Episodes

  • From Zimbabwe to Cambridge: Discussing Mental Health Research and Advocacy

    From Zimbabwe to Cambridge: Discussing Mental Health Research and Advocacy
    Sep 16 2024
    DOI: 10.13056/acamh.35725

    In this In Conversation Podcast, Clara Faria is joined by Tanatswa Chikaura, a mental health researcher and advocate, Founder and Director of Ndinewe Foundation, and PhD candidate in the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Cambridge.

    Tanatswa’s research interests include suicide prevention, trauma, and mental health among autistic children and adults. Tanatswa was acknowledged in 2023 with a Diana Award for her mental health advocacy work.

    The focus of this podcast is on Tanatswa’s research journey, her mental health advocacy work, and how she conciliates both.

    Discussion points include:

    • The experience of moving from Zimbabwe to the UK to do an MPhil in Translational Neuroscience at Cambridge, and the process of adapting to a new country whilst studying.
    • Tanatswa’s interest in studying anxiety and autism.
    • Tips for choosing a research topic and supervisor when applying for PhDs.
    • Insight into the Ndinewe Foundation, including what inspired its creation, the main goals and its achievements so far.
    • Advice for young people from low- and middle- income countries who want to apply for postgraduate training in the UK.
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    32 mins
  • Night-time Sleep Duration and Later Sleep Timing from Infancy to Adolescence

    Night-time Sleep Duration and Later Sleep Timing from Infancy to Adolescence
    Sep 9 2024
    DOI: 10.13056/acamh.33251

    In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Isabel Morales-Muñoz discusses her JCPP paper ‘Shorter night-time sleep duration and later sleep timing from infancy to adolescence’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14004).

    There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

    Discussion points include:

    • Definition of poor sleep health and what the hallmarks are of poor sleep health.
    • The typical trajectory for sleep duration and sleep timing from 6 months to 16 years of age.
    • Persistent shorter sleep and the impact of later chronotype on adverse outcomes.
    • The association between family adversity, as well as lower maternal socioeconomic status during pregnancy, and poor sleep health from infancy to adolescence.
    • Implications for clinicians and CAMH professionals in terms of how patients are screened as well as in terms of treatments and interventions.
    • Recommendations for policymakers.
    In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.

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    30 mins
  • Binge Eating Disorders: Executive Functioning and Treatment outcomes for Adolescents Undergoing CBT

    Binge Eating Disorders: Executive Functioning and Treatment outcomes for Adolescents Undergoing CBT
    Sep 2 2024
    DOI: 10.13056/acamh.33242

    In this In Conversation podcast, we are joined by Dr. Andrea Goldschmidt, from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Goldschmidt is a licensed clinical psychologist whose research focuses on eating behaviors that are associated with poor weight-related outcomes.

    The focus of this podcast will be on her recent JCPP paper ‘Executive functioning and treatment outcome among adolescents undergoing cognitive-behavioral therapy for binge-eating disorder’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14031).

    There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

    Discussion points include:

    • An introduction to Binge Eating Disorders and why this area of eating disorders is often overlooked.
    • The effects of executive functioning on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) outcomes in adolescents and the impact of executive functioning on treatment engagement.
    • More impulsive decision-making being both associated with more frequent LOC eating following treatment but also with a greater number of sessions attended.
    • Apps that teach self-guided CBT and insight into an upcoming trial focusing on this type of intervention.
    • Advice for people who think that they, or somebody they know, may have a Binge Eating Disorder.
    In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.

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    28 mins
  • Intergenerational Consequences of Racism in the United Kingdom

    Intergenerational Consequences of Racism in the United Kingdom
    Aug 27 2024
    DOI: 10.13056/acamh.33232

    In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh discusses her co-authored CAMH journal paper ‘Intergenerational consequences of racism in the United Kingdom: a qualitative investigation into parents’ exposure to racism and offspring mental health and well-being’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12695).

    Yasmin was the principal investigator on the TRADE project, which stands for ‘Transmission of experiences of Racism, Anxiety and Depression in families’.

    There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

    Discussion points include:

    • Definition of racism, what is currently known about the experiences of racism and how the experiences are linked to negative mental and physical health outcomes amongst those exposed.
    • Why this area has been largely neglected in the research community within the UK, with most studies coming from the US.
    • The bidirectional nature of parent and child experiences of racism with indirect effects impacting mental health and wellbeing in both generations.
    • The difficulties in families where parent and child approaches differ in relation to active coping strategies and denial of racism.
    • How one might reduce harms when talking about racism with children and young people.
    • Protective factors and the importance of social cohesion, safe spaces and education.
    • Recommendations for CAMH professionals.
    In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.

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    24 mins
  • Risk Practices in CAMHS: Exploring Risk Rates and Profiles at Intake

    Risk Practices in CAMHS: Exploring Risk Rates and Profiles at Intake
    Aug 19 2024
    DOI: 10.13056/acamh.32140

    In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Barry Coughlan discusses his JCPP Advances paper ‘Risk rates and profiles at intake in child and adolescent mental health services: A cohort and latent class analyses of 21,688 young people in South London’ (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12246). Barry is the lead author of the paper.

    There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

    Discussion points include:

    • The benefits and challenges of using routinely collected data.
    • Insight into the ‘brief risk assessment’ measure and how it was implemented.
    • Overview of the latent class analyses and how they decided which class to go with.
    • How maltreatment and different forms of contextual adversity can interact with different forms of risk at the child level.
    • Implications for clinical practices and researchers.
    • The role of experts by experience in this research and how they enhanced the research project.
    In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.

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    20 mins
  • Adolescent Social Anxiety and relationship with Suicidal Ideation and Depression

    Adolescent Social Anxiety and relationship with Suicidal Ideation and Depression
    Aug 12 2024
    DOI: 10.13056/acamh.33209

    In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Kenny Chiudiscusses his JCPP Advances paper ‘Social anxiety symptoms and their relationship with suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms in adolescents: A prospective study’ (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12249). Kenny is the lead author of the paper.

    There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

    Discussion points include:

    • Insight into the dataset used, which originated from the Wellcome Trust NSPN (Neuroscience in Psychiatry Network) study.
    • The questionnaire measures used for social anxiety symptoms, generalised anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation.
    • How the researchers dealt with missing data – a common feature of longitudinal cohort studies due to various reasons – and how they tried to account for this to test their hypothesis.
    • The researcher’s experience of pre-registering the analysis on the Open Science Framework.
    • Insight into the analytic models used to analyse the data.
    • Implications of the findings for clinicians and other researchers.
    In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.

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    22 mins
  • Maternal Experienced Bereavement and Offspring Mental Health

    Maternal Experienced Bereavement and Offspring Mental Health
    Aug 5 2024
    DOI: 10.13056/acamh.32097

    In this Papers Podcast, Layla Rashid discusses her JCPP paper ‘Maternal experienced bereavement and offspring mental health in early adulthood: the role of modifiable parental factors’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13963). Layla is the first author of the paper.

    There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

    Discussion points include:

    • Bereavement prevalence rates and child outcomes.
    • Importance of understanding the role of parental factors to target resources to mitigate the relationship between child bereavement and later psychopathology.
    • Insight into the surprising findings from the study.
    • The role of positive and negative parenting practices as it relates to bereavement and child and adolescent mental health.
    • Implications of the professionals for child and adolescent mental health professionals.
    • The need for further research into modifiable parental factors.
    In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.

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    15 mins
  • Digital Interventions and Self-harm Prevention

    Digital Interventions and Self-harm Prevention
    Jul 30 2024
    DOI: 10.13056/acamh.32092

    In this In Conversation podcast, we are joined by Dr. Bethany Cliffe, a research fellow at the University of Westminster. Beth’s research interests include self-harm, suicide prevention, and digital health.

    The focus of this podcast will be on self-harm and technology.

    Discussion points include:

    • The prevalence of self-harm in children and young people and which groups are more at risk than others.
    • The kind of support that is typically accessed by children and young people who self-harm.
    • What the evidence tells us about interventions for self-harm.
    • Insight into the BlueIce app – a prescribed evidence-based app – including how it was developed.
    • The effectiveness of BlueIce and how it is being assessed.
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    18 mins