Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University
@edinburghcapsych.bsky.social
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University - we carry out research to understand and improve mental health in children and young people.
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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
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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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November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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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

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October 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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

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October 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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.

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July 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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
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Can treating teenage depression prevent severe mental illness in adulthood?
YouTube video by Ian Kelleher Lab
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June 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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....
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study
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May 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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 💊🧠

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Stimulant Medication Use and Risk of Psychotic Experiences
10.1542/6370189324112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2024-0691426370189324112BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. The prescription of stimulant medications for young people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder i...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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!

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Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Conference 2025
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May 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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
Do psychotic symptoms predict future psychotic disorders in adolescent psychiatry inpatients? A 17-year cohort study | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Do psychotic symptoms predict future psychotic disorders in adolescent psychiatry inpatients? A 17-year cohort study - Volume 55
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April 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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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.

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February 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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

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February 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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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

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Professorships in child and adolescent psychiatry relative to a similarly sized medical specialty in the UK and Ireland: cross-sectional study | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Professorships in child and adolescent psychiatry relative to a similarly sized medical specialty in the UK and Ireland: cross-sectional study
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February 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM