JAACAP September 2022: Contributing Editor Dr. Alastair J. McKean interviews Dr. Kiara Alvarez on recommendations for what states, counties, cities, and mental health
systems can do to promote antiracist evidence-based practices in children’s mental health.

Review: Structural Racism, Children’s Mental Health Service Systems, and Recommendations for Policy and Practice Change: JAACAP September 2022

Each month JAACAP highlights a selected article found within the pages of the Journal by providing a podcast interview with the author. Tune in regularly to this feature of JAACAP, where we strive for a relaxed 'fireside chat' atmosphere in which authors can share aspects of their science that we are less often privy to.  Podcasts are typically 15 to 20 minutes in length.

Science

Health & Fitness

JAACAP May 2024: Contributing Editor Dr. Aarya K. Rajalakshmi interviews Dr. Mariko Hosozawa on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health, and a comparison of depressive symptoms among 16-year-olds surveyed, at a fourth wave, before or during the pandemic, while accounting for expected trajectories of within-person change based on 3 prior waves.

Sex Differences in Adolescent Depression Trajectory Before and Into the Second Year of COVID-19 Pandemic: JAACAP May 2024

JAACAP April 2024: Contributing Editor Dr. Jack L. Turban interviews Ms. Maria Jose Luna, MS, and Linda A. Teplin, PhD, on a prospective longitudinal study using
data from the Northwestern Juvenile Project that examines whether youth with mental health disorders receive needed services after they left juvenile
detention, up to median age 32 years.

Inequities in Mental Health Service: A 16-Year Longitudinal Study of Youth in the Justice System: JAACAP April 2024

JAACAP March 2024: Contributing Editor Dr. Apurva Bhatt interviews Dr. Christopher J. Hammond on the need to further study the public health effects of changing cannabis policies on youth and to consider evidence-informed legislative reforms to mitigate the risk for harm in vulnerable populations.

Association Between Marijuana Laws and Suicide Among 12- to 25-Year-Olds in the United States From 2000 to 2019: JAACAP March 2024

JAACAP February 2024: Contributing Editor Dr. Rana Elmaghraby interviews Dr. Miriam P. Rubenson on a systematic review of the current scientific literature on the effectiveness of Partial Hospitalization Programs for high-risk adolescents with mental health problems.

Systematic Review: Patient Outcomes in Transdiagnostic Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Programs. JAACAP February 2024

JAACAP January 2024: Contributing Editor Dr. Deepika Shaligram interviews Dr. Emilio A. Valadez on a fMRI follow-up of a randomized clinical trial where 8- to 12-yearolds whose parents received Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) intervention when children were infants showed more matured patterns of
brain connectivity and brain activation than children whose parents received a control intervention.

Review: Structural Racism, Children’s Mental Health Service Systems, and Recommendations for Policy and Practice Change: JAACAP September 2022

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