Background Although social anxiety runs in families, little is known about how parents and children contribute to the intergenerational transmission of social fears. We examined whether mothers tran…
Join renowned expert child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Jane Shatkin for insights and guidance on managing insomina in children and young people.You’ll gain a comprehensive…
Background Children in impoverished families–especially those affected by violence–face risks to healthy development. In the years of strong economic recovery since the 1994 Genocide Against…
The risk of children and adolescents experiencing mental illness is higher if a parent has experienced depression. This talk describes evidence-based interventions to prevent youth…
Background Naturalistic developmental behavioural interventions (NDBI) may improve social communication in toddlers/pre-school aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, we study effic…
In this Video Abstract, Dr. Ivy Defoe discusses the JCPP paper she led entitled “A multi-level meta-analysis on the association between cannabis use among adolescent…
In a large community sample of young adults, we aimed to investigate the relationship between autism, ADHD and how they interact and symptoms of anxiety…
Join Professor Catherine Lord, Distinguished Professor at UCLA’s Semel Institute, pioneering developer of the gold-standard ADOS and ADI-R autism diagnostic tools, and recipient of the…
Self-harm among young people represents one of the most pressing challenges in adolescent mental health care. This workshop, led by Professor Dennis Ougrin, examines evidence-based…
Background Children of maltreated mothers are at increased risk for adverse physical and psychological health. Both prenatal and postnatal alterations in offspring biological stress systems…
Supporting families of transgender and nonbinary youth is crucial for positive mental health outcomes. Join Dr. Sabra L. Katz-Wise, Associate Professor at Boston Children’s Hospital,…
