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Blewitt C, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M, Nolan A, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(8):e185727. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.572 This review of 79 studies demonstrates that curriculum-based interventions delivered to children aged 2-6 years can lead to improved social and emotional competence, behavioural self-regulation and early learning outcomes.  This may be a great way to improve childhood and adult resilience and reduce the onset of later mental health issues. https://jamanetwork....

Viswanathan M, Fraser JG, Pan H, et al. JAMA.2018;320(20):2129–2140. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.17647 Despite the popularity of home visiting and early parent support programmes, there remains limited evidence from this systematic review of 23 trials that these can prevent child maltreatment. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2716569?guestAccessKey=9d0f4f91-9e16-4d22-9d32-a7e73243930d&utm_source=silverchair&utm_campaign=jama_network&utm_content=ped_weekly_highligh...

Gross, Deborah et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Published online Dec 2018 This article demonstrates the Chicago Parent Program (CPP) as a quicker and cheaper alternative to Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for children living in urban poverty. To date, PCIT has been one the most effective therapies for preschool behaviour problems. https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(18)31967-1/fulltext

Thabrew H, Stasiak K, Hetrick SE, Donkin L, Huss JH, Highlander A, Wong S, Merry SN. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD012488. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012488.pub2 This systematic review shows that some psychological interventions designed to treat anxiety and depression, particularly those based on principles of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) may be useful for reducing symptoms of these conditions in the short term.   There is limited evidence th...

Thabrew H, Stasiak K, Hetrick SE, Wong S, Huss JH, Merry SN.  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD012489. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD012489.pub2 Despite the current interest in e-therapies, this systematic review of e-health interventions for treating anxiety and depression in children with long-term physical conditions (chronic illnesses) found only five eligible trials of variable quality that were acceptable to users, but did not clearly demonstrate clinical...

Köhler-Forsberg O, Petersen L, Gasse C, et al. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online December 05, 2018. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.3428 This study involving a large Danish cohort (over a million participants) found that children who had been hospitalised for the treatment of infections during early life, and to a lesse extent, those treated with antibiotics, had a significantly increased chance of developing a mental disorder or being prescribed psychotropic medication in the future. ...

Dervic, Kanita et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Published online Dec 2018 This article summarises the evidence regarding suicidal ideation and behaviour in young children.  Although the provenance of adolescents, these issues reportedly occur in children at rates of 4-13% in pre-schoolers and 1.6% (ideation) or 2-3% (attempts or plans) for 3-7 year olds, and suicidal ideation/behaviour at preschool age is associated with longitudinal risk of th...

Brignell A, Chenausky KV, Song H, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Nov 5;11:CD012324. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012324.pub2. (Review) PMID: 30395694 Although communication training using methods such as augmentative communication (ACC) and picture exchange communication (PECS) are commonly used with minimally verbal children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, this Cochrane review identified only 2 studies of such interventions and very limited evidence for their effectiveness....

Waller, Rebecca et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , Volume 57 , Issue 12 , 955 – 963 This study of over 200 twin pairs, in line with the findings of Henry et al., shows that parenting harshness is related to childhood callous unemotional traits and aggression over and above genetically-mediated effects. Effects were not mediated by child age, sex or family income. https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(18)31867-7/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc...

Henry, J. , Dionne, G. , Viding, E. , Vitaro, F. , Brendgen, M. , Tremblay, R. E. and Boivin, M. (2018). J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 59: 1282-1288. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12918 This study of over 600 twin pairs from Quebec demonstrates that warm/rewarding parenting can partly impede the genetic expression of genetically inherited callous unemotional traits.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.12918