Child and adolescent Blog Posts

• No robust evidence that formal mentoring programmes help adolescents resist drugs and alcohol

  13 Mar 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Well conducted studies are urgently needed to assess the adverse effects of antipsychotics in children and young people

  07 Mar 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Online CBT is an effective treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome in adolescents, according to small RCT

  02 Mar 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• ADHD drugs do not increase the risk of serious cardiovascular events, but long-term effects remain unknown

  24 Feb 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Cochrane review finds insufficient evidence to inform clinical practice on interventions for drooling in children with cerebral palsy

  24 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Children who have lived in care homes are at greater risk of suicide

  22 Feb 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Better commissioning should improve outcomes for children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties

  22 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Review fails to find direct link between childhood disability and increased risk for child abuse and neglect

  21 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Group parenting programmes help improve child conduct problems, parental mental health and parenting skills

  17 Feb 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Adult mediation has pivotal role in promoting engagement through haptic strategies in children with learning disabilities and visual impairment

  09 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield