Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney
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bullying, depression, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, loneliness, older adults, Psychiatry Research, social connection, social inclusion, social isolation, social network, social prescribing, umbrella review, vulnerable people, youth mental healthCan stronger social connections really help reduce depression?
Depression is a common mental health problem that affects approximately 4% of…
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child and adolescent, content analysis, coroner’s reports, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, Prevention, qualitative, suicide, systemic issues, The British Journal of Psychiatry, youth mental healthWhen systems fail children: what coroners’ reports reveal about preventable factors in adolescent suicide
Suicide is among the most frequent causes of death among children and…
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ADHD, anorexia nervosa, Anxiety, Autism, autistic spectrum disorder, bipolar, depression, digital health, digital mental health, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, Facebook, Instagram, Journal of Social Media Research, misinformation, neurodivergent, obsessive compulsive disorder, Social media, systematic review, TikTok, twitter, YouTubeScrolling for answers: how reliable is mental health and neurodivergence-related information on social media?
Imagine the following scenario. You’re lying in bed, phone in hand, scrolling…
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alexithymia, avoidance, body-focused repetitive behaviours, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, emotion regulation, emotional dysregulation, Journal of Affective Disorders, psychological distress, skin-picking disorder, systematic review, topicalSkin-picking as self-soothing: is emotion regulation the missing piece?
Few things inspire fear in students as reliably as exams. Unless you…
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Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, binge eating disorder, BMI, child and adolescent, cohort study, developmental trajectories, disordered eating, eating disorders, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, food insecurity, longitudinal study, poverty, social determinants, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, topical, youth mental healthGrowing up hungry: food insecurity’s lasting impact on eating
The experience of food insecurity is a unique one, and often looks…
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anorexia nervosa, eating disorders, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, Journal of Eating Disorders, lived experience, mental health professional, qualitative, qualitative study, recovery, service users, social support, topicalAnorexia recovery looks different for professionals and people with lived experience
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder (ED) marked by distorted body…
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caregivers, child and adolescent, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, coping strategies, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, England, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, parents, qualitative, qualitative study, secondary care, topical, waiting list, waiting times, youth mental healthWaiting for CAMHS: worsening symptoms and strained families
Imagine you are a teenager who has started feeling severely anxious and…
