Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.35725 In this In Conversation Podcast, Clara Faria is joined by Tanatswa Chikaura, a mental health researcher and advocate, Founder and Director of Ndinewe Foundation, and PhD candidate in the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Cambridge. Tanatswa’s research interests include suicide prevention, trauma, and mental health among autistic children and adults. Tanatswa was acknowledged in 2023 with a Diana Award for her mental health advocacy work. The focus of this podcast is on Tanatswa’s research journey, her mental health advocacy work, and how she conciliates both. Discussion points include: The experience of moving from Zimbabwe to the UK to do an MPhil in Translational Neuroscience at Cambridge, and the process of adapting to a new country whilst studying. Tanatswa’s interest in studying anxiety and autism. Tips for choosing a research topic and supervisor when applying for PhDs. Insight into the Ndinewe Foundation, including what inspired its creation, the main goals and its achievements so far. Advice for young people from low- and middle- income countries who want to apply for postgraduate training in the UK. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.33251 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Isabel Morales-Muñoz discusses her JCPP paper ‘Shorter night-time sleep duration and later sleep timing from infancy to adolescence’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14004). There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: Definition of poor sleep health and what the hallmarks are of poor sleep health. The typical trajectory for sleep duration and sleep timing from 6 months to 16 years of age. Persistent shorter sleep and the impact of later chronotype on adverse outcomes. The association between family adversity, as well as lower maternal socioeconomic status during pregnancy, and poor sleep health from infancy to adolescence. Implications for clinicians and CAMH professionals in terms of how patients are screened as well as in terms of treatments and interventions. Recommendations for policymakers. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.33242 In this In Conversation podcast, we are joined by Dr. Andrea Goldschmidt, from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Goldschmidt is a licensed clinical psychologist whose research focuses on eating behaviors that are associated with poor weight-related outcomes. The focus of this podcast will be on her recent JCPP paper ‘Executive functioning and treatment outcome among adolescents undergoing cognitive-behavioral therapy for binge-eating disorder’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14031). There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: An introduction to Binge Eating Disorders and why this area of eating disorders is often overlooked. The effects of executive functioning on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) outcomes in adolescents and the impact of executive functioning on treatment engagement. More impulsive decision-making being both associated with more frequent LOC eating following treatment but also with a greater number of sessions attended. Apps that teach self-guided CBT and insight into an upcoming trial focusing on this type of intervention. Advice for people who think that they, or somebody they know, may have a Binge Eating Disorder. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.33232 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh discusses her co-authored CAMH journal paper ‘Intergenerational consequences of racism in the United Kingdom: a qualitative investigation into parents’ exposure to racism and offspring mental health and well-being’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12695). Yasmin was the principal investigator on the TRADE project, which stands for ‘Transmission of experiences of Racism, Anxiety and Depression in families’. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: Definition of racism, what is currently known about the experiences of racism and how the experiences are linked to negative mental and physical health outcomes amongst those exposed. Why this area has been largely neglected in the research community within the UK, with most studies coming from the US. The bidirectional nature of parent and child experiences of racism with indirect effects impacting mental health and wellbeing in both generations. The difficulties in families where parent and child approaches differ in relation to active coping strategies and denial of racism. How one might reduce harms when talking about racism with children and young people. Protective factors and the importance of social cohesion, safe spaces and education. Recommendations for CAMH professionals. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.32140 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Barry Coughlan discusses his JCPP Advances paper ‘Risk rates and profiles at intake in child and adolescent mental health services: A cohort and latent class analyses of 21,688 young people in South London’ (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12246). Barry is the lead author of the paper. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: The benefits and challenges of using routinely collected data. Insight into the ‘brief risk assessment’ measure and how it was implemented. Overview of the latent class analyses and how they decided which class to go with. How maltreatment and different forms of contextual adversity can interact with different forms of risk at the child level. Implications for clinical practices and researchers. The role of experts by experience in this research and how they enhanced the research project. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.33209 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Kenny Chiudiscusses his JCPP Advances paper ‘Social anxiety symptoms and their relationship with suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms in adolescents: A prospective study’ (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12249). Kenny is the lead author of the paper. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: Insight into the dataset used, which originated from the Wellcome Trust NSPN (Neuroscience in Psychiatry Network) study. The questionnaire measures used for social anxiety symptoms, generalised anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. How the researchers dealt with missing data – a common feature of longitudinal cohort studies due to various reasons – and how they tried to account for this to test their hypothesis. The researcher’s experience of pre-registering the analysis on the Open Science Framework. Insight into the analytic models used to analyse the data. Implications of the findings for clinicians and other researchers. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.32097 In this Papers Podcast, Layla Rashid discusses her JCPP paper ‘Maternal experienced bereavement and offspring mental health in early adulthood: the role of modifiable parental factors’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13963). Layla is the first author of the paper. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: Bereavement prevalence rates and child outcomes. Importance of understanding the role of parental factors to target resources to mitigate the relationship between child bereavement and later psychopathology. Insight into the surprising findings from the study. The role of positive and negative parenting practices as it relates to bereavement and child and adolescent mental health. Implications of the professionals for child and adolescent mental health professionals. The need for further research into modifiable parental factors. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.32092 In this In Conversation podcast, we are joined by Dr. Bethany Cliffe, a research fellow at the University of Westminster. Beth’s research interests include self-harm, suicide prevention, and digital health. The focus of this podcast will be on self-harm and technology. Discussion points include: The prevalence of self-harm in children and young people and which groups are more at risk than others. The kind of support that is typically accessed by children and young people who self-harm. What the evidence tells us about interventions for self-harm. Insight into the BlueIce app – a prescribed evidence-based app – including how it was developed. The effectiveness of BlueIce and how it is being assessed. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.31752 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Johnny Felt and Dr. Chad Shenk discuss their co-authored JCPP paper ‘Contamination bias in the estimation of child maltreatment causal effects on adolescent internalizing and externalizing behavior problems’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13990). There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: Definition of what is meant by the term ‘maltreatment’. What is contamination and why is contamination an issue in the study of child maltreatment? Challenges and limitations of the study. How contamination has been traditionally addressed in child maltreatment studies and how this study has tried to do things differently. The implications of the findings. How contamination in child maltreatment research should be addressed in future research. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.30358 TRIGGER WARNING: Please be aware that this podcast explores themes around the topics of self-harm and suicide. In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Miles Reyes and Dr. Apurva Bhatt discuss their co-authored CAMH journal Special Issue paper ‘Breaking the Silence: An Epidemiological Report on Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Mental Health and Suicide (1999–2021)’ (doi.org/10.1111/camh.12708). There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. This paper was included in the 2024 CAMH journal Special Issue on ‘Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Child and Adolescent Mental Health’, published in May 2024. Discussion points include: The reason behind using the term ‘Breaking the Silence’ in the title of the paper. The rates of death by suicide in Asian American and Pacific Islander youth and gender differences in the rates. The gender differences in the rates of self-reporting depression symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts in Asian American and Pacific Islander youth. Why this group have been excluded from previous studies and literature. Significant sub-groups differences within the findings and the differences compared to other demographic groups. The findings relating to the methods of suicide and how this differs across demographic groups. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.30348 In this In Conversation podcast, Professor Sophie von Stumm, Anna Brown, and Emily Wood explore child language development with a specific focus on the influence of children’s early life language experiences on their speech development and educational achievement. Sophie, Anna, and Emily are part of the Hungry Mind Lab which studies the causes and consequences of individual differences in cognitive and social emotional development across the life course. Sophie is the Director of the Hungry Mind Lab, Emily is the Project Coordinator, and Anna is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Lab. Discussion points include: Insight into what the Hungry Mind Lab is. Why the team choose to focus on language and language as a key skill for success in education. The relationship between mother’s everyday language usage and child’s outcomes and performance in school, and how this relates to mother’s socioeconomic status. Are inequalities due to how mothers speak to their children, or do they result from the economic, social, and political inequalities in which mothers raise their children? Should child development research be broadened to include other caregivers, for example fathers? Recommendations for parents, educationalists, policymakers and child and adolescent mental health professionals. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.28979 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Umar Toseeb discusses his JCPP paper ‘Genetic influences on sibling bullying and mental health difficulties’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13956). There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: Insight into the dataset used in the study (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children). The reason behind the focus on sibling bullying and the prevalence rates of sibling bullying. Sibling bullying and genetic risk for mental health difficulties as additively associated with mental health difficulties. The lack of moderation effect of genetic risk for mental health difficulties on the relationship between sibling bullying and mental health difficulties. Insight into the ‘Diathesis stress model’. Sibling bullying and mental health difficulties as co-occurring, in part, due to shared genetic influences. Potential implications of the research. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.31451 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Nicholas Fabiano discusses his JCPP Advances Methodological Review ‘How to optimize the systematic review process using AI tools’ (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12234). Nicholas is a co-first author of the paper, along with Arnav Gupta and Nishaant Bhambra. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: Background into what a systematic review refers to. What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? How AI is being used in the systematic review process. How widely utilised AI is used in research and systematic reviews. The advantages of utilising AI, as well as the risks and limitations. What a balanced use of AI would look like. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.30278 In this Papers Podcast, Dimitris Tsomokos discusses his JCPP Advances paper ‘Chronotype and depression in adolescence: Results from a UK birth cohort study’ (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12245). Dimitris is the first author of the paper. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: The bidirectional association between sleep duration and sleep quality and depressive symptoms in adolescence. The reason behind using the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), a large, population-based longitudinal birth cohort, in the study. The cross-sectional association between chronotype and depressive symptoms and the differences between the sexes. Can a ‘sleep catch-up mechanism’ mitigate risk for depression and are adolescence that are in tune with their circadian rhythms at less risk of depression? The implications for policymakers and child and adolescent mental health professionals. Gender differences and eveningness. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.28984 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Tom Cawthorne and Professor Roz Shafran discuss their JCPP Advances paper ‘Do single-case experimental designs lead to randomised controlled trials of cognitive behavioural therapy interventions for adolescent anxiety and related disorders recommended in the National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines? A systematic review’ (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12181). There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: How the single-case experimental design (SCED) approach works and insight into the construct of the hierarchy of evidence. How the review was conducted and why they focused on adolescent anxiety. Adolescents as an under-researched population and the practical challenges around the SCED design. The evidence that the SCED design can be a helpful approach and can provide high-quality research evidence. The implications for researchers and research policymakers as well as CAMH professionals. Could using SCEDs more effectively lead to future NICE guidelines better representing the adolescent population? The recommendations that emerge from the paper. In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances. #ListenLearnLike