This learning series includes:
- 34 mins of on-demand video
- Access on desktop, tablet and mobile
This learning series explores how academic writing and publishing unfold in practice within child and adolescent mental health. It examines how research ideas are generated, developed, and translated into high-quality papers, while offering practical insights into structuring manuscripts, maintaining clarity, and navigating common challenges such as time constraints and writer’s block.
It also highlights the role of collaboration, professional dialogue, and real-world experience in shaping meaningful research. Overall, the series provides grounded guidance to support more effective, sustainable writing practices and stronger engagement with the publication process.
In this video from the Writing and Publishing: Reflections from JCPP Editors series, Dr Alessio Bellato reflects on how collaboration, networking, and lived experience often spark the most impactful research ideas. He shares practical strategies for managing competing demands, writing in small steps, and approaching rejection with perspective. His advice encourages early-career researchers to engage actively with both academic and clinical communities.
1. Understand how collaboration and lived experience can guide research topics.
2. Apply strategies for writing consistently, even when facing time pressure or burnout.
3. Recognise how to approach rejection and navigate the publication process with perspective.
Learning series: Writing and Publishing: Reflections from JCPP Advances Editors
Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the School of Psychology at the University of Southampton
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