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...

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...

Excellent work from @kirstieohare.bsky.social demonstrates just how many additional children and young people are being seen by CAMHS now compared to 20 years ago www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

@iankellehermd.bsky.social chatting with Dr Norman Swan from ABCs the heath report about the Doxycycline and reduced risk of schizophrenia (doi: doi.org/10.1176/appi... ), worth a listen. 🎧👂: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Sharing some work from our lab looking to understand the wider psychosis spectrum in postpartum women. A really under researched area! We found anxiety, childhood trauma and financial stress were associated with psychotic like experiences in the postpartum period. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

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...

@iankellehermd.bsky.social and co previously demonstrated that ~50% of those with psychosis and bipolar disorder had been to CAMHs in Finland. That was no fluke, as they have now demonstrated that it's 45% in wales. Great work by @kirstieohare.bsky.social 👏 👏 Paper: doi.org/10.1192/bjp....

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....

Shared characteristics associated with both psychotic experiences and likelihood of being treated with stimulant medications may instead be driving the relationship.

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...

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

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...