Site-Selective Ligand Functionalization Reverses Hypsochromic Luminescence Shifts in Platinum(II) Complexes of Benzannulated NCN-Coordinating Ligands.

Ligands containing phenanthridine (benzo[c]quinoline) have presented notable exceptions to the conventional logic that increasing ligand benzannulation leads to bathochromic (red) shifts in the absorption and emission of their coordination complexes. The counterintuitive blue shifts have been attributed to the peculiar structure of phenanthridines, whose ground states are dominated by imine-bridged biphenyl resonance contributors. These serve to isolate the C=N unit electronically from the rest of the ligand framework and allow the C=N moiety to act as a 'shock-absorber', buffering against larger molecular distortions in a molecule's excited state, and reducing the observed pseudo-Stokes' shift.

Adolescent experience of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy: a qualitative study.

Background: Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO DBT) is a novel transdiagnostic treatment that targets 'maladaptive overcontrol'; a transdiagnostic cluster of traits associated with excessive emotional and behavioural inhibitory control. Outcomes are promising for adults with a range of psychiatric disorders. No study to date has explored the adolescent experience of RO DBT.

Moving online: young people and parents' experiences of adolescent eating disorder day programme treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: This study examined the experiences of young people and their parents who attended an intensive day treatment programme for eating disorders online during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Online questionnaires were completed by 14 adolescents (12-18 years) and their parents (n = 19). The questionnaires included a mixture of rating questions (Likert scale) and free text responses.