Sibling bullying: girls more likely to be victims
Read Nina Teggarty’s interview with Professor Dieter Wolke on Sibling bullying: girls more likely to be victims
Managing the link and strengthening transition from child to adult mental health Care in Europe (MILESTONE): background, rationale and methodology
Transition from distinct Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) to Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) is beset with multitude of problems affecting continuity of care for young people with mental health needs. Transition-related discontinuity of care is a major health, socioeconomic and societal challenge globally. The overall aim of the Managing the Link and Strengthening Transition from Child to Adult Mental Health Care in Europe (MILESTONE) project (2014–19) is to improve transition from CAMHS to AMHS in diverse healthcare settings across Europe. MILESTONE focuses on current service provision in Europe, new transition-related measures, long term outcomes of young people leaving CAMHS, improving transitional care through ‘managed transition’, ethics of transitioning and the training of health care professionals.
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Preterm Birth/Low Birth Weight and Markers Reflective of Wealth in Adulthood: A Meta-analysis
Preterm birth and/or low birth weight (PT/LBW) increases the risk of cognitive deficits, which suggests an association between PT/LBW and lower wealth in adulthood. Nevertheless, studies have revealed inconsistent findings so far.
The objectives of this study was to systematically investigate whether PT/LBW is associated with markers of adulthood wealth.
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Congratulations to Dr Kirsty Lee, who has won a 2017 University of Warwick Department of Psychology PhD Student Publication Award
Kirsty completed her PhD entitled: ‘Adolescent Bullying and intrasexual Competition: Body Concerns and Self-Promotion Tactics amongst Bullies, Victims and Bully-Victims’ under the supervision of Professor Dieter Wolke in 2017
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University Awards 2018: Winner Outstanding Team: SMaRT Project Team (Psychology)
“The SMaRT Project team put in outstanding teamwork to initiate a research project that has excellent scientific merits and great potential for improving our students’ wellbeing.”
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PARCA-R recommended instrument for screening of cognitive and language development by NICE August, 2017
Free information and download www.parca-r.info
New Research on Motor Development: the influence of early Parenting
Nicole Baumann, a PhD student in Psychology at University of Warwick, presented her research at the 2018 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting (PAS) in Toronto, Canada on Sunday 6th May 2018.
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Giving children the best possible start
The PARCA-R (the Parent Report of Children’s Abilities-Revised) – a screening instrument to identify cognitive and language delay in at risk Children.
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Dieter Wolke discuss bullying at a conference in Madeira
Dieter Wolke talks about the long-term consequences of bullying by peers at the XXIX National Meeting of the Portuguese Association of Psychiatry of Childhood and Adolescence 12th April 2018 in Madeira
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Philips Avent Global Scientific Symposium March 2018
Dieter Wolke – guest speaker on ‘Early crying and sleeping of infants and their consequences’ at the Philips Avent Global Scientific Symposium in The Netherlands, March 2018