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NICE Clinical Guidelines CG 38.Published online July 2006 This guideline from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK summaries self-help, medication and psychological therapies that may be useful for people with bipolar disorder.  It also provides advice for families and carers and addresses the difficulties of diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in children and young people given the difference in symptoms from adults and the limited amount of research that ...

Burke JD, Loeber R, Birmaher B. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2002 Nov;41(11):1275-93. Adding to the related paper by Loeber, this review describes risk factors and developmental pathways to developing Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD). http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)60633-X/abstract

Loeber R, Burke JD, Lahey BB, Winters A, Zera M. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2000;39(12):1468–84. Although a little out of date, this extensive summary of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD) describes the features of these disorders, likely co-morbidities and prognosis and interventions that work to address these issues. http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(09)60412-3/abstract

Dawson G and Burner K. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2011; 23: 616-620 This summary of evidence-based interventions for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder investigates the value of a range of early intervention programmes and targeted behaviour interventions.  These include Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA), group-based social skills interventions and the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22037220

Pliszka S; AACAP Work Group on Quality Issues. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2007 Jul;46(7):894-921. This practice parameter from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry paper provides a comprhensive overview of the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). http://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/practice_parameters/jaacap_adhd_2007.pdf

Connolly SD, Bernstein GA; Work Group on Quality Issues. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2007 Feb;46(2):267-83 This practice parameter from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides an evidence-based overview of the assessment and treatment of common childhood anxiety disorders. It describes the value of medication, psychotherapy (talking therapy) and the combination of these approaches. http://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/practice_parameters/JAACAP_Anxie...

Warner CM, Colognori D, Brice C….Klein G. JCPP, March 2016 This study of 138 adolescents with social anxiety disorder found that those treated with 12 weeks of Skills for Academic and Social Success (SASS) delivered by a) school counsellors (C-SASS) or by psychologists (P-SASS) both showed similar levels of improvement and greater improvement than those treated with a general counselling program called Skills for Life (SFL).  This suggests that with appropriate training, school counsellors...

Stockings E, Hall WD, Lynskey M...Degenhardt L. The Lancet Psychiatry. 3(3), March 2016, pp 280–296 This systematic review of the effectiveness of prevention, early intervention, harm reduction, and treatment of problem use in young people for tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs (eg, cannabis, opioids, amphetamines, or cocaine) confirms the value of public health interventions for reducing substance use, but also the limited evidence for young people.  Further research is recommended with...

Burd, L. The Lancet. Published online 05 January 2016. This editorial from the Lancet summarises current challenges associated with the recognition and care of children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), including broader variants such as the new DSM 5 diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders associated with prenatal alcohol exposure (ND-PAE). http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(15)01346-X.pdf

Bukstein OG, Bernet W, Arnold V,…Work Group on Quality Issues. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2005 Jun;44(6):609-21 This practice parameter from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry may be a little out of date, but provides a good summary of key principles of assessment and treatment of substance use problems. http://www.aacap.org/aacap/Resources_for_Primary_Care/Practice_Parameters_and_Resource_Centers/Practice_Parameters.aspx