Featured ACAMH Papers
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Family environment and polygenic risk in the bipolar high-risk context
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘We tested the association of offspring-perceived family environment in interaction with bipolar disorder-polygenic risk on liability for bipolar disorder in offspring at high or low familial risk for bipolar disorder. We used a novel stepwise approach for latent class modeling with predictors and distal outcomes.’ Emma K. Stapp (pic) et al.
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Joint polygenic and environmental risks for childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and ADHD symptom dimensions
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Two independent data sets were used to examine additive (G + E) and interactive (GxE) effects of selected polygenic risk scores (PRS) and environmental factors in a cross-sectional design.’ Michael A. Mooney, Peter Ryabinin, et al.
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Mortality risk following self-harm in young people: a population cohort study using the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The aims of this study were to describe the characteristics of young people who present with self-harm; quantify the risk of suicide and other causes of death during follow up, and to identify factors associated with mortality risk’. Emma Ross (pic) et al.
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Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of aggressive behaviour: a longitudinal population-based study
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We examined the association between aggressive behaviour, as measured by Life History of Aggression (LHA) total score and DNAm levels both assessed at age 25.’ Ehsan Pishva (pic) et al.
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Autism spectrum disorder and brain volume link through a set of mTOR-related genes
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here we investigated whether variants in mTOR-related genes are also associated with ASD and if they constitute a genetic link between large brains and ASD.’ Martina Arenella et al.
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Sleep parameters and problems in adolescents with and without ADHD: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘This systematic review with meta-analysis aimed to compare sleep in adolescents with and without ADHD, including sleep parameters, both subjectively and objectively measured, sleep problems and sleep hygiene.’ Finja Marten and Lena Keuppens et al.
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Narrative Matters: No teen is an island – the cost of finding a tribe through memes and TikToks
Paper from the CAMH journal – ‘This article considers how literacies are assembled when ‘reading’ memes and TikToks; how this impacts adolescents’ membership or otherwise of a group; and how a desire for group membership hampers other aspects of literacy when engaging with this kind of social media content.’ Andrew Duffy.
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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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Practitioner Review: Psychosis in children and adolescents
Paper from the JCPP – ‘For this review, we focus primarily on the diagnosis and treatment of early onset schizophrenia. In addition, we review the development of community-based first-episode psychosis programming, and the importance of early intervention and coordinated care.’ Anna Sunshine (pic) and Jon McClellan
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Research Review: The neuroscience of emerging adulthood – reward, ambiguity, and social support as building blocks of mental health
Paper from the JCPP – ‘In this review, we focus on two strands of research with distinct importance for ‘emerging adulthood’ (EA): reward sensitivity, and tolerance of ambiguity.’ Jennifer A. Silvers (pic) and Tara S. Peris
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