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Efficacy of adding interoceptive exposure to intensive interdisciplinary treatment for adolescents with chronic pain: a randomized controlled trial
Flack F, Stahlschmidt L, Dobe M, et al. Pain. 2018 Jun 21. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001321. (Original) PMID: 29939961 This randomised controlled trial investigated whether interoceptive exposure (IE) therapy enhanced reductions in fear of pain, pain intensity, pain-related disability, school absence and emotional characteristics (anxiety and catastrophising). Overall, there was no difference between the treatment and control […]
September 12, 2018
Is pornography use a risk for adolescent well-being? An examination of temporal relationships in two independent panel samples
Kohut T, Štulhofer A. Plos One. Published: August 10, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202048 Despite concerns about the effect of pornography use on adolescent wellbeing, this study of two independent samples of Coratian adolescents (N=455, N=858) over time found no association between porngraphy use and subjective wellbeing. Surprisingly, pornography use was associated with increased self-esteem and symptoms of […]
Trajectories of behavior, attention, social and emotional problems from childhood to early adulthood following extremely preterm birth: a prospective cohort study
Linsell, L., Johnson, S., Wolke, D. et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-018-1219-8 This longitudinal study of over 300 UK and Irish children born at less than 26 weeks gestation and assessed at 6, 11, 16 and 19 years found that children born prematurely had a much higher risk of difficulties at home and […]
Emotional Uses of Facebook and Twitter: Its Relation With Empathy, Narcissism, and Self-Esteem in Adolescence
Errasti J, Amigo I and Villadangos M. Psychological Reports. Vol 120, Issue 6, pp. 997 – 1018. First Published June 12, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294117713496 Over 500 Spanish adolescents took part in this study that showing that greater Facebook and Twitter use was associated with increased levels of empathy. Narcissism was greater in a subset of participants who […]
August 15, 2018
The effectiveness of psychological interventions with adoptive parents on adopted children and adolescents’ outcomes: A systematic review
Ní Chobhthaigh S and Duffy F. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Published online July 12, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104518786339 This systematic review includes 19 studies and 15 psychological interventions for supporting adoptive parents. Due to the variation in outcome measures, meta-analysis of data is limited. However, some effective elements of therapy are identified. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1359104518786339#articleCitationDownloadContainer
Two-Year Follow-up of Internet and Telephone Assisted Parent Training for Disruptive Behavior at Age 4
Sourander, Andre et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Published online August 2018. This large (4656) Finnish study screened families of young children and offered some internet and telephone assisted parent training for disruptive behaviour (232) or an educational control (232). Follow-up results at 24 months indicate that families that […]
Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review
Goode AP, Coeytaux RR, Maslow GR, et al. Pediatrics. 2018 Jun;141(6). pii: peds.2018-0094. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-0094. (Review) PMID: 29848556 Despite widespread popularity of non-pharmacologic treatments for ADHD such as neurofeedback, cognitive training, cognitive behavioural therapy, child or parent training, dietary omega fatty acid supplementation, and herbal and/or dietary approaches, there is limited evidence of their effectiveness. This systematic review […]
The rising prevalence of autism
Fombonne, E. (2018), Editorial: J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 59: 717-720. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12941 Is the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders really increasing or is it just how we are measuring it? This thoughtful editorial explores the nuances of measurement and makes recommendations for improving future analyses. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcpp.12941
‘It is that bad but it isn’t that bad’: Exploring children’s experiences of their mother’s non-terminal cancer with a focus on attachment, resilience and trauma
Tozer L, Stedmon J and Dallos R. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Published online July 30, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104518781922 This in-depth study of the experiences of ten children aged 10-18 years explored attachment, resilience and trauma experiences. Even children with secure attachment were found to have experienced significant trauma from living with a parent receiving treatment for […]
Assisting the School in Responding to a Suicide Death: What every psychiatrist should know
Aron EJ et al., Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics , Published online August 2018. Aimed at child psychiatrists, this paper summaries effective postvention techniques and resources available to support schools following a student’s death by suicide. https://www.childpsych.theclinics.com/article/S1056-4993(18)30642-4/fulltext
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