Parenting
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Preventing Anxiety in the Children of Anxious Parents
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Fiona Challacombe discusses her co-authored CAMH journal paper ‘Preventing anxiety in the children of anxious parents – feasibility of a brief, online, group intervention for parents of one- to three-year-olds’.
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Don’t blame the children: Supporting families with young children
Most research on the relationships between children and their parents focuses on the effects parents and their parenting have on children and their behaviour. However, researchers are more and more recognising and studying the impact that children’s behaviour can have on the wellbeing of their parents, in turn further affecting children’s development. AnaCristina Bedoya (pic), Jill Portnoy Donaghy and Dr. Keri Wong.
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Supporting Children and Young People’s Mental Health – An insight for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers
In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Dr. Mei Simmons discusses some of the factors that affect children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing and provides an overview of her recently published book ‘A Guide to the Mental Health of Children and Young People: Q and A for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers’.
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Negative parenting, epigenetic age, and psychological problems: prospective associations from adolescence to young adulthood
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘This pre-registered longitudinal study examined the long-term effects of negative parenting and psychological problems throughout adolescence (ages 13–17 years) on Epigenetic Age acceleration (EA) in late adolescence (age 17 years) and EA changes from late adolescence to young adulthood (age 25 years).’ Stefanos Mastrotheodoros et al.
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What can we learn from hunter-gatherers about children’s mental health?
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Nikhil Chaudhary and Dr. Annie Swanepoel discuss their co-authored JCPP paper ‘Editorial Perspective: What can we learn from hunter-gatherers about children’s mental health? An evolutionary perspective’.
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Editorial Perspective: What can we learn from hunter-gatherers about children’s mental health? An evolutionary perspective
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here, we contrast hunter-gatherer childhoods with those of WEIRD (Western Educated Industrialised Rich Democratic) societies and consider the implications for children’s mental health.’ Nikhil Chaudhary and Annie Swanepoel.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 64, Issue 03, March 2023
Editorial: ‘Using parenting interventions as treatments and brain development – are we at the end of the beginning yet?’ by Megan R. Gunnar
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The Mental Health of Children Impacted by Armed Conflict: Supporting Parenting & Wellbeing
For this podcast, on refugee mental health and the mental health of children impacted by armed conflict, we are joined by psychologist and writer, Professor Kenneth E. Miller
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Harmful Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Parents and Carers
In this podcast, we welcome Dr. Hope Christie to discuss her recently published JCPP Advances paper ‘Examining harmful impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures on parents and carers in the United Kingdom: A rapid review’. Hope is the first author of the paper.
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Parenting for lifelong health for young children
In this podcast, we talk to Professor Catherine Ward, winner of ACAMH’s Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Journal Best Paper Award 2021, about her research into parenting for lifelong health for young children.
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