Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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Issue Information	78
Narrative Matters: No teen is an island – the cost of finding a tribe through memes and TikToks	69
Letter to the Editor: Review article: The effectiveness of school‐based interventions for reducing screen time – a systematic review and meta‐analysis	57
Commentary: Suggestions for guidance by academics who collaborate with digital companies – a commentary on Bourgaize et al. (2025)	55
Debate: Social media content moderation may do more harm than good for youth mental health	45
Clinical research updates	44
Commentary: A spectrum for all? A response to Green et al. (2023), neurodiversity, autism and health care	34
Debate: How far can we modify the expression of autism by modifying the environment?	31
Mentalization and mental health outcomes in adolescents with internalizing disorders: a systematic review and multilevel meta‐analysis	31
Short Research Article: Do demographic, socioeconomic and clinical characteristics influence the number of psychological intervention sessions attended by young people in need of mental health care?	28
Correction to ‘Short Research Article: Independent association between household income and family adversity and bipolar disorder in adolescence and young adulthood—a registry‐data study in the Basque	27
Clinical Research Updates	27
Four Steps To My Future (4STMF): acceptability, feasibility and exploratory outcomes of a universal school‐based mental health and well‐being programme, delivered to young adolescents in South Africa	27
Short Research Article: RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher‐led	26
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An additional note on help‐seeking as some gaps are bigger than others: a commentary on ‘Don't mind the gap – why do we not care about the gender gap in mental health?’ Patalay and Demkowicz (2023)	25
Debate: Better use of existing services, not more new pathways, is required for psychosis prevention in young people – Commentary on Salazar de Pablo and Arango: ‘Prevention of psychosis in adolescent	22
Editorial: After a decade, does narrative still matter?	21
Editorial: Going through the slippery landscape of conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and help for children in humanitarian crises	21
Letter to the Editor: Beyond general scales – parent–child relationships in cultural contexts and adolescent suicide risk	21
Editorial Perspective: A call for action on imposter participants in child and adolescent mental health research	20
Commentary/Response: Economic evidence should be routinely collected and reported for studies of intervention effectiveness in mental health. A commentary on Vartiainen et al. (2022)	19
Scoping review: potential harm from school‐based group mental health interventions	18
Cyberbullying among adolescents in Turkey: the relationship between coping strategies and cyberbullying perpetration	18

Issue Information	17
Innovations in Practice: Feasibility and provision of dialectical behavior therapy skills training for adolescents and their families	16
How do Artificial Intelligence chatbots respond to questions from adolescent personas about their eating, body weight or appearance?	16
‘Everyone needs to know that infant mental health is important’ – a commentary/reflection on ‘Improving access to mental health interventions for children from birth to five years: a scoping review’ (	16
Long‐term impact of a mental health literacy resource applied by regular classroom teachers in a Canadian school cohort	16
Debate: Standing up for science – how to combat misinformation in child mental health: protecting the integrity of autism research and practice in the United States	15
A digital intervention to improve mental health and interpersonal resilience in young people who have experienced technology‐assisted sexual abuse: a feasibility clinical trial	15
Correction to ‘Debate: Social media in children and young people—time for a ban? From polarised debate to precautionary action—a population mental health perspective on social media and youth well‐bei	15
A grounded theory of the process of social transition in a family context from the perspective of gender diverse young people and their parents	14
Editorial: The need for more effective school‐based youth mental health interventions	13
Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help‐seeking intentions	13
Debate: Don't mind the gap – why do we not care about the gender gap in common mental health difficulties?	12
Debate: Social media in children and young people – time for a ban? Beyond bans: addressing the digital determinants of youth mental health and well‐being in the European region	12
The effectiveness of an online‐based psychosocial program for parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders – a randomized controlled trial	12
Commentary: The wars within – uncomfortable truths about the bullying of girls in conflict‐affected societies	11
Debate: Where to next for universal school‐based mental health interventions? Can research led by young people shape universal solutions for mental health and suicide prevention in school settings?	11
Examining academic self‐concept as a mediator of the relationship between anxiety and depression: A longitudinal study	11
Debate: Standing up for science – how to combat misinformation in child mental health? Evidence and ideology in gender dysphoria research	11
Review: Interventions addressing loneliness amongst university students: a systematic review	11
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A qualitative study of young people's lived experiences of suicide and self‐harm: intentionality, rationality and authenticity	11
Short Research Article: Promoting digital citizenship through a school‐based intervention in early adolescence in Perú (a pilot quasi‐experimental study)	10
Narrative Matters: Gustav Mahler – music as a source of meaning and healing in the face of adversity and inequality	10
“All that I've been through has made me who I am”: youth conceptualisations of personal recovery in mental health	9
Understanding the impact of children's and young people's self‐harm on parental well‐being: a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative findings	9
Issue Information	9
Debate: Involuntary treatment and detention are a necessary part of mental health care for children and young people – a perspective from an Independent Advocate in England, United Kingdom	9
Prospective association of device‐based physical activity and sedentary time during childhood with mental health outcomes during adolescence	9
Clinical research updates	9
Differences in body mass index trajectories of adolescent psychiatric inpatients by sex, age, diagnosis and medication: an exploratory longitudinal, mixed effects analysis	9
Digital safeguarding incidents in schools with and without smartphone policies: a cross‐sectional study in England	8
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Editorial: Equity, diversity and inclusion in child and adolescent mental health – equality of opportunities should be every child's right and every society's obligation	8
Debate: Responses to commentaries – neurodiversity, autism and healthcare	8
Debate: Conduct disorder and the segregation of child mental health	7
The moderation effect of mental health services use on the relationship between exposures to adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes among US adolescents	7
Issue Information	7
Debate: Standing up for science – how to combat misinformation in child mental health? The imperative to understand and counter mental health misinformation on social media	7
Self‐harm, suicidal ideation, depression and peer relationships in transgender and gender diverse adolescents accessing specialist mental health services	7
The burden of mental and behavioral health visits to the pediatric ED : A 3‐year tertiary care center experience	7
Preterm birth, bullying victimization, and mental health in adulthood: A prospective cohort study in Germany	7
Clinical Research Updates	7
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Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States	7
Editorial: Evidence in the real world – the need for context and the gender gap	7
Factors that impact mental health help‐seeking in Australian adolescents: a life‐course and socioecological perspective	7
Clinical research updates	7
Editorial: The debate around over‐pathologising young people's mental health	7
Adolescent mental health in Hong Kong: a longitudinal analysis of positive self‐evaluation, contextual influences and adverse experiences (2009–2014)	7

Staff Perspectives: Why are adolescent inpatients secluded and what causes changes in rates of seclusion on a unit?	6
Assessing the feasibility of a web‐based outcome measurement system in child and adolescent mental health services – myHealthE a randomised controlle	6
Understanding unusual sensory experiences: a randomised experimental study of a school‐based intervention for adolescents	6
Adolescents' problematic internet and smartphone use in (cyber)bullying experiences: A network analysis	6
Home Fae Home: A case study in co‐designing trauma‐informed community spaces with young people in Dundee, Scotland	6
Short Research Article: Independent association between household income and family adversity and bipolar disorder in adolescence and young adulthood – a registry‐data study in the Basque Country	6
Personality functioning in adolescents: exploring the links with childhood maltreatment types and internalizing and externalizing difficulties	6
Review: School‐based mental health literacy interventions to promote help‐seeking – a systematic review	6
Commentary: Interpreting diagnostic data on autism and gender dysphoria: clinical and research implications – a commentary on Sanders et al. (2025)	6
Review: Co‐occurring psychiatric disorders and symptomatology among children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders – an umbrella review with individual study meta‐analysis	6
Editorial Perspective: Prioritizing child and adolescent mental health research in the context of war	6
Debate: Are we over‐pathologising young people's mental health? The case of trauma and PTSD diagnosis	5
Technology Matters: Online Support and Intervention (OSI) for child anxiety problems – an example of the journey from research to practice	5
Debate: How much should nonspecialists be involved in mental health care for children and young people when resources are limited? Working with police forces to improve mental health crisis care for y	5
Review: System transformation to enhance transitional age youth mental health – a scoping review	5
Letter to the Editor: Reimagining environmental health for children – integrating longitudinal, genetic, and cross‐cultural perspectives	5
Review: Is a seat at the table enough to safeguard mental health? A global systematic scoping review of the mental health and well‐being impacts of youth participation and engagement	5
Debate: Academics should collaborate with the technology industry, but not in lieu of noncollaborative research	5
Barriers and facilitators of implementation of evidence‐based interventions in children and young people's mental health care – a systematic review	5
Commentary: Safeguarding youth in the smartphone era: rethinking evidence for action – a commentary on Lai et al. (2025)	5
Editorial: Open science and methods review for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	5
Clinical Research Updates	5
Editorial: Socio‐economic inequality and child and adolescent mental health	5
Debate: Social media in children and young people – time for a ban? From polarised debate to precautionary action – a population mental health perspective on social media and youth well‐being	4
Debate: Social media in children and young people – time for a ban? Beyond the ban – empowering parents and schools to keep adolescents safe on social media	4
Bridging the gap: unveiling key links between autism and anxiety symptoms in autistic children and youth using a network analysis in pooled data from four countries	4
Digital self‐harm and suicidality among adolescents	4
Preventing anxiety in the children of anxious parents – feasibility of a brief, online, group intervention for parents of one‐ to three‐year‐olds	4
Narrative Matters: Ursula Le Guin's writings and adolescence	4
Debate: Social media in children and young people – time for a ban? It is time to take a precautionary approach. Why health professionals are calling for a ban on social media for under‐16s	4
Debate: ‘Neurodiversity’ – has it outrun its usefulness?	4
Debate: How much should nonspecialists be involved in mental health care when resources are limited? A perspective from low‐ and middle‐income countries	4
Review: Young people's recovery processes from mental health problems – a scoping review	4
Clinical research updates	4
Editorial: Standing up for science – open science versus dis‐information	4
Debate: Urban versus rural environments – which is better for mental health? The one good thing about a small town…	4
Editorial Perspective: What do we need to know about the manosphere and young people's mental health?	4
Issue Information	3
Short Research Article: Changes in life functioning in a self‐help, online program for child and adolescent anxiety	3
Associations between parental socioeconomic status and mental health in Chinese children: the mediating roles of parenting practices	3
Debate: Young people are living in unprecedented times—too much chaos or too little resilience? Beyond the ‘chaos’ storyline—Modernising resilience frameworks and mental health care for children and y	3
Prevalence, conceptual distinctiveness, and cross‐sectional correlates of climate worry in Canadian adolescents	3
Debate: Are we overpathologising young people's mental health? Research shows otherwise – mental health conditions are not being recognised or diagnosed in healthcare settings	3
Review: Crisis responses for children and young people – a systematic review of effectiveness, experiences and service organisation ( CAMH‐Crisis )	3
Commentary: Who gets the credit for “discovering” ADHD and what is the question, really?	3
Commentary: Time to abandon the ‘clinical high risk state for psychosis’ ( CHR ‐P) concept in adolescence? Commentary on Frearson et al. ‘Efficacy of	3
Review Article: The acceptability and effectiveness of standardised diagnostic assessment approaches in children and young people's mental health services – an updated systematic review	3
Debate: Young people are living in unprecedented times – too much chaos or too little resilience? Protecting young people in perilous times calls for bolstering multisystem resilience as well as mitig	3
Space for youth mental health—coercive measure use before and after architectural innovation at a department of child and adolescent psychiatry	3
Coping with peer suicidality, help‐seeking intentions, and suicidal attitudes among Asian adolescents: a mixed‐methods study in Hong Kong	3
‘We wait and we wait’—caregiver perspectives on autism spectrum disorder services in the Western Cape Province of South Africa	3
Associations between childhood interactions with people of Black race/ethnicity and racial implicit association tasks in psychiatric providers in the United States – a cross‐sectional study	3
A commentary on “Don't mind the gap: Why we do not care about the gender gap in mental health?” by P. Patalay and O. Demkowicz	3
Issue Information	3
Editorial: Primum non nocere – are adverse events accurately reported in studies on psychological interventions for children?	3
Letter to the editor: A debate with no opponent	3
Commentary: Closing the gender gap in depression through the lived experience of young women – a response to ‘Don't mind the gap: Why do we not care about the gender gap in mental health?’, Patalay an	3
Letter to the Editor: ‘It's my ADHD ’	2
Debate: Urban–rural environments – which is better for mental health? Moving beyond urban–rural dichotomies in psychosis risk for young people	2
Editorial: Control alt delete – technology and children's mental health	2
The protective role of community cohesion across rural and urban contexts: implications for youth mental health	2
Debate: Involuntary treatment and detention are a necessary part of mental health care – a perspective from low and middle‐income countries	2
Bullying victimization among adolescents during the early phase of war in Ukraine – A comparative cross‐sectional study in 2016–2017	2
Letter to the editor: ‘To seclude or not to seclude, is that the question?’ A commentary on Yurtbasi et al. (2024)	2
Debts and experienced financial scarcity: associations with nonsuicidal self‐injury and suicidality in adolescents at risk for psychopathology	2
Psychotic‐like experiences and adverse life events in young people. Does gender matter?	2
Debate: Involuntary treatment – not whether, but when and what else is needed	2
Issue Information	2
Review: Digital experiences and their impact on the lives of adolescents with pre‐existing anxiety, depression, eating and nonsuicidal self‐injury conditions – a systematic review	2
Commentary: Against the widespread use of other types of PD diagnosis – a commentary on the May 2022 debate (should CAMH	2
The role of adolescent social inclusion in educational attainment among vulnerable youth	2
Debate: Social media in children and young people – time for a ban? Weighing up the implications and limitations of age‐based social media restrictions	2
Commentary: Bridging the gap between emerging harms and evidence‐based care: a commentary on Bucci et al. (2025)	2
Editorial: ‘Like a bee and a flower’ – the symbiotic relationship between physical environment and children and young people's psychosocial outcomes	2
Issue Information	2
Letter to the Editor: Who speaks for personal recovery? Methodological reflections on sample representativeness and overlooked heterogeneous voices in an adolescent recovery study	2
Network structure of adolescent social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties and their differential relationships with suicidality	2
Short Research Article: Autism spectrum disorder and gender dysphoria among adolescents in a large, integrated health system	2
The role of neighbourhood greenspace quantity on mental health and cognitive development in early to middle childhood: a multilevel growth curve analysis of the UK	2
Editorial: Equity, diversity and inclusion in child and adolescent mental health – a perspective from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)	2

Debate: More, not less social media content moderation? How to better protect youth mental health online	2
Narrative Matters: Write the pain away – creative writing therapy for young people	2
Self‐reported changes in adolescent mental health, deliberate self‐harm, substance use, and help‐seeking behavior before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic – A Finnish time‐trend study	2
Debate: Neurodiversity, autism and healthcare	2
Editorial Perspective: Using the levers to improve the mental health transitions of 15–25 year olds – learning from the evidence across the whole of health, social care and beyond	2
Short research article: COVID ‐19 and its impact on child and youth mental health service demand in the community and emergency department	2
Review: School‐based interventions for child and adolescent survivors of natural disasters – a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials	1
Issue Information	1
Debate: CAMHS will be at the forefront of the next generation of psychosis risk models, but further integration with early intervention psychosis services is needed to realise this potential	1
Commentary: Where to next for universal school‐based mental health interventions? Don't through the baby out with the bathwater	1
Age‐related differences in social media use, online social support, and depressive symptoms in adolescents and emerging adults	1
Learning outcomes in primary school children with emotional problems: a prospective cohort study	1
DEBATE : The inevitable decline of mindfulness	1
Russian adolescent mental health in 2002, 2015 and during the COVID ‐19 pandemic in 2021	1
Review: Adverse event monitoring and reporting in studies of pediatric psychosocial interventions: a systematic review	1
Letter to the Editor: Addressing the escalating trend of nonmedical use of benzodiazepines and Z‐hypnotics among adolescents – a call for gender‐sensitive interventions and policy reforms	1
School connectedness mediates the association of social function with depressive symptoms in teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	1
Issue Information	1
Technology Matters: Digital micro interventions to support parenting: Evaluating time out apps	1
Letter to the Editor: Nuanced considerations on the association between childhood movement behaviors and adolescent mental health	1
Commentary: Bringing together lived experience, clinical and research expertise – a commentary on the May 2022 debate (should CAMH professionals be d	1
Debate: Response to “Should academics collaborate with digital companies to improve young people's mental health”	1
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Issue Information	1
Increasing access to evidence‐based treatment for child anxiety problems: online parent‐led CBT for children identified via schools	1
Editorial: Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion through culturally sensitive collaboration and training	1
Development of a chatbot for depression: adolescent perceptions and recommendations	1
Maternal anorexia nervosa and risk of mental and neurodevelopmental morbidity in offspring	1
Commentary: Should we worry about climate worry? Understanding and promoting youth resilience and pro‐environmental engagement: a commentary on Park et al. (2026)	1
Review: Improving access to mental health interventions for children from birth to five years: A Scoping Review	1
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The role of social support on the relationships between internet use and sleep problems in adolescents during COVID‐19 pandemic: a multicentre study	1
Debate: Young people are living in unprecedented times – too much chaos or too little resilience?: No Pain, No Gain? Why articulating distress marks youth resilience	1
Young people's online communication and its association with mental well‐being: results from the 2019 student health and well‐being survey	1
Technology Matters: The ESSENCE of holistic neurodivergent identification in a digital age	1
Editorial: Child and adolescent mental health research in a digital age: missed opportunities and overlooked threats	1
Review: Interventions to prevent or manage self‐harm among students in educational settings – a systematic review	1
Editorial: The Cass Review – implications and reassurance for practitioners	1
Narrative Matters: Wasting away and fed up – dietary battles in history	1
The use and potential of artificial intelligence for supporting clinical observation of child behaviour	1
Debate: Bridging the gap – role of nonspecialists in child and adolescent mental health care	1
Debate: Should academics collaborate with digital companies to improve young people's mental health?	1
Narrative Matters: Adolescence in The Manosphere – A perfect storm?	1
Narrative Matters: Cultural humility in mental healthcare	1
Review: Social media use and adolescent mental health – an umbrella review and power analysis	1
Letter to the Editor: Redesigning mental health support for youth – early interventions need to move away from the diagnostic model	1
Debate: Should academics collaborate with social media and gaming companies to identify and reduce mental health impacts on children and young people?	1
Childhood attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder: socioeconomic inequalities in symptoms, impact, diagnosis and medication	1
Debate: Child and adolescent mental health services: time to take the lead in prevention of psychosis in youth	1
Debate: We need data infrastructure as well as data sharing – conflicts of interest in video game research	1
Narrative Matters: Young people with lived experience discuss I Swear	1
Intergenerational consequences of racism in the United Kingdom: a qualitative investigation into parents' exposure to racism and offspring mental health and well‐being	1
Response: Personality disorder is here to stay across the lifespan – a response to Commentaries on the May 2022 Debate	1