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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University

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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University - we carry out research to understand and improve mental health in children and young people.

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Jonah Byrne @jonah-byrne.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What do clinical outcomes look like for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) patients when followed over time? In a total Scottish birth cohort study, we found figures far higher than previous short-term studies have suggested... 🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Adult mental health service outcomes for patients of child and adolescent mental health services: a total Scottish birth cohort study - European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) provide a critical opportunity for early mental health interventions. Evidence is still scare, however, on the long-term mental health outcomes of C...
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Animesh Talukder @animesh92.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Is the link btwn Adolescent SSRI use & Bipolar Disorder causal? Our study suggests: 𝐍𝐨. When accounting for unmeasured confounding (e.g., depression severity) via Instrumental Variable analysis, the evidence for a causal link disappears. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1... #Psychiatry #MedSky
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Antidepressant treatment and risk of subsequent bipolar disorder in adolescents with unipolar depression
Background Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a common treatment for depression and anxiety in adolescents but are associated with an increased incidence of bipolar disorder (BD). Whe...
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Colm Healy @c-healy.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
What is the prevalence of psychotic experiences in child & adolescent psychiatry services? All studies - 54% With associated distress - 45% Interview only - 36% At least a 1/3 reporting this pluripotent marker. Important info for clinicians. @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/schb...
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Prevalence of Psychotic Experiences in Children and Adolescents Presenting to Mental Health Services: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
AbstractBackground. There has been a wealth of research on psychotic experiences (PEs) in children and adolescents, highlighting their prevalence and clini
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
One in five young people in the UK now use mental health services by age 18. @the-independent.com eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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One in five young people now use mental health services by age 18
New research shows a fourfold increase in the numbers of young people using specialist mental health care in the last two decades
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Ian Kelleher @iankellehermd.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
What % of all kids in the UK come to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) at some stage in childhood (0 - 18)? 15 years ago, it was 1 in 17 children. Now it’s a pretty staggering 1 in 5 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Trends in annual and lifetime prevalence of child and adolescent mental health service use in the UK between 1991 and 2023: Welsh healthcare register linkage study | The British Journal of Psychiatry ...
Trends in annual and lifetime prevalence of child and adolescent mental health service use in the UK between 1991 and 2023: Welsh healthcare register linkage study
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Colm Healy @c-healy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
New research using an emulated target trail approach with all adolescent CAMHs users in Finland suggesting that Doxycycline (an antibiotic) can reduces future risk of schizophrenia. Massive congrats to @iankellehermd.bsky.social @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social doi.org/10.1176/appi... More info ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients and Risk of Schizophrenia: An Emulated Target Trial | American Journal of Psychiatry
Objective: As many as half of individuals who develop psychosis had attended child and adolescent psychiatric services at some stage in childhood, highlighting substantial opportunities for prevention...
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Out now: Only 8% of all bipolar disorder cases can be identified before diagnosis using a parental history approach. Sensitivity of familial high-risk approaches for the identification of future bipolar disorder: A longitudinal total birth cohort study Available here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This means that 8% is the upper limit of bipolar disorder cases that could be potentially prevented using this approach. More ways to identify people at risk of bipolar disorder are needed.
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Out now: Only 8% of all bipolar disorder cases can be identified before diagnosis using a parental history approach. Sensitivity of familial high-risk approaches for the identification of future bipolar disorder: A longitudinal total birth cohort study Available here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
We observed a significant increase in new eating disorder referrals to CAMHS in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, there was no evidence of changes in the patients' clinical, demographic, or deprivation profiles. Open access in #EatingBehaviors doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Out now: No evidence that SSRI treatment for adolescent depression reduces future risk of psychosis. This goes against the belief that typical treatments for common mental disorders will reduce the risk of psychosis. 💊🧠 15 min explainer podcast: youtu.be/wP3nuqSpWbo Paper: doi.org/10.1192/j.eu...
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Can treating teenage depression prevent severe mental illness in adulthood?
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
These findings highlight major opportunities for early intervention and prevention. The service contact is there—can we use it better? 🧠
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Out today in BJPsych: 45% of people with a psychotic or bipolar disorder attended CAMHS in Wales at some point in childhood/adolescence🧒 This replicates similar findings from Finland by @iankellehermd.bsky.social & co - showing this applies to UK CAMHS as well. doi.org/10.1192/bjp....
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Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Shared characteristics associated with both psychotic experiences and likelihood of being treated with stimulant medications may instead be driving the relationship.
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Concerns have been raised that stimulant medications could increase risk of psychotic experiences in young people. Our new research shows no evidence for such a causal relationship 💊🧠 Paper 👇 publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
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Stimulant Medication Use and Risk of Psychotic Experiences
10.1542/6370189324112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2024-0691426370189324112BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. The prescription of stimulant medications for young people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder i...
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Final opportunity to submit to the @rcpsych.bsky.social Child & Adolescent Faculty Annual Conference, Sept 25-26th. Submissions close next Thursday, May 8th. See you in Manchester! www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
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Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Conference 2025
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Adolescents hospitalised for non-psychotic disorders have a high risk of psychosis in adulthood. But do (attenuated) psychotic symptoms predict later psychotic illness? The answer isn’t necessarily what you might expect… Open access in #PsychologicalMedicine
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Do psychotic symptoms predict future psychotic disorders in adolescent psychiatry inpatients? A 17-year cohort study | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Do psychotic symptoms predict future psychotic disorders in adolescent psychiatry inpatients? A 17-year cohort study - Volume 55
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Ian Kelleher @iankellehermd.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
1 in 2 adult mental health service outpatient appointments & inpatient bed days are taken up by former #CAMHS patients Highlights frequently poor mental health trajectories for young ppl who attend CAMHS and need for research on altering these trajectories. Paper: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Adult psychiatric outcomes of young people who attended child and adolescent mental health services: a longitudinal total population study | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Adult psychiatric outcomes of young people who attended child and adolescent mental health services: a longitudinal total population study - Volume 55
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
See our full video abstract on Adult Psychiatric Outcomes of Young People Who Attend Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlIo... @c-healy.bsky.social @drullalang.bsky.social @kirstieohare.bsky.social @hughramsay.bsky.social @elainelockhart.bsky.social
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Adult psychiatric outcomes for young people who attend Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Edinburgh University @edinburghcapsych.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
New research shows >50% of specialist adult mental health service use comes from former #CAMHS patients We need early intervention in childhood to change these poor long-term outcomes That's why we need much more research on mental illness prevention in #CAMHS 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Ian Kelleher @iankellehermd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
In the midst of a crisis in youth mental health, more than half of all medical schools in the UK & Ireland do not even have a single professor in child & adolescent psychiatry New in #BJPsych www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Professorships in child and adolescent psychiatry relative to a similarly sized medical specialty in the UK and Ireland: cross-sectional study | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Professorships in child and adolescent psychiatry relative to a similarly sized medical specialty in the UK and Ireland: cross-sectional study
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