🔹NEW PUBLICATION🔹in Development and Psychopathology, with Jana Kreppner and Pete Lawrence! 📄 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... 🧵summary thread below:

Prevention of mental illness in children of parents with depression 10-min talk from Belinda Platt describing evidence-based interventions to prevent youth mental illness with a focus on an family-and group-based intervention. acamhlearn.org/Learning/Pre... #ACMHlearn

Really glad I got to blog about this important work 💡 Preventing mental health difficulties in young people should be a priority and parental anxious behaviours can be an effective target for interventions 🎯

New research in Nature finds perinatal mental health screening in NICU's helps identify parents who need mental health support. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A very thought provoking discussion on young people's mental health and social media 💡

Overdiagnosis of mental disorders is making headlines again, this time thanks to Wes Streeting. But it is true? (thread) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

There's a lot of evidence of the harms of smacking children. There's also evidence that children and young people learn more from rewards than from punishment, including this computational study by @stepalminteri.bsky.social journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Researchers are investigating perinatal intrusions—intense thoughts during and after pregnancy—to understand their causes and develop treatments, aiming to improve maternal and infant mental health. doi.org/g869wc