Young people’s experiences of suicidal distress in their own words
India Bellairs-Walsh summarise a Scottish qualitative study of young people’s lived experiences of suicide and self-harm, which explores intention, rationality and authenticity, and has many...
View ArticleMouthguard wearing and athletic performance
This review assessing the impact of wearing a mouthguard on athletic performance included 41 studies involving 852 athletes. While the findings suggest some potential benefits for athletic performance...
View ArticleHow do unaccompanied children cope with the experience of forced migration?
Sophie Large explores an qualitative research study that looks into young refugees experiences of coping after experiencing unaccompanied forced migration. The post How do unaccompanied children cope...
View ArticleUnderstanding maladaptive exercise in adolescence: who is at risk and why?
Caroline Touzeau and Caitlin Lloyd blog about a recent longitudinal cohort study that investigated patterns of maladaptive exercise in young people, which supports "re-framing motivations for exercise...
View ArticleYoung LGBTQ+ People in Residential Social Care Face Pervasive Discrimination...
Happy New Year to one and all from down here in the woodland. To start us off with a bang for 2024, we have a blog from Lizzie Furber, one of our social care elf editorial team, highlighting a scoping...
View ArticleYoung people are worried about climate change, but how do they cope?
Trish Darcy considers a scoping review of empirical evidence on climate concerns, negative emotions and climate‐related mental illness in young people. The post Young people are worried about climate...
View ArticleSMS CBT TLC CYP? 🤔 Does delivering cognitive behavioural therapy via text...
Becky Appleton summarises a randomised controlled trial investigating the effectiveness and acceptability of text-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for improving depression in young adults. The post...
View ArticleInterpretation bias modification training for youth loneliness: feasible and...
Lauren Turner summarises a feasibility trial which finds that interpretation bias modification training is acceptable for helping with loneliness in university students. The post Interpretation bias...
View ArticleInflammation and depression: new insights into sex differences in adolescents
Sophie Fairweather explores a recent paper which suggests that the inflammatory cytokines IL-2 and IL-6 are associated with both the risk of developing depression, and with depression severity,...
View ArticleSocial media, smoking and young people: is there any link?
Ian Hamilton summarises a longitudinal survey study of UK youth, which suggests there is an association between social media exposure and use of e-cigarettes and smoking. The post Social media, smoking...
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