Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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Issue Information	74
Commentary: Suggestions for guidance by academics who collaborate with digital companies – a commentary on Bourgaize et al. (2025)	59
Letter to the Editor: Review article: The effectiveness of school‐based interventions for reducing screen time – a systematic review and meta‐analysis	59
Clinical research updates	55
Commentary: A spectrum for all? A response to Green et al. (2023), neurodiversity, autism and health care	52
Debate: How far can we modify the expression of autism by modifying the environment?	39
Debate: Social media content moderation may do more harm than good for youth mental health	32
Narrative Matters: No teen is an island – the cost of finding a tribe through memes and TikToks	31
Mentalization and mental health outcomes in adolescents with internalizing disorders: a systematic review and multilevel meta‐analysis	29
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?	29
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	28
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	28
Clinical Research Updates	28
Debate: Conversational AI and young people's mental health – friend or foe? – the illusion of a safe space for youth mental health	27
Longitudinal associations between school absence and mental health problems in adolescents in England: a retrospective cohort study using linked administrative data	24
Short Research Article: RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher‐led	22
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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)	21
Editorial: Going through the slippery landscape of conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and help for children in humanitarian crises	20
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	20
Letter to the Editor: Beyond general scales – parent–child relationships in cultural contexts and adolescent suicide risk	19
Editorial: After a decade, does narrative still matter?	19
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
Editorial Perspective: A call for action on imposter participants in child and adolescent mental health research	18

Cyberbullying among adolescents in Turkey: the relationship between coping strategies and cyberbullying perpetration	18
Scoping review: potential harm from school‐based group mental health interventions	17
Issue Information	17
‘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
Innovations in Practice: Feasibility and provision of dialectical behavior therapy skills training for adolescents and their families	15
Debate: Don't mind the gap – why do we not care about the gender gap in common mental health difficulties?	15
Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help‐seeking intentions	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‐bei	14
A digital intervention to improve mental health and interpersonal resilience in young people who have experienced technology‐assisted sexual abuse: a feasibility clinical trial	14
A grounded theory of the process of social transition in a family context from the perspective of gender diverse young people and their parents	13
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	13
Long‐term impact of a mental health literacy resource applied by regular classroom teachers in a Canadian school cohort	12
Review: Interventions addressing loneliness amongst university students: a systematic review	12
The effectiveness of an online‐based psychosocial program for parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders – a randomized controlled trial	12
Editorial: The need for more effective school‐based youth mental health interventions	11
How do Artificial Intelligence chatbots respond to questions from adolescent personas about their eating, body weight or appearance?	11
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	11
Prospective association of device‐based physical activity and sedentary time during childhood with mental health outcomes during adolescence	10
Commentary: The wars within – uncomfortable truths about the bullying of girls in conflict‐affected societies	10
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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	10
Debate: Standing up for science – how to combat misinformation in child mental health? Evidence and ideology in gender dysphoria research	10
A qualitative study of young people's lived experiences of suicide and self‐harm: intentionality, rationality and authenticity	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: 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?	9
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	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
Clinical research updates	9
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	8
Debate: Responses to commentaries – neurodiversity, autism and healthcare	8
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Adolescent mental health in Hong Kong: a longitudinal analysis of positive self‐evaluation, contextual influences and adverse experiences (2009–2014)	8
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Digital safeguarding incidents in schools with and without smartphone policies: a cross‐sectional study in England	8
Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States	7
Editorial: The debate around over‐pathologising young people's mental health	7
Factors that impact mental health help‐seeking in Australian adolescents: a life‐course and socioecological perspective	7
Self‐harm, suicidal ideation, depression and peer relationships in transgender and gender diverse adolescents accessing specialist mental health services	7
Clinical research updates	7
Preterm birth, bullying victimization, and mental health in adulthood: A prospective cohort study in Germany	7
The burden of mental and behavioral health visits to the pediatric ED : A 3‐year tertiary care center experience	7
Debate: Young people are living in unprecedented times – too much chaos or too little resilience?: Are today's young people really less resilient or have we created systems that strip away the experie	7
Editorial: Evidence in the real world – the need for context and the gender gap	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
Personality functioning in adolescents: exploring the links with childhood maltreatment types and internalizing and externalizing difficulties	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

Staff Perspectives: Why are adolescent inpatients secluded and what causes changes in rates of seclusion on a unit?	6
Review: Co‐occurring psychiatric disorders and symptomatology among children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders – an umbrella review with individual study meta‐analysis	6
Understanding unusual sensory experiences: a randomised experimental study of a school‐based intervention for adolescents	6
Home Fae Home: A case study in co‐designing trauma‐informed community spaces with young people in Dundee, Scotland	6
Clinical Research Updates	6
Editorial Perspective: Prioritizing child and adolescent mental health research in the context of war	6
Commentary: Interpreting diagnostic data on autism and gender dysphoria: clinical and research implications – a commentary on Sanders et al. (2025)	6
Issue Information	6
Adolescents' problematic internet and smartphone use in (cyber)bullying experiences: A network analysis	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
Review: Young people's recovery processes from mental health problems – a scoping review	5
Narrative Matters: words that hold: poetic form and the developing adolescent self	5
Barriers and facilitators of implementation of evidence‐based interventions in children and young people's mental health care – a systematic review	5
Letter to the Editor: Reimagining environmental health for children – integrating longitudinal, genetic, and cross‐cultural perspectives	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
Editorial: Open science and methods review for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	5
Debate: Academics should collaborate with the technology industry, but not in lieu of noncollaborative research	5
Debate: Are we over‐pathologising young people's mental health? The case of trauma and PTSD diagnosis	5
Commentary: Safeguarding youth in the smartphone era: rethinking evidence for action – a commentary on Lai et al. (2025)	5
Letter to the Editor: Do smartphone bans improve adolescent mental health? Limitations of cross‐sectional evidence	5
Review: School‐based mental health literacy interventions to promote help‐seeking – a systematic review	5
Technology Matters: Online Support and Intervention (OSI) for child anxiety problems – an example of the journey from research to practice	5
Clinical Research Updates	5
Editorial: Socio‐economic inequality and child and adolescent mental health	5
Review: System transformation to enhance transitional age youth mental health – a scoping review	5
Editorial: Standing up for science – open science versus dis‐information	4
Letter to the Editor: Theory of mind, intolerance of uncertainty, and informant asymmetry: three extensions of the autism–anxiety network model – a response to Zaidman‐Zait et al (2026)	4
Adolescents' self‐diagnosis of mental disorders: a qualitative study of mental health clinicians' perspectives	4
Debate: ‘Neurodiversity’ – has it outrun its usefulness?	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
Narrative Matters: Ursula Le Guin's writings and adolescence	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
Debate: How much should nonspecialists be involved in mental health care when resources are limited? A perspective from low‐ and middle‐income countries	4
Debate: Are we overpathologising young people's mental health? Research shows otherwise – mental health conditions are not being recognised or diagnosed in healthcare settings	4
Issue Information	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
Clinical research updates	4
Editorial Perspective: What do we need to know about the manosphere and young people's mental health?	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: Urban versus rural environments – which is better for mental health? The one good thing about a small town…	4
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	4
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
Editorial: Primum non nocere – are adverse events accurately reported in studies on psychological interventions for children?	3
Prevalence, conceptual distinctiveness, and cross‐sectional correlates of climate worry in Canadian adolescents	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
Issue Information	3
‘We wait and we wait’—caregiver perspectives on autism spectrum disorder services in the Western Cape Province of South Africa	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
Space for youth mental health—coercive measure use before and after architectural innovation at a department of child and adolescent psychiatry	3
Review: Internet‐based cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders – a meta‐analysis of efficacy and impact of age and support	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
Associations between parental socioeconomic status and mental health in Chinese children: the mediating roles of parenting practices	3
Coping with peer suicidality, help‐seeking intentions, and suicidal attitudes among Asian adolescents: a mixed‐methods study in Hong Kong	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
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
Debate: Involuntary treatment – not whether, but when and what else is needed	2
Short Research Article: Autism spectrum disorder and gender dysphoria among adolescents in a large, integrated health system	2
Short research article: COVID ‐19 and its impact on child and youth mental health service demand in the community and emergency department	2
Narrative Matters: Between hope and cynicism – competing narratives and the moral economy of child and adolescent psychiatry	2
Editorial: ‘Like a bee and a flower’ – the symbiotic relationship between physical environment and children and young people's psychosocial outcomes	2
Commentary: Time to abandon the ‘clinical high risk state for psychosis’ ( CHR ‐P) concept in adolescence? Commentary on Frearson et al. ‘Efficacy of	2
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	2
Issue Information	2
Debts and experienced financial scarcity: associations with nonsuicidal self‐injury and suicidality in adolescents at risk for psychopathology	2
Commentary: Bridging the gap between emerging harms and evidence‐based care: a commentary on Bucci et al. (2025)	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
Debate: Neurodiversity, autism and healthcare	2
Debate: Urban–rural environments – which is better for mental health? Moving beyond urban–rural dichotomies in psychosis risk for young people	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
Debate: Conversational AI and young people's mental health – friend or foe? – more than a ‘good or bad’ story: a self‐determination theory approach t	2
Clinical research updates	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
Letter to the editor: ‘To seclude or not to seclude, is that the question?’ A commentary on Yurtbasi et al. (2024)	2
Editorial: Control alt delete – technology and children's mental health	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
Psychotic‐like experiences and adverse life events in young people. Does gender matter?	2
Short Research Article: Changes in life functioning in a self‐help, online program for child and adolescent anxiety	2
Network structure of adolescent social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties and their differential relationships with suicidality	2

Editorial: Equity, diversity and inclusion in child and adolescent mental health – a perspective from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)	1
DEBATE : The inevitable decline of mindfulness	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
Narrative Matters: Young people with lived experience discuss I Swear	1
Debate: Should academics collaborate with social media and gaming companies to identify and reduce mental health impacts on children and young people?	1
Review: Interventions to prevent or manage self‐harm among students in educational settings – a systematic review	1
Young people's online communication and its association with mental well‐being: results from the 2019 student health and well‐being survey	1
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Technology Matters: The ESSENCE of holistic neurodivergent identification in a digital age	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
Increasing access to evidence‐based treatment for child anxiety problems: online parent‐led CBT for children identified via schools	1
The protective role of community cohesion across rural and urban contexts: implications for youth mental health	1
The role of adolescent social inclusion in educational attainment among vulnerable youth	1
Bullying victimization among adolescents during the early phase of war in Ukraine – A comparative cross‐sectional study in 2016–2017	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
Letter to the Editor: Nuanced considerations on the association between childhood movement behaviors and adolescent mental health	1
Letter to the Editor: Redesigning mental health support for youth – early interventions need to move away from the diagnostic model	1
Debate: Child and adolescent mental health services: time to take the lead in prevention of psychosis in youth	1
Commentary: Where to next for universal school‐based mental health interventions? Don't through the baby out with the bathwater	1
Issue Information	1
The use and potential of artificial intelligence for supporting clinical observation of child behaviour	1
Editorial: The Cass Review – implications and reassurance for practitioners	1
Debate: We need data infrastructure as well as data sharing – conflicts of interest in video game research	1
Narrative Matters: Wasting away and fed up – dietary battles in history	1
School connectedness mediates the association of social function with depressive symptoms in teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	1
Issue Information	1
Editorial: Technology is in our ecology	1
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	1
Editorial: Child and adolescent mental health research in a digital age: missed opportunities and overlooked threats	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
Debate: Involuntary treatment and detention are a necessary part of mental health care – a perspective from low and middle‐income countries	1
The role of social support on the relationships between internet use and sleep problems in adolescents during COVID‐19 pandemic: a multicentre study	1
Narrative Matters: Cultural humility in mental healthcare	1
Issue Information	1
Debate: Response to “Should academics collaborate with digital companies to improve young people's mental health”	1
Childhood attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder: socioeconomic inequalities in symptoms, impact, diagnosis and medication	1
Review: School‐based interventions for child and adolescent survivors of natural disasters – a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials	1
Technology Matters: Digital micro interventions to support parenting: Evaluating time out apps	1
Debate: Bridging the gap – role of nonspecialists in child and adolescent mental health care	1
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of school‐based interventions for PTSD and trauma‐related symptoms: what effective elements they have in common	1
Narrative Matters: Write the pain away – creative writing therapy for young people	1
Debate: Social media in children and young people – time for a ban? Weighing up the implications and limitations of age‐based social media restrictions	1
Debate: More, not less social media content moderation? How to better protect youth mental health online	1