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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Issue Information74
Narrative Matters: No teen is an island – the cost of finding a tribe through memes and TikToks63
Commentary: A spectrum for all? A response to Green et al. (2023), neurodiversity, autism and health care54
Clinical research updates54
Debate: How far can we modify the expression of autism by modifying the environment?44
Debate: Social media content moderation may do more harm than good for youth mental health43
Commentary: Suggestions for guidance by academics who collaborate with digital companies – a commentary on Bourgaize et al. (2025)34
Clinical Research Updates30
Letter to the Editor: Review article: The effectiveness of school‐based interventions for reducing screen time – a systematic review and meta‐analysis30
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
Mentalization and mental health outcomes in adolescents with internalizing disorders: a systematic review and multilevel meta‐analysis27
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 Africa27
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Short Research Article: RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher‐led 26
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 adolescent24
Editorial: Going through the slippery landscape of conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and help for children in humanitarian crises22
Letter to the Editor: Beyond general scales – parent–child relationships in cultural contexts and adolescent suicide risk21
Editorial: After a decade, does narrative still matter?21
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)20
Cyberbullying among adolescents in Turkey: the relationship between coping strategies and cyberbullying perpetration19
Editorial Perspective: A call for action on imposter participants in child and adolescent mental health research18
Scoping review: potential harm from school‐based group mental health interventions18
Issue Information17
Innovations in Practice: Feasibility and provision of dialectical behavior therapy skills training for adolescents and their families16
How do Artificial Intelligence chatbots respond to questions from adolescent personas about their eating, body weight or appearance?16
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
Long‐term impact of a mental health literacy resource applied by regular classroom teachers in a Canadian school cohort16
‘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
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‐bei15
A digital intervention to improve mental health and interpersonal resilience in young people who have experienced technology‐assisted sexual abuse: a feasibility clinical trial14
A grounded theory of the process of social transition in a family context from the perspective of gender diverse young people and their parents13
Debate: Standing up for science – how to combat misinformation in child mental health: protecting the integrity of autism research and practice in the United States13
Examining academic self‐concept as a mediator of the relationship between anxiety and depression: A longitudinal study13
The effectiveness of an online‐based psychosocial program for parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders – a randomized controlled trial12
Editorial: The need for more effective school‐based youth mental health interventions12
Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help‐seeking intentions12
Debate: Don't mind the gap – why do we not care about the gender gap in common mental health difficulties?12
A qualitative study of young people's lived experiences of suicide and self‐harm: intentionality, rationality and authenticity11
Review: Interventions addressing loneliness amongst university students: a systematic review11
Debate: Standing up for science – how to combat misinformation in child mental health? Evidence and ideology in gender dysphoria research11
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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
Commentary: The wars within – uncomfortable truths about the bullying of girls in conflict‐affected societies11
Clinical research updates9
Issue Information9
Prospective association of device‐based physical activity and sedentary time during childhood with mental health outcomes during adolescence9
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
Differences in body mass index trajectories of adolescent psychiatric inpatients by sex, age, diagnosis and medication: an exploratory longitudinal, mixed effects analysis9
Narrative Matters: Gustav Mahler – music as a source of meaning and healing in the face of adversity and inequality9
Short Research Article: Promoting digital citizenship through a school‐based intervention in early adolescence in Perú (a pilot quasi‐experimental study)9
Digital safeguarding incidents in schools with and without smartphone policies: a cross‐sectional study in England9
“All that I've been through has made me who I am”: youth conceptualisations of personal recovery in mental health9
Self‐harm, suicidal ideation, depression and peer relationships in transgender and gender diverse adolescents accessing specialist mental health services8
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Understanding the impact of children's and young people's self‐harm on parental well‐being: a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative findings8
Debate: Responses to commentaries – neurodiversity, autism and healthcare8
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 Kingdom8
Adolescent mental health in Hong Kong: a longitudinal analysis of positive self‐evaluation, contextual influences and adverse experiences (2009–2014)7
Editorial: The debate around over‐pathologising young people's mental health7
Preterm birth, bullying victimization, and mental health in adulthood: A prospective cohort study in Germany7
Factors that impact mental health help‐seeking in Australian adolescents: a life‐course and socioecological perspective7
Debate: Standing up for science – how to combat misinformation in child mental health? The imperative to understand and counter mental health misinformation on social media7
The burden of mental and behavioral health visits to the pediatric ED : A 3‐year tertiary care center experience7
Editorial: Evidence in the real world – the need for context and the gender gap7
Issue Information7
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Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States7
Debate: Conduct disorder and the segregation of child mental health7
The moderation effect of mental health services use on the relationship between exposures to adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes among US adolescents7
Clinical research updates7
Commentary: Interpreting diagnostic data on autism and gender dysphoria: clinical and research implications – a commentary on Sanders et al. (2025)6
Understanding unusual sensory experiences: a randomised experimental study of a school‐based intervention for adolescents6
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
Home Fae Home: A case study in co‐designing trauma‐informed community spaces with young people in Dundee, Scotland6
Review: Co‐occurring psychiatric disorders and symptomatology among children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders – an umbrella review with individual study meta‐analysis6
Personality functioning in adolescents: exploring the links with childhood maltreatment types and internalizing and externalizing difficulties6
Adolescents' problematic internet and smartphone use in (cyber)bullying experiences: A network analysis6
Clinical Research Updates6
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
Assessing the feasibility of a web‐based outcome measurement system in child and adolescent mental health services – myHealthE a randomised controlle6
Editorial Perspective: Prioritizing child and adolescent mental health research in the context of war6
Staff Perspectives: Why are adolescent inpatients secluded and what causes changes in rates of seclusion on a unit?6
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