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17 Feb 2014: According to Professor Ian Goodyer of the University’s Department of Psychiatry who led the study: “Through our research, we now have a very real way of identifying those teenage boys

16 Jul 2016: Its appearance came just a couple of months after the publication of Being a Beast, a book in which veterinarian/barrister Charles Foster describes living in the wild as a badger, ... He observes: “Psychiatry sees individual patients, otherkin sees a

24 Mar 2015: Only around a fifth of the poorest children get five good GCSEs whilst three quarters of the richest do. ... However we need to continue to invest in educational support throughout the teen years for poorer children so that the early investment is not

12 Mar 2015: Parents in new family forms often struggle to have children against the odds. ... Children born through surrogacy sometimes form relationships with the surrogate’s own children.

23 Oct 2020: Research. One in six children has a probable mental disorder, according to new report.. ... Professor Tamsin Ford from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge said: “These findings suggest that more children are struggling with poor

11 Oct 2017: upon alone; and many non-abused children do receive a disorganised classification, as a variety of alarming caregiver behaviours can predispose conflict behaviours, not just abuse. ... Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry; Published online 9 August

14 Jan 2019: Mental health disorders that first occur in adolescence are more severe and more likely to recur in later life,” says Dr Anne-Laura van Harmelen from the Department of Psychiatry at ... Anne-Laura is a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow at the

8 Apr 2014: She read Psychology and Asian Studies at the University of Melboure and did her MSc at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. ... The subjects their research covers range from building a replacement heart valve for children, cancer, diabetes,

13 May 2020: Professor Tamsin Ford CBE FMedSci, a Professor of Psychiatry at Cambridge, has channelled her expertise into looking at mental health impacts of the pandemic on children and young people. ... Professor Tamsin Ford CBE, Professor of Child and Adolescent

24 Aug 2021: Paddy McGuinness, actor, comedian, television presenter, and father of three autistic children, said: “As a parent of three autistic children, I am really excited to support Spectrum 10K. ... Recruitment for Spectrum 10K is now open. Autistic

21 Nov 2023: Research. New report highlights increase in number of children and young people with eating disorders.. ... Professor Tamsin Ford, Head of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge and one of the research leads for the new Cambridge Children’s Hospital,

24 Apr 2023: Professor Barbara Sahakian from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge said: “Young people often experience multiple mental health disorders, beginning in adolescence and continuing – and often transforming – into

30 Sep 2021: Research. Rate of mental disorders among children remained stable in 2021 after previous rise.. ... Professor Tamsin Ford, Head of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge and one of the study authors, said: “We can be reassured that the mental health

14 Jun 2022: The study then analysed two sub-groups of children within the overall cohort. ... Share. Published. 14 Jun 2022. Image. Children playing. Credit: Jay Chen on Unsplash.

4 Mar 2019: In a study published today in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, a team of researchers at Cambridge’s Department of Psychiatry, in collaboration with a group at Aarhus University in Denmark, has shown

15 Sep 2017: In the study, Sharon Neufeld and colleagues from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge used data obtained between 2005-2010 – prior to funding cuts to Child and Adolescent ... in the past year, in 2014/2015 only 25% of all

3 Feb 2021: The particular challenge used in the study asked pupils at the intervention school to design an asthma-treatment ‘pack’ for children aged six and under. ... Teaching children to empathise is about building a society where we appreciate each other’s

18 Jan 2017: trial. The researchers say their study highlights the need to improve access to mental health services for children and adolescents. ... Lancet Psychiatry; 10 Jan 2017; DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30002-0.

5 Jul 2019: These negative life experiences could partially explain higher rates of anxiety and depression symptoms and lower life satisfaction in autistic adults compared

29 Jan 2014: Injuries here change the person you are, which can have a massive impact on families.” Professor Barbara Sahakian in the Department of Psychiatry has been looking at the neuroanatomical basis of

3 Jun 2014: Search. Search. Children with autism have elevated levels of steroid hormones in the womb. ... Research. Children with autism have elevated levels of steroid hormones in the womb..

1 Aug 2018: The research team previously published work in 2015 which showed that before they are born, autistic children have elevated levels of ‘sex steroid’ hormones (including testosterone) which ‘masculinise’ the baby’s ... Using anonymous data from a

30 Oct 2018: In a study carried out in mice and published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, they report how the ‘memory’ of early life trauma can be passed down to the next generation ... Molecular Psychiatry; 30 Oct 2018; DOI: 10.1038/s41380-018-0271-6.

15 Feb 2022: Barbara Sahakian. Writing in The Lancet Psychiatry, a group of clinicians and scientists set out their priorities for tackling the pervasive problem of gambling addiction, or ‘gambling disorder’. ... Lancet Psychiatry; 15 Feb 2022; DOI:

21 Mar 2019: Around one in 100 school age children in the UK is autistic, but autism prevalence in China has been reported to be lower than in the West. ... The questionnaire gives a score of 0 to 31, and children scoring 15 or above were then given a clinical

29 Jan 2020: people grow up from children to young adults. ... Professor Ed Bullmore, joint senior author of the paper and head of the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge, said: “We know that depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders often occur

28 Jun 2023: We found significant evidence that reading is linked to important developmental factors in children, improving their cognition, mental health, and brain structure, which are cornerstones for future learning and well-being. ... Unlike listening and spoken

13 Jul 2022: people. It involved more than 28,000 children aged 11-14, 100 schools and 650 teachers.

4 Sep 2015: This data was from the ROOTS study, a large longitudinal study assessing health and wellbeing during adolescence led by Professor Ian Goodyer at the Developmental Psychiatry Section, Department of Psychiatry, University

8 Feb 2023: This reinforces the need for early interventions to give children the best possible life-outcomes.”. ... and clinicians need to focus on building resilience in children who have experienced early-life adversity.

17 Dec 2019: All the social cues that normally foster connection are less readily available to the child, so the child doesn’t receive the optimal emotional input it needs to thrive.”. ... Emotional communication between parents and their children is crucial

5 Oct 2020: Working in partnership with children’s charities, local education authorities, academy chains and local schools, Astle led an engagement programme providing teachers with robust evidence to help young people overcome cognitive ... Runners up: Emma

20 Jun 2014: fuel. Another of OpenPlant’s aims is to foster debate on the wider implications of the technology at local and global scales. ... Raspberry Pi, for example, was conceived and incubated in the Computer Laboratory to encourage children to learn

15 Jun 2021: The results are published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. ... Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; 14 June 2021; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.03.010.

2 Dec 2019: Molecular Psychiatry; 2 Dec 2019; DOI: 10.1038/s41380-019-0587-x.

20 May 2016: Researchers at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge studied almost 800 teenagers (322 boys and 449 girls), and used mathematical modelling to examine the impact of friendships and ... We also found that children who were bullied in

7 Mar 2023: which hunter-gatherer children are cared for compared to their peers in developed countries. ... An Evolutionary Perspective’, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2023). DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13773.

10 Mar 2021: Research. Pandemic restrictions aggravating known triggers for self-harm and poor mental health among children and young people.. ... Professor Tamsin Ford from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge said: “Even before the pandemic,

24 Jan 2014: first of its kind, and could offer valuable pointers to policy-makers looking to foster more cohesive communities during a time when the generation gap appears to be widening, says the

17 Aug 2023: over 4,000 children from the US-based ABCD study.

25 Feb 2016: And because drugs change the brain in ways that foster compulsive drug and alcohol abuse, quitting is difficult, even for those who want to. ... This is an area that interests Dr Valerie Voon in the Department of Psychiatry.

3 Aug 2022: This suggests that these children should be provided with early assessment and help where appropriate.”. ... Lancet Psychiatry; 4 Aug 2022; DOI: 10.1016/PIIS2215-0366(22)00207-3.

27 May 2021: Tamsin Ford, who specialises in children's mental health, and welfare economist Dr Mark Fabian, whose research focuses on how policymakers and citizens understand well-being. ... In doing so, we learnt about the negative (and positive!) effects of the

1 Sep 2022: A team led by scientists at UCL, the University of Cambridge and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London carried out a study examining whether cannabis users ... Martine Skumlien, a PhD candidate in the

1 Sep 2007: difficult. The other families were very disappointed not to have a confirmed diagnosis, particularly those families whose children were not as severely affected and therefore not as fully supported by statutory ... Through these, the importance is

5 May 2010: The study, published online this month in Biological Psychiatry, compared a group of 25 girls, aged 14-18 years-old, with high levels of antisocial and/or violent behaviour with a ... Around five percent of school-age children would meet criteria for

13 Jan 2021: any adverse physical health problems are a result of the mental disorder, or the treatment for it,” said first author Dr Benjamin Perry from Cambridge’s Department of Psychiatry. ... Reference:. Benjamin I. Perry et al: ‘Longitudinal Trends in

9 Oct 2023: Search. Search. Young children who are close to their parents are more likely to grow up kind, helpful and ‘prosocial’. ... Research. Young children who are close to their parents are more likely to grow up kind, helpful and ‘prosocial’..

12 May 2020: The UK was first placed on lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic on 23 March. Only essential businesses were allowed to remain open and everyone was

18 Oct 2016: Golam Khandaker. Researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge led a team that analysed data from 20 clinical trials involving the use of anti-cytokine drugs to treat a range ... This approach is starting to show success in treating cancers,