Cohort profile: The Social media, smartphone use and Self-harm in Young People (3S-YP) study-A prospective, observational cohort study of young people in contact with mental health services.

Objectives: The Social media, Smartphone use and Self-Harm (3S-YP) study is a prospective observational cohort study to investigate the mechanisms underpinning associations between social media and smartphone use and self-harm in a clinical youth sample. We present here a comprehensive description of the cohort from baseline data and an overview of data available from baseline and follow-up assessments.

Methods: Young people aged 13-25 years were recruited from a mental health trust in England and followed up for 6 months.

A longitudinal qualitative study of women's experiences of postnatal care following hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Problem: There has been little focus on women's views of care and recovery following pregnancy complicated by hypertensive disorders of pregnancy [HDP] despite long-term implications for maternal health.

Background: Increasingly in clinical research, areas of interest include the extent to which women are involved in postnatal care planning, perceived value of routine postnatal contacts, lifestyle behaviour advice, and extent to which ongoing concerns about HDP could be discussed with healthcare professionals.

Aim: This study explored women's experiences of birth-recovery up to 12 months following HDP.

Observational prospective study of social media, smartphone use and self-harm in a clinical sample of young people: study protocol.

Introduction: Young people are the most frequent users of social media and smartphones and there has been an increasing speculation about the potential negative impacts of their use on mental health. This has coincided with a sharp increase in the levels of self-harm in young people. To date, studies researching this potential association are predominantly cross-sectional and reliant on self-report data, which precludes the ability to objectively analyse behaviour over time.

Maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative: Social media data to study youth mental health with informed consent.

Social media usage impacts upon the mental health and wellbeing of young people, yet there is not enough evidence to determine who is affected, how and to what extent. While it has widened and strengthened communication networks for many, the dangers posed to at-risk youth are serious. Social media data offers unique insights into the minute details of a user's online life.

Effect of maternal eating disorders on mother-infant quality of interaction, bonding and child temperament: A longitudinal study.

Aims: This study aims to investigate the effect of maternal eating disorders (ED) on mother-infant quality of interaction at 8 weeks and bonding and child temperament at 1 and 2 years postnatally. We also aimed to explore the relationship between maternal ED psychopathology, comorbid psychiatric difficulties, and both mother-infant quality of interaction and bonding in women with ED. Women were recruited to a prospective longitudinal study.

Screening instruments for eating disorders in pregnancy: Current evidence, challenges, and future directions.

Pregnancy is a vulnerable period for eating disorder (ED) occurrence and maternal EDs are associated with heightened risk of adverse pregnancy and infant outcomes. This highlights the need to identify pregnant women with past or current EDs in order to offer appropriate support. However, there is a knowledge and practice gap on screening pregnant women for EDs.

Eating disorders, pregnancy and the postnatal period: a review of the recent literature.

Purpose Of Review: Eating disorders (ED) are severe psychiatric disorders that affect women in reproductive age. The purpose of this review is to provide an up-to-date overview of the impact of maternal ED on pregnancy and the postnatal period. The clinical implications for identification and management of maternal ED are also discussed.

Recent developments in the use of optical coherence tomography for glaucoma.

Purpose Of Review: The aim of this article is to summarize findings of recent reports highlighting the utility of novel optical coherence tomography (OCT) parameters in the diagnosis and monitoring of glaucomatous optic neuropathy.

Recent Findings: Optic nerve head (ONH), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), and macular parameters show high levels of diagnostic capability. The Bruch's membrane opening-minimum rim width (BMO-MRW) measurement is a novel ONH parameter obtained using the Spectralis SD-OCT device (Heidelberg Engineering, Inc.

Prevalence and clinical characterisation of pregnant women with eating disorders.

Objective: To estimate prevalence of lifetime and current eating disorders (ED) in a sample of pregnant women in South-East London and to describe their sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Method: Secondary analysis of data from a cross-sectional survey. Using a stratified sampling design, 545 pregnant women were recruited.

Postnatal care following hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a qualitative study of views and experiences of primary and secondary care clinicians.

Objectives: To explore clinicians' views and experiences of caring for postnatal women who had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), awareness of relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance to inform their postnatal management, the extent to which NICE guidance was implemented, barriers and facilitators to implementation and how care could be enhanced to support women's future health.

Design: A qualitative study using semistructured interviews. Thematic analysis was used for coding and theme generation.

Snap shot: Achieving better care through a one-page personal health profile.

Children with intellectual disabilities (IDs) can have complex health conditions that require intense and ongoing care management by multiple healthcare professionals (HCPs). Families often experience frustrations and challenges sharing necessary information about their children's unique emotional and communicative needs with HCPs. In turn, these needs are often poorly documented and shared with other HCPs.

Barriers to identifying eating disorders in pregnancy and in the postnatal period: a qualitative approach.

Background: Eating Disorders (ED) are mental health disorders that typically effect women of childbearing age and are associated with adverse maternal and infant outcomes. UK healthcare guidance recommends routine enquiry for current and past mental illness in antenatal and postnatal care for all women, and that pregnant women with a known ED are offered enhanced monitoring and support. Midwives and health visitors are ideally placed to identify and support women with ED as they are often the primary point of contact during the antenatal and postnatal periods.

Accuracy of the Whooley questions and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in identifying depression and other mental disorders in early pregnancy.

Background: There is limited evidence on the prevalence and identification of antenatal mental disorders. Aims To investigate the prevalence of mental disorders in early pregnancy and the diagnostic accuracy of depression-screening (Whooley) questions compared with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), against the Structured Clinical Interview DSM-IV-TR.

Method: Cross-sectional survey of women responding to Whooley questions asked at their first antenatal appointment.

Differences in pre-conception and pregnancy healthy lifestyle advice by maternal BMI: Findings from a cross sectional survey.

Objective: Being underweight at pregnancy commencement is associated with a range of adverse maternal and infant outcomes, as is being overweight or obese, yet it is an aspect of maternal health which has been relatively neglected by healthcare professionals and researchers. We aimed to investigate differences in pre-pregnancy and pregnancy healthy lifestyle advice routinely offered by relevant healthcare professionals, including midwives and GPs, to women across three different BMI categories - underweight, normal, and overweight or obese.

Design: A cross-sectional study nested in an antenatal survey of pregnant women.

Brenna's story: A critical reflection and analysis of one mother's experience of navigating the medical system with a child with intellectual disabilities.

Children with intellectual disabilities spend more time in the health-care system than mainstream children. Parents have to learn how to navigate the system by coordinating appointments, understanding the referral process, knowing what services are available, and advocating for those services. This places an incredible amount of responsibility on families.

Antenatal and postnatal psychopathology among women with current and past eating disorders: longitudinal patterns.

This study aims to investigate longitudinal patterns of psychopathology during the antenatal and postnatal periods among women with current (C-ED) and past (P-ED) eating disorders. Women were recruited to a prospective longitudinal study: C-ED (n = 31), P-ED (n = 29) and healthy control (HC; n = 57). Anxiety, depression and ED symptoms were measured at four time points: first/second trimester, third trimester, 8 weeks and 6 months postpartum.

Testing the feasibility of therapeutic identification of depression in young people in British general practice.

Purpose: Depression in young people attending primary care is common and is associated with impairment and recurrence into adulthood. However, it remains under-recognized. This study evaluated the feasibility of training primary care practitioners (PCPs) in screening and therapeutic identification of adolescent depression, and assessed its effects on practitioner knowledge, attitudes, screening, and management.

Recognising the symptoms: how common are eating disorders in pregnancy?

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate eating disorder diagnostic status and related symptoms in early pregnancy.

Methods: Pregnant women (n=739), attending their first routine antenatal scan, were assessed using an adapted version of the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (EDDS). Prevalence estimates and eating disorder symptoms were assessed during the first 3 months of pregnancy and, retrospectively, in the 6 to 12 months prior to pregnancy.

Therapeutic identification of depression in young people: lessons from the introduction of a new technique in general practice.

Background: Mild-to-moderate depression in young people is associated with impaired social functioning and high rates of affective disorder in adult life. Earlier recognition of depression in young people has the potential to reduce the burden of depression in adulthood. However, depression in teenagers is underdiagnosed and undertreated.