OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health is 10. 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.)

Article	Citations
A school-setting pilot study of the e-learning version of the “Journey of the Brave”: a universal anxiety-prevention program based on cognitive behavioral therapy	113
Perceived school bullying and psychotic-like experiences in sexual minority adolescents: the mediating and moderating roles of resilience	74
Identifying multilevel and multisectoral strategies to develop a Theory of Change for improving child and adolescent mental health services in a case-study district in South Africa	74
Parent-adolescent informant discrepancy on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in the UK Millennium Cohort Study	73
Global prevalence of nocturnal enuresis and associated factors among children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis	66
The impact of autism on the relations between social anxiety, camouflaging, and depression in Taiwanese adolescents	58
Intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences: roles of parental depressive symptoms and parenting stress	55
Evaluating a prototype digital mental health literacy intervention for children and young people aged 11–15 in Java, Indonesia: a mixed methods, multi-site case study evaluation	51
Changes in suicide attempt, suicidal ideation, and self-harm among Indian adolescents: comparison of cross-sectional surveys before (2016) and after (2023) COVID-19 pandemic	50
The association of bullying and self-esteem with psychotic-like experiences and clinical high risk for psychosis symptoms	50
A comparison of expressed emotion between mothers and their adolescent daughters with and without a history of nonsuicidal self-injury	46
Change in screen time and overuse, and their association with psychological well-being among US-wide school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of the National Survey of Children’s Hea	46
Characterizing mental health related service contacts in children and youth: a linkage study of health survey and administrative data	43
What aspects of the pandemic had the greatest impact on adolescent mental health: duration of lockdown or subjective experience?	41
Youth depression in Ethiopia: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	40
Social support and mental health among adolescents in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam: A latent class analysis using the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys	40
Evaluation of an online training course for educational professionals on depression and mental health in childhood and adolescence	40
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of aripiprazole oral solution in children and adolescents with Tourette’s disorder	36
Validity, reliability and clinical utility of ASSIST-Y in assessing risk of substance-related harm and dependence in Spanish male adolescents	35
Neurocognition and functioning in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis	35
Bidirectional relationships between intolerance of uncertainty and generalized anxiety among adolescents: insights from cross-lagged panel network analysis	33
Transitioning to adult mental health services for young people with ADHD: an Italian-based survey on practices for pediatric and adult services	32
The effects of training female students in emotion regulation techniques on their social problem-solving skills and social anxiety: a randomized controlled trial	32
Concordance between two intrapersonal psychological resilience scales: how should we be measuring resilience?	31
Relationship between emotional competence, dissociative symptoms and borderline personality disorder traits in female adolescents engaging in non-suicidal self-injury	30

Identification of treatment elements for adolescents with callous unemotional traits: a systematic narrative review	30
Mother–child interactions in adolescents with borderline personality disorder traits and the impact of early life maltreatment	29
Social rejection sensitivity and its role in adolescent emotional disorder symptomatology	29
Emergence of psychiatric adverse events during antipsychotic treatment in AP-naïve children and adolescents	28
Extended treatment of multimodal cognitive behavioral therapy in children and adolescents with obsessive–compulsive disorder improves symptom reduction: a within-subject design	27
Child and adolescent mental health services in Khartoum State, Sudan: a desktop situational analysis	27
Psychosocial stress in families of young children after the pandemic: no time to rest	27
Correction: A systematic review of telehealth screening, assessment, and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder	27
Latent profiles of childhood psychological maltreatment and their links to adult mental health in China and the UK	26
Is physical exercise associated with reduced adolescent social anxiety mediated by psychological resilience?: evidence from a longitudinal multi-wave study in China	25
Therapeutic horseback riding for at-risk adolescents in residential care	25
Mechanisms underlying the association between the use of digital social networks and suicidal behavior in adolescents and young adults: a systematic review	25
Trajectories and correlates of mental health among urban, school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study	24
Using formative research to inform a mental health intervention for adolescents living in Indian slums: the ARTEMIS study	24
Eating behavior and sleep habit problems and their correlation with symptoms in children with ADHD comorbid with overweight or obesity	24
Revisiting best practices: a reflection on the online evaluation and treatment of ADHD and implications for future practice	24
Predicting autism spectrum disorder severity in children based on specific language milestones: a random forest model approach	23
Exploring the role of resilience in selective prevention intervention for adolescents at risk of depression and anxiety in Nepal: findings from a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial	23
The impacts of economic hardship and family long-term care needs on adolescent depression and aggressive behaviors through family relational mechanisms: from the perspective of family stress model	23
Temporal trends and social inequities in adolescent and young adult mental health disorders in Catalonia, Spain: a 2008–2022 primary care cohort study	22
Assessment of personality disorders in adolescents – a clinical validity and utility study of the structured interview of personality organization (STIPO)	22
Efficacy of XRET in reducing anxiety symptoms and secondary effects on depression in adolescents with depressive disorder: a prospective non-randomized study	22
Depressive symptoms, conduct problems and alcohol use from age 13 to 19 in Norway: evidence from the MyLife longitudinal study	22
Meta-analysis of behavioral treatments for selective mutism: findings from selective mutism questionnaire (SMQ) and school speech questionnaire (SSQ)	22
NSSI contagion in adolescent friendships: exploring the impact of peer influence	21
Positive parenting program for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: maternal perspective shifts and child behavior problems reduction in a clinical trial	21
A systematic review of telehealth screening, assessment, and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder	20
Physical discipline as a normative childhood experience in Singapore	20
Trajectory of suicide among Indian children and adolescents: a pooled analysis of national data from 1995 to 2021	20
Mental health of non-binary youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Positive self talk journaling intervention to improve psychological well-being among child and adolescents in juvenile	19
The interrelationship between childhood emotional abuse and aggressive behavior in the Chinese adolescent population: a network perspective	19
Associations between dietary behaviours and the mental and physical well-being of Swedish adolescents	19
Correction: Resilient phenotypes among bereaved youth: a comparison of trajectory, relative, and cross-domain approaches	18
Prioritizing children’s mental health amidst Sudan’s humanitarian crisis: policy recommendations for immediate action	18
Developmental pathways of repetitive non-suicidal self-injury: predictors in adolescence and psychological outcomes in young adulthood	18
Healthcare utilization and costs of singaporean youth with symptoms of depression and anxiety: results from a 2022 web panel	18
An exploratory study on spatiotemporal clustering of suicide in Korean adolescents	18
Balancing the benefits and risks of social media on adolescent mental health in a post-pandemic world	18
Optimising the implementation of a universal web-based mental health service for Australian secondary schools: a cluster randomised controlled trial	18
Motor developmental delay in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders in China and its association with core symptoms and maternal risk factors: a multi-center survey	18
Cost-effectiveness analysis of preventive strategies for child anxiety and depression: a health service perspective	18
Challenges and facilitators in treating unaccompanied young refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder in a dissemination trial: a qualitative study with psychotherapists	18
Socioeconomic status, linguistic skills and language background differentially relate to preschoolers’ emotional and behavioural profile	17
Physical activity and mental health in school-aged children: a prospective two-wave study during the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions	17
Objective and automatic assessment approach for diagnosing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder based on skeleton detection and classification analysis in outpatient videos	17
Adolescent Interpersonal Behaviours and Mental Health Across Two Swedish Cohorts: 15-Year Trends and One-Year Bidirectional Associations in a Mixed-Methods Study	17
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	17
Moral distress among inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry staff: a mixed-methods study of experiences and associated factors	16
Development of an infant and early childhood mental health service at a tertiary care pediatric hospital: a needs assessment, community case study and logic model creation	16

Mental health in children with and without ADHD: the role of physical activity and parental nativity	16
Gender differences in symptom structure of adolescent problematic internet use: A network analysis	16
Evaluation of ANKOMMEN as a group intervention based on life story work for adolescents in residential care in Germany: a single-arm pilot study	16
Playing video games in community spaces and adolescent loneliness: a cross-sectional study	16
Short-term cognitive effects of repeated-dose esketamine in adolescents with major depressive disorder and suicidal ideation: a randomized controlled trial	16
The renaissance of research on psychedelics in child and adolescent psychopharmacology	16
Towards school-based mental health programs in Nigeria: the immediate impact of a depression-literacy program among school-going adolescents and their teachers	16
Adolescent mental health services in West Africa: a comparative analysis of Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger	16
Risk factors for subsequent suicidal acts among 12–25-year-old high-risk callers to a suicide prevention hotline in China: a longitudinal study	16
Parental psychological control and children’s self-esteem: A longitudinal investigation in children with and without oppositional defiant problems	16
Mental health profiles of Finnish adolescents before and after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Point prevalence and incidence of depressive and generalized anxiety symptoms among women attending antenatal clinics, a longitudinal study among adolescent mothers in Mwanza Tanzania	15
Emotion dysregulation in ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions: a co-twin control study	15
Elimination disorders and associated factors among children and adolescents age 5–14 year-old attending paediatric outpatient clinic at Wolaita Sodo University comprehensive specialized hospital, Sout	15
Generalized anxiety disorder screening using gad-7 among in-school adolescents of anambra state, nigeria: a comparative study between urban and rural areas	15
Prevalence of sleep disturbance among adolescents with substance use: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Understanding youths’ concerns about climate change: a binational qualitative study of ecological burden and resilience	14
Novel CHATogether family-centered mental health care in the post-pandemic era: a pilot case and evaluation	14
The mediating role of maladaptive cognitive schemas regarding the relationship between parenting styles and chronic pain in adolescents: a structural equation modelling approach	14
The perceived impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the children with cerebral palsy: the parents’ perspective explored within the “6-F words” framework	14
Posttraumatic stress symptoms in adolescents and young adults with a chronic somatic disease: a mixed-methods study	14
Prevalence and correlates of nonsuicidal self-injury among youths in Singapore: findings from the National Youth Mental Health Study	14
Suicidal behaviour, depression and generalized anxiety and associated factors among female and male adolescents in Mozambique in 2022–23	14
Characteristics of the pediatric population with gender incongruence attending specialized care in Cali, Colombia: an observational, descriptive and retrospective study	14
Development and pilot testing of a five item traumatic stress screener for use with adolescents in pediatric primary care	14
Emotional distress among adolescents living with perinatal HIV in India: examining predictors and their mediating and moderating effects	14
Effectiveness and experiences of early intensive behavioral and naturalistic developmental behavior interventions for autism spectrum disorders: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Adolescent mental health help-seeking behaviours in rural Australia: cross-sectional analysis of a nationwide cohort study	14
Perceived life threat in children during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms	13
Physical activity and mental health in children and youth during COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Effectiveness of a school-based mental health intervention for school teachers in urban Pakistan: a randomized controlled trial	13
Social media threats and health among adolescents: evidence from the health behaviour in school-aged children study	13
Prevalence of depressive symptoms among children and adolescents in china: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Efficacy of parent-infant psychotherapy with mothers with postpartum mental disorder: results from a randomized controlled trial	13
Machine learning-based analysis and prediction of factors influencing mental health among children and adolescents in Jiangsu Province	13
Reciprocal relationships between self-esteem, coping styles and anxiety symptoms among adolescents: between-person and within-person effects	13
The developmental trajectories and modifiable factors of adolescents’ subjective well-being from late adolescence to early adulthood	13
Nighttime fears in children: clinical characterisation and the user needs and preferences for a digital parent-led intervention	12
I can’t feel your face: callous-unemotional traits, social anxiety, and approach-avoidance behaviour in conduct disorder	12
Prevalence of child maltreatment in a nationwide sample of 18 to 31 year-olds in Germany	12
Publisher Correction: Emergence of psychiatric adverse events during antipsychotic treatment in AP-naïve children and adolescents	12
Mediating role of depression in the association between alexithymia and nonsuicidal self-injury in a representative sample of adolescents in Taiwan	12
Reflective functioning and emotion regulation in adolescents with a history of sexual offending: a comparative study with a non-offending control group	12
Bridge symptoms between parenting styles and proximal psychological risk factors associated with adolescent suicidal thoughts: a network analysis	12
Assessment of affective dysregulation in children: development and evaluation of a semi-structured interview for parents and for children	12
Results from a randomized controlled trial of functional family therapy in Norway: effects on family functioning outcomes	12
Making sense of change after Intensive Trauma Treatment: a mixed-methods study into adolescents’ experience of efficacy	12
Barriers to mental health services among at-risk and symptomatic adolescents in the community	12
Physical activity, recreational screen time, and depressive symptoms among Chinese children and adolescents: a three-wave cross-lagged study during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
Autism spectrum disorder prevalence in Italy: a nationwide study promoted by the Ministry of Health	11
Vulnerable conditions syndemic, depression, and suicidal ideation among school children in China: cross-sectional census findings	11
Prenatal antidepressant exposure and emotional disorders until age 22: a danish register study	11
Clinical profiles and care of transgender children and adolescents who receive specialized consultations: do individuals who are assigned female at birth differ?	11
Gender differences in symptom interactions between problematic smartphone use and social anxiety in adolescents: a network analysis	11
Developmental disorders among Norwegian-born children with immigrant parents	11
Subclinical but significant: A multi-informant comparative study on early socio-emotional difficulties in preterm preschoolers	11
Receiving a gift and feeling robbed: a phenomenological study on parents’ experiences of Brief Admissions for teenagers who self-harm at risk for suicide	11
Mental health needs in war-affected refugee children: barriers, gaps, and strategies for effective care	11
The aftermath of war; mental health, substance use and their correlates with social support and resilience among adolescents in a post-conflict region of Sri Lanka	11
Repetitive negative thinking in adolescence: a mixed methods study	11
Association between COVID-19 risk-mitigation behaviors and specific mental disorders in youth	11
Cognitive functions following initiation of antipsychotic medication in adolescents and adults at clinical high risk for psychosis: a naturalistic sub group analysis using the MATRICS consensus cognit	10
Has the “Double Reduction” policy relieved stress? A follow-up study on Chinese adolescents	10
Addressing international research challenges in child and adolescent mental health during global crises: experience and recommendations of the Co-SPACE international consortium	10
Cognitive impairment in adolescent and adult-onset psychosis: a comparative study	10
Callous-unemotional traits and anxiety in adolescents: a latent profile analysis to identify different types of antisocial behavior in a high-risk community sample	10
Conspiracy beliefs and COVID-19 guideline adherence in adolescent psychiatric outpatients: the predictive role of adverse childhood experiences	10
Attachment in close relationships and glycemic outcomes in children with type 1 diabetes	10
Associations between perpetrator characteristics of child maltreatment, age of onset, and physical and mental health	10
Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Chinese Depression Anxiety Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) and DASS-21	10
Professional quality of life of child welfare workers and psychotherapists working with traumatized young unaccompanied refugees in Germany: a cross-sectional study	10
Hospitalizations in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder are rising in Spain	10
The impact of universal mental health screening on stigma in primary schools	10
Correction to: The COVID-19 pandemic and wellbeing in Switzerland-worse for young people?	10
The experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young carers: practice implications and planning for future health emergencies	10
Parent-child relationship measures and pre-post treatment changes for a clinical preschool sample using DC:0-3R	10
The impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on the mental health of Australian adolescents: a cross-sectional study	10
Associations of meeting 24-h movement behavior guidelines with cognitive difficulty and social relationships in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactive disorder	10
Gender differences in a causal model of risk factors underlying early alcohol sipping	10