsy, Cathy Laver-Bradury MSc RSCN, Catherine Thompson MSc (University of Southampton), David Daley PhD (University of Nottingham).
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A Cross-cultural Examination of Attachment Relationships and Mental Health in Adolescents
Research into the protective factors for adolescent mental health such as attachment will help us understand the challenges adolescents face.
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Blog of ACAMH event: “Responding to a Digital Generation”
Professionals gave insights into the challenges faced by multidisciplinary staff teams and their services in understanding where necessary to help young people and their families manage the impact of mobile and online technologies on young people’s quality of life.
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What is the effect of post-institutionalisation? A research digest
Research digest on DePasquale, Donzella and Gunnar’s (2018) study, which was published JCPP ‘Pubertal recalibration of cortisol reactivity following early life stress: a cross‐sectional analysis’.
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The Importance of Representing Dissociative Identity Disorder in Fiction and Media for Children
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a condition that most of us have heard about, but when we break it down, many of us don’t quite understand what it truly is and how it can affect individuals.
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As a therapist, how should I grieve after a patient’s suicide?
Social worker Beth lost her patient Toby to suicide, but didn’t feel entitled to process it as a personal loss. Why do we treat personal and professional grief differently, and how can we support professionals who suffer traumatic losses?
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