OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Challenges and burden of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for child and adolescent mental health: a narrative review to highlight clinical and research needs in the acute phase and the long re	1060
Family violence against children in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic: a review of current perspectives and risk factors	111
Current state of knowledge on the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood according to the DSM-5: a systematic review in accordance with the PRISMA criteria	79
Changes in emotions and worries during the Covid-19 pandemic: an online-survey with children and adults with and without mental health conditions	45
Child and adolescent mental health service provision and research during the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges, opportunities, and a call for submissions	42
School refusal and bullying in children with autism spectrum disorder	37
Increase of depression among children and adolescents after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Increase in admission rates and symptom severity of childhood and adolescent anorexia nervosa in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from specialized eating disorder units in different European	32
Changes in psychosocial functioning among urban, school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic	31
Alexithymia, aggressive behavior and depression among Lebanese adolescents: A cross-sectional study	28
Adolescents amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective study of psychological functioning	28
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of exercise on depression in adolescents	28
Parent-perceived barriers to accessing services for their child’s mental health problems	27
Intersections between COVID-19 and socio-economic mental health stressors in the lives of South African adolescent girls and young women	26
Registered psychiatric service use, self-harm and suicides of children and young people aged 0–24 before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review	26
Online art therapy in elementary schools during COVID-19: results from a randomized cluster pilot and feasibility study and impact on mental health	26
Socioemotional development in infants of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of prenatal and postnatal maternal distress	25
The upside: coping and psychological resilience in Australian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic	23
The importance of social factors in the association between physical activity and depression in children	21
Pre-pandemic sleep behavior and adolescents’ stress during Covid-19: a prospective longitudinal study	20
Video gaming addiction and its association with memory, attention and learning skills in Lebanese children	20
Harsh parenting and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescence: the mediating effect of depressive symptoms and the moderating effect of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism	19
Study of the effect of family communication and function, and satisfaction with body image, on psychological well-being of obese girls: the mediating role of self-esteem and depression	18
Mothers’ daily perceived stress influences their children’s mental health during SARS-CoV-2-pandemic—an online survey	18
Adolescents’ mental health and maladaptive behaviors before the Covid-19 pandemic and 1-year after: analysis of trajectories over time and associated factors	17

The correlation between mobile phone addiction and coping style among Chinese adolescents: a meta-analysis	17
Prevalence of and risk factors for depressive and anxiety symptoms in a large sample of Chinese adolescents in the post-COVID-19 era	17
Mobile-based interventions for common mental disorders in youth: a systematic evaluation of pediatric health apps	17
The relationship between acculturation and mental health of 1st generation immigrant youth in a representative school survey: does gender matter?	17
Children and young people’s experiences of completing mental health and wellbeing measures for research: learning from two school-based pilot projects	16
Mental health in adolescents displaced by the armed conflict: findings from the Colombian national mental health survey	16
Child maltreatment, cognitive functions and the mediating role of mental health problems among maltreated children and adolescents in Uganda	15
A 12-month follow-up of a transdiagnostic indicated prevention of internalizing symptoms in school-aged children: the results from the EMOTION study	15
Bullying at school and mental health problems among adolescents: a repeated cross-sectional study	14
Associations of meeting 24-h movement behavior guidelines with cognitive difficulty and social relationships in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactive disorder	14
Gender differences in externalizing and internalizing problems in Singaporean children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	13
Adolescents’ experiences of the information they received about the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Norway: a cross-sectional study	13
Developmental brain structural atypicalities in autism: a voxel-based morphometry analysis	13
Longitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic	12
Lifestyle changes, mental health, and health-related quality of life in children aged 6–7 years before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Germany	12
Artificial intelligence-informed mobile mental health apps for young people: a mixed-methods approach on users’ and stakeholders’ perspectives	12
Assessing adverse childhood experiences, social, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, and subjective health complaints among Hungarian adolescents	12
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: profiles of multiple mental health risk factors using Latent class analysis	11
Symptoms and level of functioning related to comorbidity in children and adolescents with ADHD: a cross-sectional registry study	11
Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Chinese Depression Anxiety Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) and DASS-21	11
The validity of the residuals approach to measuring resilience to adverse childhood experiences	11
Traumatic events, daily stressors and posttraumatic stress in unaccompanied young refugees during their flight: a longitudinal cross-country study	11
School bullying victimization-associated anxiety in Chinese children and adolescents: the mediation of resilience	11
“I feel good when I drink”—detecting childhood-onset alcohol abuse and dependence in a Ugandan community trial cohort	11
A cross-sectional investigation of psychosocial stress factors in German families with children aged 0–3 years during the COVID-19 pandemic: initial results of the CoronabaBY study	11
Depression and suicidality among adolescents living with human immunodeficiency virus in Lagos, Nigeria	11
Shared residential placement for child welfare and juvenile justice youth: current treatment needs and risk of adult criminal conviction	11
Viral time capsule: a global photo-elicitation study of child and adolescent mental health professionals during COVID-19	10
Mediating role of depression in the association between alexithymia and nonsuicidal self-injury in a representative sample of adolescents in Taiwan	10
Risk and resource factors of antisocial behaviour in children and adolescents: results of the longitudinal BELLA study	10
Normative data for the self-reported and parent-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for ages 12–17	10
Children’s autistic traits and peer relationships: do non-verbal IQ and externalizing problems play a role?	10
Costs of health and social services use in children of parents with mental illness	10
Profiles of positive changes in life outcomes over the COVID-19 pandemic in Chinese adolescents: the role of resilience and mental health consequence	9
Violence against children and adolescents by nursing staff: prevalence rates and implications for practice	9
Sleep and mental health in childhood: a multi-method study in the general pediatric population	9
Acceptability and feasibility of enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy (eCBT) for children and adolescents with obsessive–compulsive disorder	9
A situational analysis of child and adolescent mental health services and systems in the Western Cape Province of South Africa	9
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents: determinants and association with quality of life and mental health—a cross-sectional study	9
Hidden scars: the impact of violence and the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s mental health	9
Child maltreatment exposure and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury: the mediating roles of difficulty in emotion regulation and depressive symptoms	9
Social media use of adolescents who died by suicide: lessons from a psychological autopsy study	9
Anxiety increased among children and adolescents during pandemic-related school closures in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Evaluating the effectiveness of a transdiagnostic universal prevention program for both internalizing and externalizing problems in children: two feasibility studies	9
Elementary school teachers knowledge and attitude towards attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder in Gondar, Ethiopia: a multi-institutional study	9
Clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study among child and adolescent psychiatrists across the world	8
Cognitive-behavioral teletherapy for children and adolescents with mental disorders and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey on acceptance and satisfaction	8
Changes in self-efficacy in Japanese school-age children with and without high autistic traits after the Universal Unified Prevention Program: a single-group pilot study	8
The diagnostic odyssey of autism: a cross-sectional study of 3 age cohorts of children from the 2016–2018 National Survey of Children’s Health	8
Meeting the 24-h movement guidelines and health-related outcomes among youth with autism spectrum disorder: a seven-country observational study	8

Vitamin D level in relation to depression symptoms during adolescence	8
Impact of parental divorce versus separation due to migration on mental health and self-injury of Chinese children: a cross sectional survey	8
Relationship between time spent playing internet gaming apps and behavioral problems, sleep problems, alexithymia, and emotion dysregulations in children: a multicentre study	8
Lifetime prevalence and clinical correlates of nonsuicidal self-injury in youth inpatients with eating disorders: a retrospective chart review	7
Impact of child emotional and behavioural difficulties on educational outcomes of primary school children in Ethiopia: a population-based cohort study	7
An integrated approach to meet the needs of high-vulnerable families: a qualitative study on integrated care from a professional perspective	7
School educational models and child mental health among K-12 students: a scoping review	7
Pivoting in the pandemic: a qualitative study of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the times of COVID-19	7
The attitudes and feelings of mental health nurses towards adolescents and young adults with nonsuicidal self-injuring behaviors	7
The mediating role of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in the relationship between childhood trauma and suicidality among adolescents: a structural equation model	7
Peer victimization, depression, and non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese adolescents: the moderating role of the 5-HTR2A gene rs6313 polymorphism	7
Effects of a mental health promotion intervention on mental health of Iranian female adolescents: a school-based study	7
Emotion dysregulation in ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions: a co-twin control study	7
Conceptualizing callous-unemotional traits in preschoolers: Associations with social-emotional competencies and aggressive behavior	7
A Trying Time: Problematic Internet Use (PIU) and its association with depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Effectiveness of attachment-based family therapy compared to treatment as usual for depressed adolescents in community mental health clinics	7
Western Australian adolescent emotional wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020	7
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among trauma-exposed adolescents from low- and middle-income countries	7
Youth mental health and/or addiction concerns and service needs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative exploration of caregiver experiences and perspectives	7
Depression and suicidal behavior among adolescents living with HIV in Botswana: a cross-sectional study	7
Long-term methylphenidate use for children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and risk for depression, conduct disorder, and psychotic disorder: a nationwide longitudinal co	7
Understanding youths’ concerns about climate change: a binational qualitative study of ecological burden and resilience	6
Time trends in emotional well-being and self-esteem in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Parental stress and physical violence against children during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a population-based survey in Germany	6
Psychosocial distress among in-school adolescents in Mozambique: a cross-sectional study using the Global School-Based Health Survey data	6
Comorbidity of disruptive behavior disorders and intermittent explosive disorder	6
The impact of childhood diagnosed ADHD versus controls without ADHD diagnoses on later labour market attachment—a systematic review of longitudinal studies	6
The effects of maternal depression on their perception of emotional and behavioral problems of their internationally adopted children	6
Classroom-based cognitive behavioural therapy: a large-scale non-randomised controlled trial of the ‘Journey of the Brave’	6
Maternal weight, gut microbiota, and the association with early childhood behavior: the PREOBE follow-up study	6
Differences in perceived threat and trauma in children during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Adolescents’ Internet addiction: Does it all begin with their environment?	6
A prospective study of peer victimization and depressive symptoms among left-behind children in rural China: the mediating effect of stressful life events	6
A systematic review of telehealth screening, assessment, and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder	6
Has the “Double Reduction” policy relieved stress? A follow-up study on Chinese adolescents	6
Adapting evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Saudi Arabia: process and outputs of a national initiative	6
Associations between perceived stress and health outcomes in adolescents	6
Overcoming barriers to mental health care: multimodal trauma-focused treatment approach for unaccompanied refugee minors	6
Artificial intelligence in pediatric behavioral health	6
One-year outcome of manualised behavior therapy of chronic tic disorders in children and adolescents	6
A national prevalence and profile of single and multiple developmental delays among children aged from 1 year up to 12 years: an Egyptian community-based study	6
Subjective well-being of left-behind children: a cross-sectional study in a rural area of eastern China	6
WISC-IV performance of children with Chronic Tic Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: results from a German clinical study	6