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LaVigne, T. W., Laake, L. M., & Ibeziako, P. (2020). Somatic symptom and related disorders in pediatric patients: Associations with parent psychiatric and substance use histories. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104520931579 This study of 375 children and adolescents with somatic symptom and related disorder found that they experienced worse symptoms if they had a parent with substance use disorder or a mother with a psychiatric history. https://jo...

Citation: Kalia V, Knauft K (2020) Emotion regulation strategies modulate the effect of adverse childhood experiences on perceived chronic stress with implications for cognitive flexibility. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0235412. This interesting study demonstrates how different emotion regulation strategies can mitigate the chronic perceived stress associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Habitual use of cognitive reappraisal attenuated stress levels, while habitual use of expressive supp...

Reuben A, Sugden K, Arseneault L, et al. Association of Neighborhood Disadvantage in Childhood With DNA Methylation in Young Adulthood. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(6):e206095. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6095 This interesting study found that childhood neighbourhood disadvantage was associated with differential DNA methylation by adulthood, signalling a potential mechanism for environmental adverse early events to exert a sustained biological effect. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...

Miller, A. B., Machlin, L., McLaughlin, K. A., & Sheridan, M. A. (2020). Deprivation and psychopathology in the Fragile Families Study: A 15‐year longitudinal investigation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. This longitudinal study found that the effects of deprivation on psychopathology during early childhood, late childhood, and adolescence are explained, in part, through early childhood language ability. https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jcpp.13260?c...

Walter, H. J., Bukstein, O. G., Abright, A. R., Keable, H., Ramtekkar, U., Ripperger-Suhler, J., & Rockhill, C. (2020). Clinical Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Anxiety Disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. These updated guidelines from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry describe contemporary evidence-based approaches to addressing childhood anxiety disorders. https://w...

Farhat LC, Olfson E, Nasir M, et al. Pharmacological and behavioral treatment for trichotillomania: An updated systematic review with meta-analysis [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 10]. Depress Anxiety. 2020;10.1002/da.23028. doi:10.1002/da.23028 This review of treatment for trichotillomania supports the value of habit reversal therapy, clomipramine, N-acetyl cysteine and olanzapine. A useful update to guide clinical practice and to share with interested families. https://pubmed...

Mavranezouli, I., Megnin‐Viggars, O., Trickey, D., Meiser‐Stedman, R., Daly, C., Dias, S., & Pilling, S. (2020). Cost‐effectiveness of psychological interventions for children and young people with post‐traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(6), 699-710. This economic review of interventions for childhood post-traumatic stress disorder identifies trauma-focussed CBT and to a lesser extent, play therapy as being cost-effective interventions. ...

Solmi M, Fornaro M, Ostinelli EG, et al. Safety of 80 antidepressants, antipsychotics, anti-attention-deficit/hyperactivity medications and mood stabilizers in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders: a large scale systematic meta-review of 78 adverse effects. World Psychiatry. 2020;19(2):214-232. doi:10.1002/wps.20765 This large review including the results of nine network meta-analyses, 39 meta-analyses, 90 individual RCTs, and eight cohort studies describes 78 adverse effects ...

Vasileva, M., Graf, R. K., Reinelt, T., Petermann, U., & Petermann, F. (2020). Research review: A meta‐analysis of the international prevalence and comorbidity of mental disorders in children between 1 and 7 years. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The epidemiology of mental health disorders in younger children has not been well studied. This review identifies an overall rate of 20% in children aged 1-7 years and the most common disorders as being any anxiety disorder, opposi...

Cooke, J. E., Eirich, R., Racine, N., Lyons‐Ruth, K., & Madigan, S. (2020). Validation of the AMBIANCE‐brief: An observational screening instrument for disrupted caregiving. Infant Mental Health Journal. This paper describes the development of a brief attachment rating questionnaire the AMBIANCE – Brief. It has been validated against gold standard procedures such as the Strange Situation procedure and could be a clinically useful and expedient tool for use within infant mental heal...