In keeping with National ADHD Awareness Month (October 2021), congratulations to Dr. David R Coghill of the University of Melbourne -- Recognized as an Expertscape World Expert in Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity.
https://t.co/DIWvtiOFCW
We are very sad to announce that Prof Sir Michael Rutter, the 'father of Child Psychiatry', passed away over the weekend.
His extraordinary career laid the foundations of Child Psychiatry and Developmental Psychopathology. He will be dearly missed @SGDPCentreKCL@KingsCollegeLon
Great piece of work led by @KennethKCMan &
@Ian_HKU
Antipsychotics During Pregnancy and Birth and Neurodevelopmental Complications https://t.co/pVhvmlxuGk via @JAMAInternalMed part of @JAMANetwork
< 10% of all psychiatrists are trained as child psychiatrists, yet 50% of #mentalillness onsets by 14 yrs of age. #Access a huge issue, models of care should be evidence-based, but central problem is that Canada needs >1,500 child psychiatrists and we only have ~500.
Pleased to share our Conversation piece highlighting the impact of stigma on ADHD
Myths and stigma about ADHD contribute to poorer mental health for those affected https://t.co/srW8LgQSVf via @ConversationEDU
A great entry point into the final report of the Victoria Royal Commission for Mental Health. some great ideas for infant child and youth mental health.
https://t.co/YsaN2FlcJA
From our China collaborations some potential solutions to the problems associated with screening in child and adolescent mental health @UniMelbMDHS
https://t.co/sR5XOu2VrJ
"We conclude that there is no reason to keep investing resources in working-memory training research with typically developing children." Meta-analysis, N > 2300. https://t.co/XYbY1iOlsm?
Announcing new publication policy for the Journal of Causal Inference. The Journal has switched to Open Access. Articles are now published with unrestricted access for everyone, thus boosting visibility and impact. Authors still retain copyrights and there are no embargo periods.
Will be great when the modellers (and clinicians) also start to factor in important risk factors like #ADHD which is associated with 10x higher rates of suicide and suicidal behaviours
Crucial discussion about youth suicide after #COVID19 w/ @ian_hickie and Jo-An Atkinson - Dynamic simulation models have the capacity to grapple with real world complexity and guide policy and service-level decision making to save lives @YOUTHe_au@BrainMind_Usyd - via @abc730
Congratulations to Prof Nigel Curtis @nigeltwitt from Dept of Paeds @UniMelb !
$10m grant enables vaccine trial expand internationally https://t.co/kokiIVOLBz