Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Papers
(The median citation count of Child and Adolescent Mental Health is 2. 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.)
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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
Cyberbullying among adolescents in Turkey: the relationship between coping strategies and cyberbullying perpetration23
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
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
Debate: Young people with personality disorder should be recognised and appropriately managed21
Scoping review: potential harm from school‐based group mental health interventions21
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
Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help‐seeking intentions19
Long‐term impact of a mental health literacy resource applied by regular classroom teachers in a Canadian school cohort19
Innovations in Practice: Feasibility and provision of dialectical behavior therapy skills training for adolescents and their families18
Editorial: The need for more effective school‐based youth mental health interventions17
‘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
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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Differences in body mass index trajectories of adolescent psychiatric inpatients by sex, age, diagnosis and medication: an exploratory longitudinal, mixed effects analysis12
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
Life problems in children and adolescents who self‐harm: findings from the multicentre study of self‐harm in England11
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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
Editorial Perspective: The digital divide – inequalities in remote therapy for children and adolescents10
Debate: If not us, then who?10
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: Evidence in the real world – the need for context and the gender gap9
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
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
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: 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
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
Review: Young people's recovery processes from mental health problems – a scoping review6
Debate: Are we over‐pathologising young people's mental health? The case of trauma and PTSD diagnosis6
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
Letter to the Editor: Reimagining environmental health for children – integrating longitudinal, genetic, and cross‐cultural perspectives6
Debate: Child and adolescent mental health professionals have a responsibility to diagnose Personality Disorder6
Technology Matters: Online Support and Intervention (OSI) for child anxiety problems – an example of the journey from research to practice6
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Clinical Research Updates6
Debate: “The‐Diagnosis‐That‐Must‐Not‐Be‐Named” – Professionals' fear of BPD is failing their patients5
Editorial Perspective: What do we need to know about the manosphere and young people's mental health?5
Preventing anxiety in the children of anxious parents – feasibility of a brief, online, group intervention for parents of one‐ to three‐year‐olds5
Debate: How much should nonspecialists be involved in mental health care when resources are limited? A perspective from low‐ and middle‐income countries5
Debate: Social media in children and young people – time for a ban? It is time to take a precautionary approach. Why health professionals are calling for a ban on social media for under‐16s5
Editorial: Socio‐economic inequality and child and adolescent mental health5
Editorial: Standing up for science – open science versus dis‐information5
Clinical research updates5
Debate: Social media in children and young people – time for a ban? Beyond the ban – empowering parents and schools to keep adolescents safe on social media5
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‐being5
Narrative Matters: Ursula Le Guin's writings and adolescence5
Bridging the gap: unveiling key links between autism and anxiety symptoms in autistic children and youth using a network analysis in pooled data from four countries5
Response: “The Signal and the Noise”—a response to Clayton et al. (2021)5
Debate: Are we overpathologising young people's mental health? Research shows otherwise – mental health conditions are not being recognised or diagnosed in healthcare settings5
Space for youth mental health—coercive measure use before and after architectural innovation at a department of child and adolescent psychiatry4
Coping with peer suicidality, help‐seeking intentions, and suicidal attitudes among Asian adolescents: a mixed‐methods study in Hong Kong4
Review: Crisis responses for children and young people – a systematic review of effectiveness, experiences and service organisation ( CAMH‐Crisis )4
Associations between childhood interactions with people of Black race/ethnicity and racial implicit association tasks in psychiatric providers in the United States – a cross‐sectional study4
Issue Information4
Debate: ‘Neurodiversity’ – has it outrun its usefulness?4
Commentary: Proactive practices to support youth coping with climate change – a commentary on Martin et al. (2021)4
Letter to the editor: A debate with no opponent4
‘We wait and we wait’—caregiver perspectives on autism spectrum disorder services in the Western Cape Province of South Africa4
A commentary on “Don't mind the gap: Why we do not care about the gender gap in mental health?” by P. Patalay and O. Demkowicz4
Commentary: Who gets the credit for “discovering” ADHD and what is the question, really?4
Commentary: Closing the gender gap in depression through the lived experience of young women – a response to ‘Don't mind the gap: Why do we not care about the gender gap in mental health?’, Patalay an4
Debate: Urban versus rural environments – which is better for mental health? The one good thing about a small town…4
Digital self‐harm and suicidality among adolescents4
Associations between parental socioeconomic status and mental health in Chinese children: the mediating roles of parenting practices4
Review Article: The acceptability and effectiveness of standardised diagnostic assessment approaches in children and young people's mental health services – an updated systematic review4
Debate: Involuntary treatment – not whether, but when and what else is needed4
Debate: Climate impacts on mental health – a youth perspective4
Editorial: Primum non nocere – are adverse events accurately reported in studies on psychological interventions for children?4
Network structure of adolescent social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties and their differential relationships with suicidality3
Short Research Article: Autism spectrum disorder and gender dysphoria among adolescents in a large, integrated health system3
Editorial Perspective: Using the levers to improve the mental health transitions of 15–25 year olds – learning from the evidence across the whole of health, social care and beyond3
Short research article: COVID ‐19 and its impact on child and youth mental health service demand in the community and emergency department3
Debate: Urban–rural environments – which is better for mental health? Moving beyond urban–rural dichotomies in psychosis risk for young people3
Short Research Article: Changes in life functioning in a self‐help, online program for child and adolescent anxiety3
Editorial: ‘Like a bee and a flower’ – the symbiotic relationship between physical environment and children and young people's psychosocial outcomes3
Psychotic‐like experiences and adverse life events in young people. Does gender matter?3
Debate: Neurodiversity, autism and healthcare3
Letter to the Editor: ‘It's my ADHD3
Review: Cultural adaptations to psychosocial interventions for families with refugee/asylum‐seeker status in the United Kingdom – a systematic review3
Commentary: Time to abandon the ‘clinical high risk state for psychosis’ ( CHR ‐P) concept in adolescence? Commentary on Frearson et al. ‘Efficacy of3
Commentary: Three tasks for eco‐anxiety research – a commentary on Thompson et al. (2021)3
Review: Digital experiences and their impact on the lives of adolescents with pre‐existing anxiety, depression, eating and nonsuicidal self‐injury conditions – a systematic review3
Review: Impact of urgent youth outpatient mental health care on patient and health system outcomes – a scoping review3
Issue Information3
School connectedness mediates the association of social function with depressive symptoms in teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder2
Narrative Matters: Wasting away and fed up – dietary battles in history2
Commentary: Timely recognition of mental health needs in young children – parental perception as a way for professionals to understand child, parent, and family needs? – a commentary on McGinnis et al2
Review: School‐based interventions for child and adolescent survivors of natural disasters – a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials2
The protective role of community cohesion across rural and urban contexts: implications for youth mental health2
Development, preliminary validation and reliability of the colourful ‘My Feelings Form’ self‐report for young children2
Narrative Matters: Write the pain away – creative writing therapy for young people2
Debate: More, not less social media content moderation? How to better protect youth mental health online2
Debate: Involuntary treatment and detention are a necessary part of mental health care – a perspective from low and middle‐income countries2
Commentary: Against the widespread use of other types of PD diagnosis – a commentary on the May 2022 debate (should CAMH2
Debate: Bridging the gap – role of nonspecialists in child and adolescent mental health care2
Issue Information2
Editorial: The Cass Review – implications and reassurance for practitioners2
Debate: Social media in children and young people – time for a ban? Weighing up the implications and limitations of age‐based social media restrictions2
Bullying victimization among adolescents during the early phase of war in Ukraine – A comparative cross‐sectional study in 2016–20172
The role of adolescent social inclusion in educational attainment among vulnerable youth2
Self‐reported changes in adolescent mental health, deliberate self‐harm, substance use, and help‐seeking behavior before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic – A Finnish time‐trend study2
Issue Information2
Review: Interventions to prevent or manage self‐harm among students in educational settings – a systematic review2
Editorial: Equity, diversity and inclusion in child and adolescent mental health – a perspective from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)2
Identifying and changing cognitive vulnerability in the classroom: preliminary evaluation of CUES‐Ed, a school‐based universal cognitive behavioural early intervention service for 7–10 year olds2
Narrative Matters: Encanto and intergenerational trauma2
Letter to the editor: ‘To seclude or not to seclude, is that the question?’ A commentary on Yurtbasi et al. (2024)2
Editorial: Control alt delete – technology and children's mental health2
The role of neighbourhood greenspace quantity on mental health and cognitive development in early to middle childhood: a multilevel growth curve analysis of the UK 2
Debate: Should CAMHs professionals be diagnosing personality disorder in adolescents – ‘No rationale to deprive adolescents of effective treatment’2
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