Is the link btwn Adolescent SSRI use & Bipolar Disorder causal? Our study suggests: 𝐍𝐨. When accounting for unmeasured confounding (e.g., depression severity) via Instrumental Variable analysis, the evidence for a causal link disappears. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1... #Psychiatry #MedSky

Antidepressant treatment and risk of subsequent bipolar disorder in adolescents with unipolar depression

Background Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a common treatment for depression and anxiety in adolescents but are associated with an increased incidence of bipolar disorder (BD). Whe...

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What is the prevalence of psychotic experiences in child & adolescent psychiatry services? All studies - 54% With associated distress - 45% Interview only - 36% At least a 1/3 reporting this pluripotent marker. Important info for clinicians. @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/schb...

Prevalence of Psychotic Experiences in Children and Adolescents Presenting to Mental Health Services: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

AbstractBackground. There has been a wealth of research on psychotic experiences (PEs) in children and adolescents, highlighting their prevalence and clini

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One in five young people in the UK now use mental health services by age 18. @the-independent.com eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

One in five young people now use mental health services by age 18

New research shows a fourfold increase in the numbers of young people using specialist mental health care in the last two decades

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What % of all kids in the UK come to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) at some stage in childhood (0 - 18)? 15 years ago, it was 1 in 17 children. Now it’s a pretty staggering 1 in 5 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New research using an emulated target trail approach with all adolescent CAMHs users in Finland suggesting that Doxycycline (an antibiotic) can reduces future risk of schizophrenia. Massive congrats to @iankellehermd.bsky.social @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social doi.org/10.1176/appi... More info ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial | American Journal of Psychiatry

Objective: As many as half of individuals who develop psychosis had attended child and adolescent psychiatric services at some stage in childhood, highlighting substantial opportunities for prevention...

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Out now: Only 8% of all bipolar disorder cases can be identified before diagnosis using a parental history approach. Sensitivity of familial high-risk approaches for the identification of future bipolar disorder: A longitudinal total birth cohort study Available here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

Out now: Only 8% of all bipolar disorder cases can be identified before diagnosis using a parental history approach. Sensitivity of familial high-risk approaches for the identification of future bipolar disorder: A longitudinal total birth cohort study Available here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

We observed a significant increase in new eating disorder referrals to CAMHS in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, there was no evidence of changes in the patients' clinical, demographic, or deprivation profiles. Open access in #EatingBehaviors doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...

Out now: No evidence that SSRI treatment for adolescent depression reduces future risk of psychosis. This goes against the belief that typical treatments for common mental disorders will reduce the risk of psychosis. 💊🧠 15 min explainer podcast: youtu.be/wP3nuqSpWbo Paper: doi.org/10.1192/j.eu...

Can treating teenage depression prevent severe mental illness in adulthood?

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Out today in BJPsych: 45% of people with a psychotic or bipolar disorder attended CAMHS in Wales at some point in childhood/adolescence🧒 This replicates similar findings from Finland by @iankellehermd.bsky.social & co - showing this applies to UK CAMHS as well. doi.org/10.1192/bjp....

Concerns have been raised that stimulant medications could increase risk of psychotic experiences in young people. Our new research shows no evidence for such a causal relationship 💊🧠 Paper 👇 publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

Final opportunity to submit to the @rcpsych.bsky.social Child & Adolescent Faculty Annual Conference, Sept 25-26th. Submissions close next Thursday, May 8th. See you in Manchester! www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...

Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Conference 2025

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Adolescents hospitalised for non-psychotic disorders have a high risk of psychosis in adulthood. But do (attenuated) psychotic symptoms predict later psychotic illness? The answer isn’t necessarily what you might expect… Open access in #PsychologicalMedicine

1 in 2 adult mental health service outpatient appointments & inpatient bed days are taken up by former #CAMHS patients Highlights frequently poor mental health trajectories for young ppl who attend CAMHS and need for research on altering these trajectories. Paper: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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New research shows >50% of specialist adult mental health service use comes from former #CAMHS patients We need early intervention in childhood to change these poor long-term outcomes That's why we need much more research on mental illness prevention in #CAMHS 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New research shows >50% of specialist adult mental health service use comes from former #CAMHS patients We need early intervention in childhood to change these poor long-term outcomes That's why we need much more research on mental illness prevention in #CAMHS 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In the midst of a crisis in youth mental health, more than half of all medical schools in the UK & Ireland do not even have a single professor in child & adolescent psychiatry New in #BJPsych www.cambridge.org/core/journal...