Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Papers
(The TQCC of Child and Adolescent Mental Health is 6. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Commentary: A spectrum for all? A response to Green et al. (2023), neurodiversity, autism and health care117
Issue Information83
Debate: How far can we modify the expression of autism by modifying the environment?81
Commentary: Suggestions for guidance by academics who collaborate with digital companies – a commentary on Bourgaize et al. (2025)57
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Narrative Matters: No teen is an island – the cost of finding a tribe through memes and TikToks53
Debate: Social media content moderation may do more harm than good for youth mental health51
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?48
Clinical Research Updates41
Issue Information34
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 Africa34
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)31
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Short Research Article: RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher‐led 29
Editorial: Going through the slippery landscape of conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and help for children in humanitarian crises26
Editorial Perspective: A call for action on imposter participants in child and adolescent mental health research24
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)23
Cyberbullying among adolescents in Turkey: the relationship between coping strategies and cyberbullying perpetration23
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
Scoping review: potential harm from school‐based group mental health interventions21
Debate: Young people with personality disorder should be recognised and appropriately managed21
Debate: Don't mind the gap – why do we not care about the gender gap in common mental health difficulties?20
Commentary: The Signal and the Noise—questioning the benefits of puberty blockers for youth with gender dysphoria—a commentary on Rew et al. (2021)20
Long‐term impact of a mental health literacy resource applied by regular classroom teachers in a Canadian school cohort19
Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help‐seeking intentions19
Innovations in Practice: Feasibility and provision of dialectical behavior therapy skills training for adolescents and their families18
‘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’ (17
Editorial: The need for more effective school‐based youth mental health interventions17
Issue Information16
Review: Interventions addressing loneliness amongst university students: a systematic review16
Examining academic self‐concept as a mediator of the relationship between anxiety and depression: A longitudinal study16
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 region16
Narrative Matters: Gustav Mahler – music as a source of meaning and healing in the face of adversity and inequality15
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?14
Short Research Article: Promoting digital citizenship through a school‐based intervention in early adolescence in Perú (a pilot quasi‐experimental study)14
Commentary: The wars within – uncomfortable truths about the bullying of girls in conflict‐affected societies14
A qualitative study of young people's lived experiences of suicide and self‐harm: intentionality, rationality and authenticity14
Review: The effectiveness of musical therapy in improving depression and anxiety symptoms among children and adolescents – a systematic review13
Issue Information13
Understanding the impact of children's and young people's self‐harm on parental well‐being: a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative findings13
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Clinical research updates12
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 Kingdom12
Debate: Inequalities within understanding of Eco Distress12
Differences in body mass index trajectories of adolescent psychiatric inpatients by sex, age, diagnosis and medication: an exploratory longitudinal, mixed effects analysis12
Debate: Responses to commentaries – neurodiversity, autism and healthcare11
Editorial: Equity, diversity and inclusion in child and adolescent mental health – equality of opportunities should be every child's right and every society's obligation11
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Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States11
Life problems in children and adolescents who self‐harm: findings from the multicentre study of self‐harm in England11
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Self‐harm, suicidal ideation, depression and peer relationships in transgender and gender diverse adolescents accessing specialist mental health services10
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Commentary: Climate change worry among adolescents—on the importance of going beyond the constructive–unconstructive dichotomy to explore coping efforts—a commentary on Sciberras and Fernando (2021)10
Editorial Perspective: The digital divide – inequalities in remote therapy for children and adolescents10
Debate: If not us, then who?10
Clinical research updates9
The moderation effect of mental health services use on the relationship between exposures to adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes among US adolescents9
Editorial: The debate around over‐pathologising young people's mental health9
Editorial: Evidence in the real world – the need for context and the gender gap9
Debate: It is time to stop turning a blind eye to personality disorder in young people8
Clinical research updates8
Preterm birth, bullying victimization, and mental health in adulthood: A prospective cohort study in Germany8
Factors that impact mental health help‐seeking in Australian adolescents: a life‐course and socioecological perspective8
Assessing the feasibility of a web‐based outcome measurement system in child and adolescent mental health services – myHealthE a randomised controlle8
Issue Information8
Debate: Conduct disorder and the segregation of child mental health8
Clinical Research Updates8
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 Country8
The burden of mental and behavioral health visits to the pediatric ED : A 3‐year tertiary care center experience8
Debate: Academics should collaborate with the technology industry, but not in lieu of noncollaborative research7
Adolescents' problematic internet and smartphone use in (cyber)bullying experiences: A network analysis7
Editorial Perspective: Prioritizing child and adolescent mental health research in the context of war7
Barriers and facilitators of implementation of evidence‐based interventions in children and young people's mental health care – a systematic review7
Staff Perspectives: Why are adolescent inpatients secluded and what causes changes in rates of seclusion on a unit?7
Review: School‐based mental health literacy interventions to promote help‐seeking – a systematic review7
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 engagement7
Personality functioning in adolescents: exploring the links with childhood maltreatment types and internalizing and externalizing difficulties7
Home Fae Home: A case study in co‐designing trauma‐informed community spaces with young people in Dundee, Scotland7
Understanding unusual sensory experiences: a randomised experimental study of a school‐based intervention for adolescents7
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 y6
Review: System transformation to enhance transitional age youth mental health – a scoping review6
Clinical Research Updates6
Letter to the Editor: Reimagining environmental health for children – integrating longitudinal, genetic, and cross‐cultural perspectives6
Technology Matters: Online Support and Intervention (OSI) for child anxiety problems – an example of the journey from research to practice6
Debate: Are we over‐pathologising young people's mental health? The case of trauma and PTSD diagnosis6
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Commentary: Safeguarding youth in the smartphone era: rethinking evidence for action – a commentary on Lai et al. (2025)6
Editorial: Open science and methods review for Child and Adolescent Mental Health6
Debate: Child and adolescent mental health professionals have a responsibility to diagnose Personality Disorder6
Review: Young people's recovery processes from mental health problems – a scoping review6
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