Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Papers
(The median citation count of Child and Adolescent Mental Health is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Commentary: Suggestions for guidance by academics who collaborate with digital companies – a commentary on Bourgaize et al. (2025)126
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Issue Information61
Commentary: A spectrum for all? A response to Green et al. (2023), neurodiversity, autism and health care53
Narrative Matters: No teen is an island – the cost of finding a tribe through memes and TikToks52
Debate: How far can we modify the expression of autism by modifying the environment?45
Debate: Social media content moderation may do more harm than good for youth mental health43
Clinical research updates36
Issue Information35
Clinical Research Updates27
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?25
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
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 Africa25
Short Research Article: RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher‐led 23
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Editorial: Going through the slippery landscape of conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and help for children in humanitarian crises23
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 adolescent22
Editorial Perspective: A call for action on imposter participants in child and adolescent mental health research22
Debate: Young people with personality disorder should be recognised and appropriately managed21
Cyberbullying among adolescents in Turkey: the relationship between coping strategies and cyberbullying perpetration21
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)21
Scoping review: potential harm from school‐based group mental health interventions19
Long‐term impact of a mental health literacy resource applied by regular classroom teachers in a Canadian school cohort18
Debate: Standing up for science – how to combat misinformation in child mental health: protecting the integrity of autism research and practice in the United States17
Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help‐seeking intentions17
Editorial: The need for more effective school‐based youth mental health interventions16
Issue Information16
The effectiveness of an online‐based psychosocial program for parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders – a randomized controlled trial15
Innovations in Practice: Feasibility and provision of dialectical behavior therapy skills training for adolescents and their families15
‘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’ (15
How do Artificial Intelligence chatbots respond to questions from adolescent personas about their eating, body weight or appearance?14
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‐bei14
Review: Interventions addressing loneliness amongst university students: a systematic review13
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 region13
Debate: Don't mind the gap – why do we not care about the gender gap in common mental health difficulties?13
“All that I've been through has made me who I am”: youth conceptualisations of personal recovery in mental health12
Commentary: The wars within – uncomfortable truths about the bullying of girls in conflict‐affected societies12
Prospective association of device‐based physical activity and sedentary time during childhood with mental health outcomes during adolescence12
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Examining academic self‐concept as a mediator of the relationship between anxiety and depression: A longitudinal study12
Short Research Article: Promoting digital citizenship through a school‐based intervention in early adolescence in Perú (a pilot quasi‐experimental study)11
A qualitative study of young people's lived experiences of suicide and self‐harm: intentionality, rationality and authenticity11
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
Narrative Matters: Gustav Mahler – music as a source of meaning and healing in the face of adversity and inequality11
Issue Information11
Debate: Standing up for science – how to combat misinformation in child mental health? Evidence and ideology in gender dysphoria research11
Differences in body mass index trajectories of adolescent psychiatric inpatients by sex, age, diagnosis and medication: an exploratory longitudinal, mixed effects analysis11
Clinical research updates10
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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 obligation9
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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 Kingdom9
Debate: Responses to commentaries – neurodiversity, autism and healthcare9
Understanding the impact of children's and young people's self‐harm on parental well‐being: a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative findings9
Self‐harm, suicidal ideation, depression and peer relationships in transgender and gender diverse adolescents accessing specialist mental health services8
Editorial: The debate around over‐pathologising young people's mental health8
Life problems in children and adolescents who self‐harm: findings from the multicentre study of self‐harm in England8
Preterm birth, bullying victimization, and mental health in adulthood: A prospective cohort study in Germany8
Debate: Conduct disorder and the segregation of child mental health8
Editorial Perspective: The digital divide – inequalities in remote therapy for children and adolescents8
Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States8
Factors that impact mental health help‐seeking in Australian adolescents: a life‐course and socioecological perspective8
Clinical research updates7
Staff Perspectives: Why are adolescent inpatients secluded and what causes changes in rates of seclusion on a unit?7
Clinical research updates7
Home Fae Home: A case study in co‐designing trauma‐informed community spaces with young people in Dundee, Scotland7
Debate: It is time to stop turning a blind eye to personality disorder in young people7
The burden of mental and behavioral health visits to the pediatric ED : A 3‐year tertiary care center experience7
Assessing the feasibility of a web‐based outcome measurement system in child and adolescent mental health services – myHealthE a randomised controlle7
Clinical Research Updates7
Editorial: Evidence in the real world – the need for context and the gender gap7
The moderation effect of mental health services use on the relationship between exposures to adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes among US adolescents7
Issue Information7
Commentary: Interpreting diagnostic data on autism and gender dysphoria: clinical and research implications – a commentary on Sanders et al. (2025)7
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 Country6
Personality functioning in adolescents: exploring the links with childhood maltreatment types and internalizing and externalizing difficulties6
Editorial Perspective: Prioritizing child and adolescent mental health research in the context of war6
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 engagement6
Adolescents' problematic internet and smartphone use in (cyber)bullying experiences: A network analysis6
Understanding unusual sensory experiences: a randomised experimental study of a school‐based intervention for adolescents6
Review: School‐based mental health literacy interventions to promote help‐seeking – a systematic review6
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 countries5
Debate: Academics should collaborate with the technology industry, but not in lieu of noncollaborative research5
Debate: Are we over‐pathologising young people's mental health? The case of trauma and PTSD diagnosis5
Letter to the Editor: Reimagining environmental health for children – integrating longitudinal, genetic, and cross‐cultural perspectives5
Debate: Child and adolescent mental health professionals have a responsibility to diagnose Personality Disorder5
Review: Young people's recovery processes from mental health problems – a scoping review5
Editorial: Standing up for science – open science versus dis‐information5
Clinical research updates5
Editorial: Open science and methods review for Child and Adolescent Mental Health5
Commentary: Safeguarding youth in the smartphone era: rethinking evidence for action – a commentary on Lai et al. (2025)5
Clinical Research Updates5
Review: System transformation to enhance transitional age youth mental health – a scoping review5
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‐16s5
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‐being5
Barriers and facilitators of implementation of evidence‐based interventions in children and young people's mental health care – a systematic review5
Technology Matters: Online Support and Intervention (OSI) for child anxiety problems – an example of the journey from research to practice5
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 y5
Debate: “The‐Diagnosis‐That‐Must‐Not‐Be‐Named” – Professionals' fear of BPD is failing their patients5
Preventing anxiety in the children of anxious parents – feasibility of a brief, online, group intervention for parents of one‐ to three‐year‐olds5
Editorial: Socio‐economic inequality and child and adolescent mental health5
Letter to the editor: A debate with no opponent4
‘We wait and we wait’—caregiver perspectives on autism spectrum disorder services in the Western Cape Province of South Africa4
Editorial: Primum non nocere – are adverse events accurately reported in studies on psychological interventions for children?4
Narrative Matters: Ursula Le Guin's writings and adolescence4
Debate: Urban versus rural environments – which is better for mental health? The one good thing about a small town…4
Digital self‐harm and suicidality among adolescents4
Review Article: The acceptability and effectiveness of standardised diagnostic assessment approaches in children and young people's mental health services – an updated systematic review4
Debate: Are we overpathologising young people's mental health? Research shows otherwise – mental health conditions are not being recognised or diagnosed in healthcare settings4
Debate: How much should nonspecialists be involved in mental health care when resources are limited? A perspective from low‐ and middle‐income countries4
Editorial Perspective: What do we need to know about the manosphere and young people's mental health?4
Debate: ‘Neurodiversity’ – has it outrun its usefulness?4
Associations between parental socioeconomic status and mental health in Chinese children: the mediating roles of parenting practices4
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 an4
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 media4
Commentary: Proactive practices to support youth coping with climate change – a commentary on Martin et al. (2021)4
Review: Crisis responses for children and young people – a systematic review of effectiveness, experiences and service organisation ( CAMH‐Crisis )4
Space for youth mental health—coercive measure use before and after architectural innovation at a department of child and adolescent psychiatry3
Debate: Involuntary treatment – not whether, but when and what else is needed3
Short Research Article: Changes in life functioning in a self‐help, online program for child and adolescent anxiety3
Network structure of adolescent social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties and their differential relationships with suicidality3
Coping with peer suicidality, help‐seeking intentions, and suicidal attitudes among Asian adolescents: a mixed‐methods study in Hong Kong3
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 of3
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 beyond3
Debate: Climate impacts on mental health – a youth perspective3
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. Demkowicz3
Issue Information3
Review: Cultural adaptations to psychosocial interventions for families with refugee/asylum‐seeker status in the United Kingdom – a systematic review3
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 study3
The role of adolescent social inclusion in educational attainment among vulnerable youth2
Commentary: Bridging the gap between emerging harms and evidence‐based care: a commentary on Bucci et al. (2025)2
Letter to the editor: ‘To seclude or not to seclude, is that the question?’ A commentary on Yurtbasi et al. (2024)2
Debate: Urban–rural environments – which is better for mental health? Moving beyond urban–rural dichotomies in psychosis risk for young people2
Debate: Neurodiversity, autism and healthcare2
Review: Impact of urgent youth outpatient mental health care on patient and health system outcomes – a scoping review2
Debate: More, not less social media content moderation? How to better protect youth mental health online2
Short research article: COVID ‐19 and its impact on child and youth mental health service demand in the community and emergency department2
Debate: Involuntary treatment and detention are a necessary part of mental health care – a perspective from low and middle‐income countries2
Narrative Matters: Encanto and intergenerational trauma2
Bullying victimization among adolescents during the early phase of war in Ukraine – A comparative cross‐sectional study in 2016–20172
The protective role of community cohesion across rural and urban contexts: implications for youth mental health2
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
Review: Digital experiences and their impact on the lives of adolescents with pre‐existing anxiety, depression, eating and nonsuicidal self‐injury conditions – a systematic review2
Editorial: ‘Like a bee and a flower’ – the symbiotic relationship between physical environment and children and young people's psychosocial outcomes2
Short Research Article: Autism spectrum disorder and gender dysphoria among adolescents in a large, integrated health system2
Development, preliminary validation and reliability of the colourful ‘My Feelings Form’ self‐report for young children2
Narrative Matters: Write the pain away – creative writing therapy for young people2
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: Social media in children and young people – time for a ban? Weighing up the implications and limitations of age‐based social media restrictions2
Letter to the Editor: ‘It's my ADHD2
Editorial: Control alt delete – technology and children's mental health2
Psychotic‐like experiences and adverse life events in young people. Does gender matter?2
Issue Information2
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 study2
Debate: Bridging the gap – role of nonspecialists in child and adolescent mental health care2
Narrative Matters: Adolescence in The Manosphere – A perfect storm?1
Editorial: The Cass Review – implications and reassurance for practitioners1
Review: Can digital mental health interventions bridge the ‘digital divide’ for socioeconomically and digitally marginalised youth? A systematic review1
Review: School‐based interventions for child and adolescent survivors of natural disasters – a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials1
Childhood attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder: socioeconomic inequalities in symptoms, impact, diagnosis and medication1
Review: Adverse event monitoring and reporting in studies of pediatric psychosocial interventions: a systematic review1
Debate: Should CAMHs professionals be diagnosing personality disorder in adolescents – ‘No rationale to deprive adolescents of effective treatment’1
Debate: Child and adolescent mental health services: time to take the lead in prevention of psychosis in youth1
Review: Meta‐analysis on mindfulness‐based interventions for adolescents' stress, depression, and anxiety in school settings: a cautionary tale1
Age‐related differences in social media use, online social support, and depressive symptoms in adolescents and emerging adults1
Debate: We need data infrastructure as well as data sharing – conflicts of interest in video game research1
The use and potential of artificial intelligence for supporting clinical observation of child behaviour1
Development of a chatbot for depression: adolescent perceptions and recommendations1
Response: Personality disorder is here to stay across the lifespan – a response to Commentaries on the May 2022 Debate1
Editorial Perspective: Mental health of young asylum seekers and refugees in the context of COVID‐191
School connectedness mediates the association of social function with depressive symptoms in teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder1
Russian adolescent mental health in 2002, 2015 and during the COVID ‐19 pandemic in 20211
Review: Interventions to prevent or manage self‐harm among students in educational settings – a systematic review1
Issue Information1
Review: Improving access to mental health interventions for children from birth to five years: A Scoping Review1
Intergenerational consequences of racism in the United Kingdom: a qualitative investigation into parents' exposure to racism and offspring mental health and well‐being1
The role of social support on the relationships between internet use and sleep problems in adolescents during COVID‐19 pandemic: a multicentre study1
Young people's online communication and its association with mental well‐being: results from the 2019 student health and well‐being survey1
Debate: Should academics collaborate with social media and gaming companies to identify and reduce mental health impacts on children and young people?1
Debate: Should academics collaborate with digital companies to improve young people's mental health?1
Increasing access to evidence‐based treatment for child anxiety problems: online parent‐led CBT for children identified via schools1
Issue Information1
Cognitive and behavioral profiles in children with autism spectrum disorder with and without Attention‐Deficit /hyperactivity disorder1
Learning outcomes in primary school children with emotional problems: a prospective cohort study1
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 potential1
Editorial: Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion through culturally sensitive collaboration and training1
Commentary: Bringing together lived experience, clinical and research expertise – a commentary on the May 2022 debate (should CAMH professionals be d1
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Narrative Matters: Wasting away and fed up – dietary battles in history1
Issue Information1
Maternal anorexia nervosa and risk of mental and neurodevelopmental morbidity in offspring1
Commentary: Where to next for universal school‐based mental health interventions? Don't through the baby out with the bathwater1
DEBATE : The inevitable decline of mindfulness1
Clinical Research Updates1
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 reforms1
Debate: Response to “Should academics collaborate with digital companies to improve young people's mental health”1
Technology Matters: The ESSENCE of holistic neurodivergent identification in a digital age1
Technology Matters: Digital micro interventions to support parenting: Evaluating time out apps1
Narrative Matters: Cultural humility in mental healthcare1
Commentary: Against the widespread use of other types of PD diagnosis – a commentary on the May 2022 debate (should CAMH1
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