Young COPMI must be better informed to ensure adequate support

Data suggest that children of parents with a mental illness have low mental health literacy and typically do not seek help from health providers.

25 October 2019

Paternal depression affects adolescent mental health

A large body of studies have shown that exposure to maternal depression is a key risk factor for adolescent depression, comparatively fewer studies have investigated the influence of paternal depression on children and adolescents.

25 October 2019

One in four children in the UK are exposed to maternal mental illness

New data published in Lancet Public Health show that nearly a quarter of children aged between 0 and 16 years are exposed to maternal mental illness.

25 October 2019

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.

29 August 2019

Resilience Edition

In this edition we bring together a number of papers that broadly discuss the theme of resilience and developing resilience through therapy.

28 August 2019

Resilence Edition Editorial

In this edition we bring together a number of papers that broadly discuss the theme of resilience and developing resilience through therapy.

6 August 2019

Cognitive processes mediate the post-traumatic stress trajectory in adolescents

A new study has shown that cognitive processes shape the early reactions of children and adolescents to traumatic stressors, and mediate the transition to persistent and clinically significant post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS).

6 August 2019

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

The Challenge Model – anxious and vulnerable children

Royal Free Hospital Children’s School (RFHCS) has been running a specific programme to address the needs of a cohort of anxious and vulnerable children for the last 4 years – many of whom exhibit signs of emotionally based school refusal.

Psychological resilience

Having spent a lot of time on a camp bed in a paediatric ward with young people and their families, some of whom were inpatients for weeks on end and facing huge physical challenges, it has made me wonder a great deal about the elements of psychological resilience in young people.

19 July 2019