Time for parents to power down: Why coddling children can harm them
25 January 2019
Is Modern Life Rubbish for the Kids of Today?
Is the Facebook age causing our young people to be unhappy? If it is, what can we do to counter this? Or, should we count our blessings that today’s kids have phones that might be smarter than their parents? Listen to Professor Dieter Wolke talking about student wellbeing and modern life on University of Warwick…
Training of adult psychiatrists and child and adolescent psychiatrists in Europe: a systematic review of training characteristics and transition from child/adolescent to adult mental health services
Background: Profound clinical, conceptual and ideological differences between child and adult mental health service models contribute to transition-related discontinuity of care. Many of these may be related to psychiatry training.
…Sibling Bullying in Middle Childhood is Associated with Psychosocial Difficulties in Early Adolescence: The Case of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sibling bullying is associated with various psychosocial difficulties. We investigated this in 231 individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and 8180 without ASD between middle childhood (age 11 years) and early adolescence (age 14 years).
…A machine learning investigation of volumetric and functional MRI abnormalities in adults born preterm
Imaging studies have characterized functional and structural brain abnormalities in adults after premature birth, but these investigations have mostly used univariate methods that do not account for hypothesized interdependencies between brain regions or quantify accuracy in identifying individuals.
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Preterm Babies Less Likely To Have Romantic Relationships as Adults
Dr. Marina Mendonca’s interview with MedicalResearch.com is now published HERE
…Association of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight With Romantic Partnership, Sexual Intercourse, and Parenthood in Adulthood A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Question Are adults who were born preterm or with low birth weight less likely to experience social transitions normative of adulthood, such as romantic partnerships, sexual intercourse, or parenthood?
…Effects of Gestational Age and Early Parenting on Children’s Social Inhibition at 6 Years
Preterm birth (<37 weeks’ gestation) has been associated with problems in social functioning. Whether social inhibition is specifically related to preterm birth and whether early parenting may protect against social inhibition difficulties is unknown.
…The association of infant crying, feeding, and sleeping problems and inhibitory control with attention regulation at school age
Regulatory problems in infancy and toddlerhood have previously been associated with an increased risk of developing attention problems in childhood.
…Impaired structural connectivity between dorsal attention network and pulvinar mediates the impact of premature birth on adult visual–spatial abilities
Abstract
The dorsal attention network (DAN), including frontal eye fields and posterior parietal cortices, and its link with the posterior thalamus, contribute to visual–spatial abilities. Very premature birth impairs both visual–spatial abilities and cortico‐thalamic structural connectivity.
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