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The underlying neuropsychological and neural correlates of the impaired Chinese reading skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
AbstractImpaired basic academic skills (e.g., word recognition) are common in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The underlying neuropsychological and neural correlates of impaired Chinese reading skills in children with ADHD have not been substantially explored. Three hundred and two children with ADHD (all medication-na ïve) and 105 healthy controls underwent the Chinese language skill assessment, and 175 also underwent fMRI scans (84 ADHD and 91 controls). Between-group and mediation analyses were applied to explore the interrelationships of the diagnosis of ADHD, cognitive dysfunction, and ...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

ESCAP endorses the inclusion of methylphenidate in the WHO model lists of essential medicines and in the Union list of critical medicines
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Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Sustainable action is needed more than ever: the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry welcomes the efforts of the European Commission and the decisions of the European Parliament on mental health care for children, adolescents and young people and calls on the Member States to act quickly
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Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 25, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Lifetime prevalence, comorbidities, and Sociodemographic predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): the National Epidemiology of Iranian Children and adolescents Psychiatric disorders (IRCAP)
Conclusion: Our results in the prevalence, comorbidities, and sociodemographic factors associated with PTSD supported findings of previous studies that used a structured diagnostic interview. It is recommended to use purposive sampling and to investigate comorbidities of PTSD and type of traumatic events in a large clinical population. (Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 24, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Screens beyond good and evil: nuancing the evidence on children, screens and interaction
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Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 24, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Clinical and neurodevelopmental predictors of psychotic disorders in children and adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: the CAPRIS study
AbstractBackgroundThe neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia represents the disorder as an expression of an alteration during the brain development process early in life. Neurodevelopmental variables could become a trait marker, and the study of these variables in children and adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) could identify a specific cluster of patients who later developed psychosis. The aim of this study is to describe clinical and neurodevelopment predictors of transition to psychosis in child and adolescent participants at CHR.  Naturalistic longitudinal two-center study of 101 CHR and 110...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Alteration of prefrontal cortex and its associations with emotional and cognitive dysfunctions in adolescent borderline personality disorder
This study enrolled 50 adolescents aged 12 –17 years with BPD and 21 gender and age-matched healthy control (HC) participants. Study assessment for each participant included a brain resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI), clinical assessment questionnaires such as Borderline Personality Features Scale (BPFS), Difficulties in Emotion Regula tion Scale (DERS), Ottawa Self-Injury Inventory and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and cognitive testing with Stroop Color-Word Test (SCWT). Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) and seed-based functional connectivity (FC) were obtained from rs-fMRI analysis....
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Childhood maltreatment patterns and suicidal ideation: mediating roles of depression, hope, and expressive suppression
This study used latent pr ofile analysis to identify patterns of childhood maltreatment among adolescents and explored how these patterns predicted subsequent suicidal ideation via depression, hope, and expressive suppression. This study used a two-wave, 1-year longitudinal design and included 2156 adolescents (Mage = 13.97  years,SDage = 1.61 years; 49.6% females). We identified three patterns of childhood maltreatment: low maltreatment, high psychological neglect, and high maltreatment. Compared with the low maltreatment group, the high maltreatment group indirectly predicted subsequent suicidal ideation 1 year later...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Accounting for the adolescent social context in school mental health interventions
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Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Correction to: Comparison of antipsychotic drug use in children and adolescents in the Netherlands before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Letter to the Editor
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Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 20, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Abnormal H3K4 enzyme catalytic activity and neuronal morphology caused by ASH1L mutations in individuals with Tourette syndrome
In this study, we validated five pathogenicASH1L rare variants and observed symptoms in patients with simple tics and behavioral comorbidities. Mutations near the catalytic domain of TS patients cause mental state abnormalities and disruptASH1L function by destabilizing its spatial conformation, leading to decreased activity of catalytic H3K4, thereby affecting the neurite growth. We need to conduct larger-scale studies on TS patients and perform additional neurological evaluations on mature neurons. We first reported the effects ofASH1L mutations in TS patients, including phenotypic heterogeneity, protein function, and ne...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Exploring latent clusters in pediatric OCD based on symptoms, severity, age, gender, and comorbidity
AbstractGiven diverse symptom expression and high rates of comorbid conditions, the present study explored underlying commonalities among OCD-affected children and adolescents to better conceptualize disorder presentation and associated features. Data from 830 OCD-affected participants presenting to OCD specialty centers was aggregated. Dependent mixture modeling was used to examine latent clusters based on their age- and gender adjusted symptom severity (as measured by the Children ’s Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale; CY-BOCS), symptom type (as measured by factor scores calculated from the CY-BOCS symptom checklist...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

The efficacy of psychological prevention, and health promotion interventions targeting psychological health, wellbeing or resilience among forced migrant children and youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This study aimed to synthesize evidence regarding promotion interventions to increase wellbeing, resilience, and quality of life (primary outcomes), and prevention interventions to reduce internalizing and externalizing symptoms (secondary outcomes) in this population. The review protocol was registered  with PROSPERO (CRD42022329978). Medline, PsycINFO, and Web of Science were searched. Inclusion criteria were: ≥ 10 participants, sample ≤ 18 years of age, no parental participation, explicated forced migrant populations, implementation in non-clinical context, and validated measures. Fifteen studies (N interv...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 16, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Challenges in assessing the efficacy of suicide prevention and mental health education initiatives
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Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - April 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research