The first comprehensive study to evaluate research on the mental health of children and young people using evidence that spanned before and during COVID-19 has found an impact on mental health that could result in an increased demand for support services. The research, led by the University of Exeter and the University of Cambridge, […]
The impact of the initial COVID-19 outbreak on young adults’ mental health
Even though severe disease and any direct neuropsychiatric effects caused by COVID-19 are uncommon in younger people, the psychological, social, educational, and economic effects of repeated stay-at-home orders, and the emerging concern about the long-term effects of the pandemic might be expected to exert a toll that could endure long after the pandemic has receded. […]
Your brain expands and shrinks over time
Based on more than 120,000 brain scans, the charts are still preliminary. But researchers hope they could one day be used as a routine clinical tool by physicians. Richard Bethlehem and Jakob Seidlitz amassed more than 120,000 brain scans — the largest collection of its kind — to create the first comprehensive growth charts for […]
Optimising the health-care experiences of babies, children, and young people
New 2021 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines aim to optimise the healthcare experiences of these populations and ultimately improve their health outcomes and wellbeing. Children’s and young people’s views are too often missing from discussions about their care. This new guidance is particularly important because children and young people are […]
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