Environmental influences
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Exploring the Role of Nature in Childhood Development and Mental Health
The importance of nature in children’s development and mental health is a topic that is increasingly gaining attention in contemporary research. From improving cognitive functions to reducing symptoms of stress – studies suggest that regular nature experiences not only enhance the well-being of children but are also essential for their holistic development. In this blog post, we dive into the world of child and adolescent psychiatry and explore how experiences in nature can serve as a catalyst for healthy growth.
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Space for youth mental health—coercive measure use before and after architectural innovation at a department of child and adolescent psychiatry
Open Access from the CAMH journal – ‘We aimed to assess the effect of altering the physical environment of an adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit on the proportion and frequency of adolescents experiencing mechanical coercive measures.’ Klara Czernin et al.
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The Provision of Mental Health Support for Young People in Care
In this Papers Podcast, Alice Phillips discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘Secondary data analysis of social care records to examine the provision of mental health support for young people in care’. Alice is the first author of the paper.
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Adolescent psychotic experiences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study
Paper from the JCPP – ‘The Tokyo Teen Cohort (TTC) is a prospective cohort study of adolescents in the general population of the Tokyo metropolitan area, followed from age 10 to 16 years. We used multi-level linear regression models to test the associations between the phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-reported PEs.’ Jordan DeVylder et al.
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Narrative Matters: Wasting away and fed up – dietary battles in history
Paper from the CAMH journal – ‘Histories of anorexia nervosa (AN), mostly written since the 1970s, have a standard narrative. The story is of largely Eurocentric self-starvation in adolescent girls in response to sociocultural pressures on women who are trapped in disempowering patriarchal systems.’ Jane Whittaker
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Research Review: Child emotion regulation mediates the association between family factors and internalizing symptoms in children and adolescents – a meta-analysis
Open Access JCPP paper – ‘Various family factors impact children’s emotion regulation development, and in turn, contribute to the risk of internalizing symptoms in young people.’ Sylvia Chu Lin (pic) et al.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 64, Issue 11, November 2023
Editorial: “Salutogenic mental health science—A phoenix rising from the pathogenic ashes of psychiatry?” by Helen L. Fisher
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Concurrent and prospective associations between family socioeconomic status, social support and salivary diurnal and hair cortisol in adolescence
Paper from the JCPP – ‘This study examined the role of stability and changes in family socioeconomic status (SES) in the prediction of multiple cortisol indicators and tested whether social support moderated these associations.’ Christina Y. Cantave (pic) et al.
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The interaction between polygenic risk and environmental influences: A direct test of the 3P model of insomnia in adolescents
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘This work sheds light on the complex relationship between genetic and environmental factors implicated for insomnia.’ Juan J. Madrid-Valero (pic) et al.
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Pathways from maternal depression to child resilience: Socioeconomic, family, and individual factors in the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘These findings suggest that cognitive stimulation in early childhood may represent a modifiable protective factor for children exposed to maternal depression and a promising intervention target to promote child resilience in the context of maternal depression exposure.’ Jessica Mayumi Maruyama and Andreas Bauer (pic) et al.
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