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Editorial: Could Proper Treatment of Mental Disorders Decrease Mortality?
It is well established that mental health conditions, including substance use disorders, are associated with premature mortality. A meta-analysis1 has demonstrated that this association holds across a range of diagnoses. Although the effect is stronger for schizophrenia, depression and anxiety contribute to more deaths overall due to their high prevalence rates. Moreover, more than two-thirds of associated deaths were explained by natural causes.1 The next logical questions, then, are which mechanisms underlie this association and can they can be mitigated? In the current issue of JAACAP, Clark et al. (Source: Journal of t...
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - May 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Christel M. Middeldorp, Alysa E. Doyle Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Factors Associated With Suicide Risk Behavior Outcomes Among Black Middle School Adolescents
This study assesses associations between seven explanatory variables (sex, weapon carrying, weight perceptions, grades, grade level, bullying at school, cyberbullying) and suicide ideation, planning, and attempts and identifies associations with suicidality as a composite measure among a US sample of Black middle school adolescents (BMSA). (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - May 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sonyia C. Richardson, Laura H. Gunn Tags: New Research Source Type: research

Prospective Two-Year Course and Predictors of Outcome in Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
To evaluate the 2-year course and outcomes of full and subthreshold avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in youth ages 9-23 at baseline using a prospective longitudinal design to characterize the remission and persistence of ARFID, evaluate diagnostic crossover, and identify predictors of outcome. We hypothesized that greater severity in each ARFID profile – sensory sensitivity, fear of aversive consequences, and lack of interest – would predict greater likelihood of illness persistence, controlling for age, sex, BMI percentile, ARFID treatment status, and baseline diagnosis. (Source: Journal of the Americ...
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - May 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: P. Evelyna Kambanis, Nassim Tabri, Iman McPherson, Julia E. Gydus, Megan Kuhnle, Casey M. Stern, Elisa Asanza, Kendra R. Becker, Lauren Breithaupt, Melissa Freizinger, Lydia A. Shrier, Elana M. Bern, Kamryn T. Eddy, Madhusmita Misra, Nadia Micali, Elizabe Tags: New Research Source Type: research

Racial-Ethnic Discrimination and Early Adolescents ’ Behavioral Problems: The Protective Role of Parental Warmth
The purpose of the study was to investigate the association between discrimination by multiple sources (i.e., teachers, students, and other adults) and early adolescents ’ behavioral problems (i.e., internalizing, externalizing, and attention problems), also considering the protective role of parental warmth in this association. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - May 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jinjin Yan, Elizabeth Jelsma, Yijie Wang, Youchuan Zhang, Zhenqiang Zhao, Heining Cham, Margarita Alegria, Tiffany Yip Tags: New Research Source Type: research

Happiness Falls
Just because you can ’t speak doesn’t mean you can’t think or understand. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - May 3, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Amanda T. Roten Tags: Book forum Source Type: research

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture
Isn ’t it ironic that Western countries have the most advanced health care systems in the world and yet chronic illness is on the rise and the mental health crisis continues to worsen? What are we doing wrong? In his important book, The Myth of Normal, New York Times bestselling author and family medi cine physician Gabor Maté changes the reader’s paradigm about what we accept as normal. He illuminates why we are failing to keep people healthy despite advances in treatment, due to the negative impact that trauma and the stress of the modern environment exert on our minds and bodies. (Source: Journal of the American Ac...
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - May 3, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Julia Krankl Tags: Book forum Source Type: research

Lessons Learned From Magna-Tiles
Have you ever built a spaceship using Magna-Tiles with a 4-year-old child? If not, place this on the top of your to-do list, as there are many lessons hidden within these colorful pieces of plastic. In addition to teaching patience and cooperation, the process of building with a preschooler with big emotions and an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex offers endless opportunities to serve as both a safe haven and secure base. As each tile is carefully (or not-so-carefully) placed, you are building more than just a misshapen spaceship; you are reinforcing a foundation of trust and mutual respect. (Source: Journal of the America...
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 30, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Misty C. Richards, Justin Schreiber Source Type: research

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Paternal Anxiety and the Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes in Their Offspring
Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent worldwide; however, the literature lacks a meta-analytic quantification of the risk posed by fathers ’ anxiety for offspring development. Here, we aimed to provide a comprehensive estimate of the magnitude of the association between paternal anxiety and offspring emotional and behavioral problems. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Francesca Zecchinato, Yasmin I. Ahmadzadeh, Jana M. Kreppner, Peter J. Lawrence Tags: Meta-Analysis Source Type: research

Editorial Board Page
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Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Council Page
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Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Table of Contents
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Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Wicked: The Musical
On Thursday, October 26, 2023, with a group of fellow AACAP annual conference goers, we saw the musical Wicked. Wicked is a beautiful and thought-provoking musical, telling the Wizard of Oz story from the perspective of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. In the musical, Elphaba starts out life at a disadvantage, as she is born with green skin. She is rejected from the beginning, with her father declaring “take it away!” (act 1, scene 1). The story picks up as she starts boarding school, largely to care for her younger sister, Nessa. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Elizabeth Lobel, Thomas Pak Tags: Book forum Source Type: research

You Are What you Eat: A Twin Experiment Review
In this study, there were 21 pairs of identical twins who underwent an 8-week intervention comparing these 2 types of diets (one twin on each diet).1 At the beginning, middle, and end of the study, blood draws and stool samples were analyzed to look at their gut microbiome, metabolites, and inflammatory markers. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Erica Smith Tags: Book forum Source Type: research

Preadolescent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: An Intensive Longitudinal Study of Risk Factors
This study used intensive longitudinal sampling to assess concurrent associations between risk factors and STB status, how proximal changes in risk factors were related to STB status, and how risk factors prospectively predicted changes in STB status in a preadolescent sample enriched for early childhood psychopathology. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Renee J. Thompson, Diana J. Whalen, Kirsten Gilbert, Rebecca Tillman, Laura Hennefield, Meghan Rose Donohue, Caroline P. Hoyniak, Deanna M. Barch, Joan L. Luby Tags: New Research Source Type: research

Editorial: A Roadmap for Advancing the Field in Early-Onset Psychosis
The number of umbrella reviews, the systematic reviews of all systematic reviews and meta-analyses in a specified subject, have increased exponentially in recent years. In February 2024, a PubMed search with the term “umbrella review” yielded 840 publications in 2023, compared with 77 in 2013, and 16 in 2003. As the number of scientific publications grows, also does the need to synthesize the current state of knowledge to guide research efforts, clinical practice, and health policies.1,2 (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fabiano G. Nery Tags: Editorial Source Type: research