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Lowell, AF,  Maupin, AN,  Landi, N,  Potenza, MN,  Mayes, LC,  Rutherford, HJV.  Substance use and mothers’ neural responses to infant cues. Infant Ment Health J.  2020; 41: 264– 277. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21835 The recruitment of brain circuits that are usually involved in infant attachment can lead to substance using mothers being less responsive to their children’s cues.  This paper outlines why. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/imhj.2183...

Paulus MP, Stewart JL. Neurobiology, Clinical Presentation, and Treatment of Methamphetamine Use Disorder: A Review. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online April 08, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0246 Although this article does not focus on children, the description and discussion regarding treatment options for methamphetamine use disorder may be of interest to clinicians working with young people who use this substance. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstra...

Bilgin, A. and Wolke, D. (2020), Parental use of ‘cry it out’ in infants: no adverse effects on attachment and behavioural development at 18 months. J Child Psychol Psychiatr. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13223 Adding fuel to the fire of a longstanding battle between behaviourists (who recommend parents shaping their child’s behaviour) and attachment theorists (who recommend parents following their child’s lead as much as possible), this paper from the UK provides evidence that controlle...

Werbart Törnblom, A., Sorjonen, K., Runeson, B. and Rydelius, P.‐A. (2020), Who Is at Risk of Dying Young from Suicide and Sudden Violent Death? Common and Specific Risk Factors among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults. Suicide Life Threat Behav. doi:10.1111/sltb.12614 It is common for people to wonder whether some risk factors are more important than others when accounting for youth suicide.  This study included 436 psychological autopsy interviews with next of kin and foun...

Bork, P., & Bennett, S. (2020). Video self-modeling, fading, and reinforcement: An effective treatment package for children with selective mutism. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 25(2), 446–455. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104519855110 This paper describes how a novel 8-week video-based therapy that includes self-monitoring, stimulus-fading and reinforcement behavioural techniques, can be effective in treating selective mutism in children aged 8 years.  Further evalu...

Madra, M., Ringel, R., & Margolis, K. G. (2020). Gastrointestinal Issues and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are much more likely to experience gastrointestinal problems. This review outlines the common types of issues experienced by this group and what is currently known about how to address them. https://www.childpsych.theclinics.com/article/S1056-4993(20)30017-1/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email

Blossom, J. B., Adrian, M. C., Vander Stoep, A., & McCauley, E. (2019). Mechanisms of Change in the Prevention of Depression: An Indicated School-Based Prevention Trial at the Transition to High School. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. This study demonstrated that a brief, skills-based, high school transition programme (HTSP) to support previously vulnerable children could prevent the onset of depression during adolescence. HTSP targeted factors s...

Haugland, B. S. M., Haaland, Å. T., Baste, V., Bjaastad, J. F., Hoffart, A., Rapee, R. M., ... & Wergeland, G. J. (2020). Effectiveness of Brief and Standard School-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Adolescents With Anxiety: A Randomized Non-Inferiority Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. This Norwegian study found that both brief and standard school-based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) were effective in reducing anxiety, impair...

Ward, C.L., Wessels, I.M., Lachman, J.M., Hutchings, J., Cluver, L.D., Kassanjee, R., Nhapi, R., Little, F. and Gardner, F. (2020), Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children: a randomized controlled trial of a parenting program in South Africa to prevent harsh parenting and child conduct problems. J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 61: 503-512. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13129 Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH) is a new, free, parent management treatment for addressing childhood behaviour problems.&nbs...

Thompson, M. and Thompson, C. (2020), Commentary: Do we need new parenting programmes for different cultural groups or should we adapt those that already exist: a commentary on Ward et al. (2019). J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 61: 513-517. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13172 This editorial by Margaret and Catherine Thompson, related to the paper by Ward et al, examines the pros and cons of developing new parent management training interventions in different countries versus testing established interventions ...