Review
Psychology, Developmental
Christy Bloss, Sophie Brown, Vilas Sawrikar
Summary: Behaviour parent training (BPT) has been shown to effectively reduce child externalising problems, but its secondary benefits for reducing internalising symptoms remain unclear. A meta-analysis of 24 studies found that BPT had a significant small treatment effect size for reducing internalising symptoms immediately after treatment, although there was moderate heterogeneity and limitations in clinical assessment. Further investigation is needed to determine the reliability of these effects.
EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Ioannis Katsantonis, Jennifer E. E. Symonds
Summary: Multiple studies have shown the connection between parenting styles and children's mental health symptoms. This study explores how different parenting styles jointly influence the development of children's mental health symptoms. The results indicate that hostile parenting is a risk factor for high-risk and mild-risk classes, while consistent parenting is a protective factor only against mild-risk class.
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Aja Louise Murray, Daniel Nagin, Ingrid Obsuth, Denis Ribeaud, Manuel Eisner
Summary: Developmental trajectories of common mental health issues, such as ADHD symptoms, internalizing problems, and externalizing problems, can be summarized in terms of 'developmental subtypes'. It is important to consider both individual and joint developmental subtypes to understand the co-occurrence of symptoms. Research has shown that individuals with multimorbid trajectories may experience higher levels of social exclusion and delinquency in early adulthood, regardless of the specific developmental course of symptoms. These findings highlight the need for early intervention to address social exclusion and delinquency among young people with multiple co-occurring mental health issues.
CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Aja Louise Murray, Hildigunnur Anna Hall, Lydia Gabriela Speyer, Lara Carter, Daniel Mirman, Arthur Caye, Luis Rohde
Summary: Using latent class growth analysis, this study identified six developmental trajectories of ADHD symptoms, with factors like gender, conduct problems, and cognitive ability differentiating between specific trajectories. The findings suggest that distinguishing different trajectories of ADHD symptoms could be clinically informative.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Shun Wang, Baozhen Yao, Haiju Zhang, Liping Xia, Shiqian Yu, Xia Peng, Dan Xiang, Zhongchun Liu
Summary: Epilepsy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are common neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, and they can coexist. However, the degree of comorbidity between both disorders has never been quantified. A meta-analysis of 63 studies with over 1 million individuals from 17 countries revealed that the pooled prevalence of ADHD in epilepsy was 22.3%, while the pooled prevalence of epilepsy in ADHD was 3.4%. Factors such as sample size, specification, geographical variations, and diagnostic methods contributed to the observed heterogeneity in comorbidity rates. Further research is needed to understand the underlying mechanisms.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Maria Francisca Morales, Angus MacBeth, Daniel Nagin, Lisa-Christine Girard
Summary: The study focused on examining different trajectories of aggression, hyperactivity/inattention and anxious/depressed problems in children. The researchers used a person-centred approach and collected data from 2,857 children in Chile. The results showed that there were five different trajectory groups with co-occurring symptoms across domains. Risk factors for belonging to groups with the highest risk profiles included child sex, maternal age, single parent status, and maternal education, while protective factors included children's receptive language, maternal vocabulary skills, and not having early attendance in the educational system.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Marija Pranjic, Navin Rahman, Adelia Kamenetskiy, Kaitlin Mulligan, Stephen Pihl, Anne B. Arnett
Summary: This study aimed to characterize the behavioral, cognitive, and neurobiological profiles of individuals with co-occurring ADHD and DCD. The findings suggest that ADHD+DCD presentation represents a more severe phenotype with unique neurocognitive differences. Future studies should consider the heterogeneity within these disorders and explore different subtypes to better understand their distinct performance characteristics.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Psychiatry
Giles Newton-Howes, Sara Austin, James Foulds
Summary: This review examines the prevalence of personality disorder comorbid with mental state disorder, discusses the challenges in disentangling these psychopathologies, and reviews recent advances in understanding. The recent taxonomic changes and dimensional approach to personality disorder have affected its prevalence and complicated the understanding theoretically and practically.
CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Kangfuxi Zhang, Zhao Fu, Qingjuan Lai, Yilu Zhao, Jing Liu, Qingjiu Cao
Summary: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have common brain abnormalities, which contribute to their high co-occurrence and comorbidity. However, these neuroanatomic anomalies may change over development and the developmental variation of ADHD and ASD is unclear. Our study conducted a systematic literature search and meta-analysis to identify shared white matter abnormalities in ADHD and ASD from childhood to adulthood. The findings show variable white matter developmental trajectories in ADHD and ASD, and overlapping corpus callosum tract abnormalities in their development. The overlapping abnormalities of the corpus callosum tract increase with age, possibly related to the increasing shared symptoms and comorbidity in these disorders.
PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Emma Sciberras, Harriet Hiscock, Samuele Cortese, Stephen P. P. Becker, Julian W. W. Fernando, Melissa Mulraney
Summary: Sleep difficulties in children with ADHD are varied, with five types of sleep profiles identified. These profiles are associated with different clinical factors, suggesting the need for tailored interventions that consider the specific sleep difficulties experienced by children with ADHD and other clinical characteristics.
JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Courtney Dow, Cedric Galera, Marie-Aline Charles, Barbara Heude
Summary: Evidence suggests a link between maternal obesity during pregnancy and offspring attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. This study aimed to examine the association between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and child hyperactivity-inattention symptoms (HIS) at different ages. The results showed that maternal pre-pregnancy obesity was associated with increased likelihood of a high HIS trajectory in children from 3 to 8 years old, while pre-pregnancy overweight was not significantly associated.
EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Hannah Mercedes Araminta Ross, Lisa-Christine Girard
Summary: This study investigated the joint trajectories of conduct problems and hyperactivity/inattention in a cohort of 7,507 children in Ireland. Six trajectories were identified, including pure hyperactivity/inattention, co-occurring conduct problems and hyperactivity/inattention, and others. Several risk markers, such as male sex and birth complications, were associated with specific trajectory groups. Intervention efforts should start early and target multiple risk markers, particularly in families with fewer resources.
CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Aja Louise Murray, Siu-Ching Wong, Ingrid Obsuth, Sinead Rhodes, Manuel Eisner, Denis Ribeaud
Summary: Using data from a longitudinal cohort and EMA study, this research found that emotional lability mediated the association between ADHD symptoms and internalizing problems, suggesting that interventions targeting emotional dysregulation aspects of ADHD may help prevent and manage secondary internalizing symptoms.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Gustavo Sudre, Marine Bouyssi-Kobar, Luke Norman, Wendy Sharp, Saadia Choudhury, Philip Shaw
Summary: The study found significant heritability in the rates of change of white matter tract microstructural properties and connectivity between different brain networks. Changes in hyperactivity-impulsivity were associated with heritable changes in white matter tracts metrics and connectivity between attention and cognitive networks. This suggests that these heritable ADHD-associated neural phenotypes can be useful for future gene discovery and understanding.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Juan Cao, Xiaodan Xu, Xiaochen Man, Xuewei Fu, Zijiao Shen, Shuo Wang
Summary: Different types of childhood maltreatment have negative effects on mental and behavioural outcomes. This study aimed to identify different profiles of childhood maltreatment and examine their effects on adolescents' developmental outcomes. It also investigated the protective role of resilience. The findings highlighted the importance of tailoring treatment based on specific maltreatment experiences and considering resilience-oriented interventions for Chinese adolescents who have experienced high neglect.