Search Results - "Dunn, Valerie"
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Young people, mental health practitioners and researchers co-produce a Transition Preparation Programme to improve outcomes and experience for young people leaving Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Published in BMC health services research (20-04-2017)“…In the UK young people attending child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are required to move on, either through discharge or referral to an adult…”
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Friendships and Family Support Reduce Subsequent Depressive Symptoms in At-Risk Adolescents
Published in PloS one (04-05-2016)“…Early life stress (ELS) consists of child family adversities (CFA: negative experiences that happened within the family environment) and/or peer bullying. ELS…”
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Profiles of family-focused adverse experiences through childhood and early adolescence: the ROOTS project a community investigation of adolescent mental health
Published in BMC psychiatry (07-07-2011)“…Adverse family experiences in early life are associated with subsequent psychopathology. This study adds to the growing body of work exploring the nature and…”
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Elevated morning cortisol is a stratified population-level biomarker for major depression in boys only with high depressive symptoms
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (04-03-2014)“…Major depressive disorder (MD) is a debilitating public mental health problem with severe societal and personal costs attached. Around one in six people will…”
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Reduction in adolescent depression after contact with mental health services: a longitudinal cohort study in the UK
Published in The Lancet. Psychiatry (01-02-2017)“…Summary Background Evidence regarding the association between service contact and subsequent mental health in adolescents is scarce, and previous findings are…”
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Enhanced emotion regulation capacity and its neural substrates in those exposed to moderate childhood adversity
Published in Social cognitive and affective neuroscience (01-02-2016)“…Individuals exposed to childhood adversities (CA) present with emotion regulation (ER) difficulties in later life, which have been identified as risk and…”
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Childhood adversity subtypes and depressive symptoms in early and late adolescence
Published in Development and psychopathology (01-08-2015)“…Within a longitudinal study of 1,005 adolescents, we investigated how exposure to childhood psychosocial adversities was associated with the emergence of…”
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Exercise and depressive symptoms in adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study
Published in JAMA pediatrics (01-12-2014)“…Physical activity (PA) may have a positive effect on depressed mood. However, whether it can act as a protective factor against developing depressive symptoms…”
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Revising on the run or studying on the sofa: prospective associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and exam results in British adolescents
Published in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity (04-09-2015)“…BACKGROUND: We investigated prospective associations between physical activity/sedentary behaviour (PA/SED) and General Certificate of Secondary Education…”
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Adolescents leaving mental health or social care services: predictors of mental health and psychosocial outcomes one year later
Published in BMC health services research (02-05-2015)“…UK service structure necessitates a transition out of youth services at a time of increased risk for the development and onset of mental disorders. Little is…”
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Breakfast consumption and physical activity in adolescents: daily associations and hourly patterns
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-02-2014)“…Background: The association between breakfast consumption and physical activity (PA) is inconclusive.Objective: We aimed to investigate daily associations and…”
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General and specific effects of early-life psychosocial adversities on adolescent grey matter volume
Published in NeuroImage clinical (01-01-2014)“…Exposure to childhood adversities (CA) is associated with subsequent alterations in regional brain grey matter volume (GMV). Prior studies have focused mainly…”
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Facing Shadows: working with young people to coproduce a short film about depression
Published in Research involvement and engagement (27-11-2018)“…IMPACT (Improving Mood with Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Therapies) is a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of three therapeutic interventions for the…”
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5-HTTLPR and early childhood adversities moderate cognitive and emotional processing in adolescence
Published in PloS one (28-11-2012)“…Polymorphisms in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) and exposure to early childhood adversities (CA) are independently associated…”
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Is wearing a pedometer associated with higher physical activity among adolescents?
Published in Preventive medicine (01-05-2013)“…Abstract Objective To examine whether wearing a pedometer was associated with higher objectively-measured physical activity (PA) among adolescents independent…”
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5-HTTLPR–environment interplay and its effects on neural reactivity in adolescents
Published in NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) (15-11-2012)“…It is not known how 5-HTTLPR genotype×childhood adversity (CA) interactions that are associated with an increased risk for affective disorders in population…”
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A Novel Polyamine Analog Inhibits Growth and Induces Apoptosis in Human Breast Cancer Cells
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-07-2003)“…Polyamine analogs have demonstrated considerable activity against many important solid tumor models including breast cancer. However, the precise mechanisms of…”
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Primary prevention of eating disorders: might it do more harm than good?
Published in The International journal of eating disorders (01-09-1997)“…Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate a new school-based eating disorder prevention program designed to reduce dietary restraint. Method:…”
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Combination of Standard Cytotoxic Agents with Polyamine Analogues in the Treatment of Breast Cancer Cell Lines
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-02-2001)“…Polyamines are essential for cell growth and differentiation. Structural polyamine analogues have been shown to have antitumor activity in experimental models…”
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Who inspired my thinking? – Young people with a lot to say but few opportunities to be heard
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