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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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	116
Increase of depression among children and adolescents after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis	58
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of exercise on depression in adolescents	50
Changes in emotions and worries during the Covid-19 pandemic: an online-survey with children and adults with and without mental health conditions	48
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	41
Online art therapy in elementary schools during COVID-19: results from a randomized cluster pilot and feasibility study and impact on mental health	36
Parent-perceived barriers to accessing services for their child’s mental health problems	35
Intersections between COVID-19 and socio-economic mental health stressors in the lives of South African adolescent girls and young women	32
Changes in psychosocial functioning among urban, school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic	32
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	32
Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Chinese Depression Anxiety Stress Scale for Youth (DASS-Y) and DASS-21	32
Adolescents amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective study of psychological functioning	29
Socioemotional development in infants of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of prenatal and postnatal maternal distress	29
Video gaming addiction and its association with memory, attention and learning skills in Lebanese children	28
Prevalence of and risk factors for depressive and anxiety symptoms in a large sample of Chinese adolescents in the post-COVID-19 era	28
The upside: coping and psychological resilience in Australian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic	25
Associations of meeting 24-h movement behavior guidelines with cognitive difficulty and social relationships in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactive disorder	24
Adolescents’ mental health and maladaptive behaviors before the Covid-19 pandemic and 1-year after: analysis of trajectories over time and associated factors	23
Mothers’ daily perceived stress influences their children’s mental health during SARS-CoV-2-pandemic—an online survey	23
Adolescents’ Internet addiction: Does it all begin with their environment?	23
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents: determinants and association with quality of life and mental health—a cross-sectional study	22
The correlation between mobile phone addiction and coping style among Chinese adolescents: a meta-analysis	22
Artificial intelligence-informed mobile mental health apps for young people: a mixed-methods approach on users’ and stakeholders’ perspectives	22
Assessing adverse childhood experiences, social, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, and subjective health complaints among Hungarian adolescents	21
School bullying victimization-associated anxiety in Chinese children and adolescents: the mediation of resilience	21

Social media use of adolescents who died by suicide: lessons from a psychological autopsy study	20
Bullying at school and mental health problems among adolescents: a repeated cross-sectional study	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	20
Pre-pandemic sleep behavior and adolescents’ stress during Covid-19: a prospective longitudinal study	20
Mobile-based interventions for common mental disorders in youth: a systematic evaluation of pediatric health apps	20
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	18
The validity of the residuals approach to measuring resilience to adverse childhood experiences	18
Child maltreatment, cognitive functions and the mediating role of mental health problems among maltreated children and adolescents in Uganda	17
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	17
Understanding youths’ concerns about climate change: a binational qualitative study of ecological burden and resilience	16
Developmental brain structural atypicalities in autism: a voxel-based morphometry analysis	16
Gender differences in externalizing and internalizing problems in Singaporean children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	16
Anxiety increased among children and adolescents during pandemic-related school closures in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
A network analysis of difficulties in emotion regulation, anxiety, and depression for adolescents in clinical settings	15
Traumatic events, daily stressors and posttraumatic stress in unaccompanied young refugees during their flight: a longitudinal cross-country study	15
Normative data for the self-reported and parent-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for ages 12–17	15
Child maltreatment exposure and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury: the mediating roles of difficulty in emotion regulation and depressive symptoms	15
Longitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic	14
Children’s autistic traits and peer relationships: do non-verbal IQ and externalizing problems play a role?	14
Physical activity and mental health in children and youth during COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Parental stress and physical violence against children during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a population-based survey in Germany	14
Adolescents’ experiences of the information they received about the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Norway: a cross-sectional study	14
Impact of parental divorce versus separation due to migration on mental health and self-injury of Chinese children: a cross sectional survey	14
Mediating role of depression in the association between alexithymia and nonsuicidal self-injury in a representative sample of adolescents in Taiwan	13
Risk and resource factors of antisocial behaviour in children and adolescents: results of the longitudinal BELLA study	13
Costs of health and social services use in children of parents with mental illness	13
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: profiles of multiple mental health risk factors using Latent class analysis	13
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among trauma-exposed adolescents from low- and middle-income countries	12
Shared residential placement for child welfare and juvenile justice youth: current treatment needs and risk of adult criminal conviction	12
Viral time capsule: a global photo-elicitation study of child and adolescent mental health professionals during COVID-19	12
Elementary school teachers knowledge and attitude towards attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder in Gondar, Ethiopia: a multi-institutional study	12
Artificial intelligence in pediatric behavioral health	12
Associations between perceived stress and health outcomes in adolescents	11
Generalized anxiety disorder in Berlin school children after the third COVID-19 wave in Germany: a cohort study between June and September 2021	11
Western Australian adolescent emotional wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020	11
School educational models and child mental health among K-12 students: a scoping review	11
Cognitive-behavioral teletherapy for children and adolescents with mental disorders and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey on acceptance and satisfaction	11
Has the “Double Reduction” policy relieved stress? A follow-up study on Chinese adolescents	11
Youth mental health and/or addiction concerns and service needs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative exploration of caregiver experiences and perspectives	11
A situational analysis of child and adolescent mental health services and systems in the Western Cape Province of South Africa	11
Meeting the 24-h movement guidelines and health-related outcomes among youth with autism spectrum disorder: a seven-country observational study	11
Acceptability and feasibility of enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy (eCBT) for children and adolescents with obsessive–compulsive disorder	11
Evaluating the effectiveness of a transdiagnostic universal prevention program for both internalizing and externalizing problems in children: two feasibility studies	10
Clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study among child and adolescent psychiatrists across the world	10
Sleep and mental health in childhood: a multi-method study in the general pediatric population	10
Violence against children and adolescents by nursing staff: prevalence rates and implications for practice	10
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	9
Profiles of positive changes in life outcomes over the COVID-19 pandemic in Chinese adolescents: the role of resilience and mental health consequence	9
Relationship between time spent playing internet gaming apps and behavioral problems, sleep problems, alexithymia, and emotion dysregulations in children: a multicentre study	9
Resilience, well-being and informal and formal support in multi-problem families during the Covid-19 pandemic	9

Conceptualizing callous-unemotional traits in preschoolers: Associations with social-emotional competencies and aggressive behavior	9
Depression and suicidal behavior among adolescents living with HIV in Botswana: a cross-sectional study	9
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	9
Vitamin D level in relation to depression symptoms during adolescence	9
Maternal weight, gut microbiota, and the association with early childhood behavior: the PREOBE follow-up study	9
Home-based brain–computer interface attention training program for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a feasibility trial	9
Effectiveness of attachment-based family therapy compared to treatment as usual for depressed adolescents in community mental health clinics	9
Classroom-based cognitive behavioural therapy: a large-scale non-randomised controlled trial of the ‘Journey of the Brave’	8
Predictors of chronic loneliness during adolescence: a population-based cohort study	8
Time trends in emotional well-being and self-esteem in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Global child and adolescent mental health perspectives: bringing change locally, while thinking globally	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
Peer victimization, depression, and non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese adolescents: the moderating role of the 5-HTR2A gene rs6313 polymorphism	8
Development and validation of a shortened version of the Child Abuse Self Report Scale (CASRS-12) in the Arabic language	8
WISC-IV performance of children with Chronic Tic Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: results from a German clinical study	8
Overcoming barriers to mental health care: multimodal trauma-focused treatment approach for unaccompanied refugee minors	8
Pivoting in the pandemic: a qualitative study of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the times of COVID-19	8
A prospective study of peer victimization and depressive symptoms among left-behind children in rural China: the mediating effect of stressful life events	8
The effectiveness of psychoeducation and problem-solving on depression and treatment adherence in adolescents living with HIV in Botswana: an exploratory clinical trial	8
Adapting evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Saudi Arabia: process and outputs of a national initiative	8
Emotion dysregulation in ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions: a co-twin control study	8
Differences in perceived threat and trauma in children during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
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	8
Lifetime prevalence and clinical correlates of nonsuicidal self-injury in youth inpatients with eating disorders: a retrospective chart review	8
The mediating role of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in the relationship between childhood trauma and suicidality among adolescents: a structural equation model	8
A systematic review of telehealth screening, assessment, and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder	7
Children's rights and restrictive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for politicians, mental health experts and society	7
A systematic review on gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults: focus on suicidal and self-harming ideation and behaviours	7
Validation and standardization of the Childhood Trauma Screener (CTS) in the general population	7
Deficits in psychological resilience and problem-solving ability in adolescents with suicidal ideation	7
One-year outcome of manualised behavior therapy of chronic tic disorders in children and adolescents	7
A Trying Time: Problematic Internet Use (PIU) and its association with depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
The importance of familial risk factors in children with ADHD: direct and indirect effects of family adversity, parental psychopathology and parenting practices on externalizing symptoms	7
Prevalence of sleep disturbance among adolescents with substance use: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Espiritismo and Santeria: a gateway to child mental health services among Puerto Rican families?	7
What stops Korean immigrants from accessing child and adolescent mental health services?	7
The impact of childhood diagnosed ADHD versus controls without ADHD diagnoses on later labour market attachment—a systematic review of longitudinal studies	7
The effects of maternal depression on their perception of emotional and behavioral problems of their internationally adopted children	7
Improving mental health literacy among young people aged 11–15 years in Java, Indonesia: the co-development of a culturally-appropriate, user-centred resource (The IMPeTUs Intervention)	7
Reasons for admission and variance of body weight at referral in female inpatients with anorexia nervosa in Germany	7
Mental health profiles of Finnish adolescents before and after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Weight spectrum and executive function in adolescents: the moderating role of negative emotions	6
The bridge symptoms of childhood trauma, sleep disorder and depressive symptoms: a network analysis	6
Surface electroencephalographic neurofeedback improves sustained attention in ADHD: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	6
Randomized controlled trial for selective preventive transdiagnostic intervention for adolescents at risk for emotional disorders	6
Distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic for children with ADHD and/or ASD: a European multi-center study examining the role of executive function deficits and age	6
Differences between problematic internet and smartphone use and their psychological risk factors in boys and girls: a network analysis	6
A new PHQ-2 for Chinese adolescents: identifying core items of the PHQ-9 by network analysis	6
Maternal adverse childhood experiences and health-related quality of life in preschool children: a cross-sectional study	6
Differential associations of conduct disorder, callous-unemotional traits and irritability with outcome expectations and values regarding the consequences of aggression	6
Vil Du?! incorporation of a serious game in therapy for sexually abused children and adolescents	6
Autism spectrum disorder prevalence in Italy: a nationwide study promoted by the Ministry of Health	6
Using the biopsychosocial model for identifying subgroups of detained juveniles at different risk of re-offending in practice: a latent class regression analysis approach	6
Adverse childhood experiences, recent negative life events, and non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese college students: the protective role of self-efficacy	6
Enhancing mental health pre-service training with the WHO mhGAP Intervention Guide: experiences learned and the way forward	6
Developing a provincial patient support network for children and families affected by Tourette syndrome and/or obsessive–compulsive disorder: results of a stakeholder consultation	6
Personality functioning and the pathogenic effect of childhood maltreatment in a high-risk sample	6
Longitudinal Covid-19 effects on child mental health: vulnerability and age dependent trajectories	6
Association between psychosocial functioning, health status and healthcare access of asylum seekers and refugee children: a population-based cross-sectional study in a German federal state	6