Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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Issue Information	89
Narrative Matters: No teen is an island – the cost of finding a tribe through memes and TikToks	75
Commentary: Suggestions for guidance by academics who collaborate with digital companies – a commentary on Bourgaize et al. (2025)	69
Debate: How far can we modify the expression of autism by modifying the environment?	61
Commentary: A spectrum for all? A response to Green et al. (2023), neurodiversity, autism and health care	49
Debate: Social media content moderation may do more harm than good for youth mental health	48
Issue Information	45
Clinical Research Updates	43
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?	43
Commentary: Technology, power and inequalities – achieving a humane approach to the digital divide – a commentary on Aboujaoude and Gega (2021)	35
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 Africa	31
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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)	25
Cyberbullying among adolescents in Turkey: the relationship between coping strategies and cyberbullying perpetration	25
Editorial: Going through the slippery landscape of conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and help for children in humanitarian crises	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 adolescent	23
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)	22
Short Research Article: RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher‐led, task‐shifting initiative for child mental health	21
Scoping review: potential harm from school‐based group mental health interventions	20
Debate: Young people with personality disorder should be recognised and appropriately managed	20
Debate: Don't mind the gap – why do we not care about the gender gap in common mental health difficulties?	19
Innovations in Practice: Feasibility and provision of dialectical behavior therapy skills training for adolescents and their families	19
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Editorial: The need for more effective school‐based youth mental health interventions	18
Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help‐seeking intentions	17
Examining academic self‐concept as a mediator of the relationship between anxiety and depression: A longitudinal study	17
‘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
Long‐term impact of a mental health literacy resource applied by regular classroom teachers in a Canadian school cohort	16
Commentary: The Signal and the Noise—questioning the benefits of puberty blockers for youth with gender dysphoria—a commentary on Rew et al. (2021)	16
Review: Interventions addressing loneliness amongst university students: a systematic review	16
Narrative Matters: Gustav Mahler – music as a source of meaning and healing in the face of adversity and inequality	15
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
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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 analysis	13
Short Research Article: Promoting digital citizenship through a school‐based intervention in early adolescence in Perú (a pilot quasi‐experimental study)	13
Debate: Inequalities within understanding of Eco Distress	13
Commentary: The wars within – uncomfortable truths about the bullying of girls in conflict‐affected societies	13
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A qualitative study of young people's lived experiences of suicide and self‐harm: intentionality, rationality and authenticity	13
Issue Information	12
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 Kingdom	12
Understanding the impact of children's and young people's self‐harm on parental well‐being: a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative findings	11
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Life problems in children and adolescents who self‐harm: findings from the multicentre study of self‐harm in England	11
Editorial: Equity, diversity and inclusion in child and adolescent mental health – equality of opportunities should be every child's right and every society's obligation	11
Review: The effectiveness of musical therapy in improving depression and anxiety symptoms among children and adolescents – a systematic review	11
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Clinical research updates	11
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Debate: Responses to commentaries – neurodiversity, autism and healthcare	11
Self‐harm, suicidal ideation, depression and peer relationships in transgender and gender diverse adolescents accessing specialist mental health services	10
Debate: If not us, then who?	10
Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States	9
Building Resilience and Attachment in Vulnerable Adolescents (BRAVA): a brief group intervention for adolescents with mild‐to‐moderate suicidal ideation and their caregivers	9
Editorial: Evidence in the real world – the need for context and the gender gap	9
Editorial Perspective: The digital divide – inequalities in remote therapy for children and adolescents	9
Editorial: The debate around over‐pathologising young people's mental health	9
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)	9
The moderation effect of mental health services use on the relationship between exposures to adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes among US adolescents	9
Issue Information	8
Clinical research updates	8
Clinical research updates	8
The burden of mental and behavioral health visits to the pediatric ED: A 3‐year tertiary care center experience	8
Factors that impact mental health help‐seeking in Australian adolescents: a life‐course and socioecological perspective	8
Home Fae Home: A case study in co‐designing trauma‐informed community spaces with young people in Dundee, Scotland	8
Debate: Conduct disorder and the segregation of child mental health	8
Assessing the feasibility of a web‐based outcome measurement system in child and adolescent mental health services – myHealthE a randomised controlled feasibility pilot study	7
Understanding unusual sensory experiences: a randomised experimental study of a school‐based intervention for adolescents	7
Review: School‐based mental health literacy interventions to promote help‐seeking – a systematic review	7
Clinical Research Updates	7
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 Country	7
Editorial Perspective: Prioritizing child and adolescent mental health research in the context of war	7
Debate: It is time to stop turning a blind eye to personality disorder in young people	7

Staff Perspectives: Why are adolescent inpatients secluded and what causes changes in rates of seclusion on a unit?	7
Personality functioning in adolescents: exploring the links with childhood maltreatment types and internalizing and externalizing difficulties	7
Editorial: Open science and methods review for Child and Adolescent Mental Health	6
Debate: Are we over‐pathologising young people's mental health? The case of trauma and PTSD diagnosis	6
Barriers and facilitators of implementation of evidence‐based interventions in children and young people's mental health care – a systematic review	6
Adolescents' problematic internet and smartphone use in (cyber)bullying experiences: A network analysis	6
Clinical Research Updates	6
Debate: Child and adolescent mental health professionals have a responsibility to diagnose Personality Disorder	6
Debate: Academics should collaborate with the technology industry, but not in lieu of noncollaborative research	6
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 y	6
Technology Matters: Online Support and Intervention (OSI) for child anxiety problems – an example of the journey from research to practice	6
Review: System transformation to enhance transitional age youth mental health – a scoping review	5
Commentary: Did the internet cause an increase in the prevalence of mental disorders? – A commentary on Aboujaoude and Gega (2021)	5
Preventing anxiety in the children of anxious parents – feasibility of a brief, online, group intervention for parents of one‐ to three‐year‐olds	5
Clinical research updates	5
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Debate: “The‐Diagnosis‐That‐Must‐Not‐Be‐Named” – Professionals' fear of BPD is failing their patients	5
Narrative Matters: Ursula Le Guin's writings and adolescence	5
Response: “The Signal and the Noise”—a response to Clayton et al. (2021)	5
Commentary: Safeguarding youth in the smartphone era: rethinking evidence for action – a commentary on Lai et al. (2025)	5
Review: Young people's recovery processes from mental health problems – a scoping review	5
Editorial: Socio‐economic inequality and child and adolescent mental health	5
Coping with peer suicidality, help‐seeking intentions, and suicidal attitudes among Asian adolescents: a mixed‐methods study in Hong Kong	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 an	4
‘We wait and we wait’—caregiver perspectives on autism spectrum disorder services in the Western Cape Province of South Africa	4
Debate: Climate impacts on mental health – a youth perspective	4
Issue Information	4
Debate: Urban versus rural environments – which is better for mental health? The one good thing about a small town…	4
Editorial: Primum non nocere – are adverse events accurately reported in studies on psychological interventions for children?	4
Debate: How much should nonspecialists be involved in mental health care when resources are limited? A perspective from low‐ and middle‐income countries	4
Space for youth mental health—coercive measure use before and after architectural innovation at a department of child and adolescent psychiatry	4
Review Article: The acceptability and effectiveness of standardised diagnostic assessment approaches in children and young people's mental health services – an updated systematic review	4
Network structure of adolescent social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties and their differential relationships with suicidality	4
Letter to the editor: A debate with no opponent	4
Debate: Are we overpathologising young people's mental health? Research shows otherwise – mental health conditions are not being recognised or diagnosed in healthcare settings	4
Debate: ‘Neurodiversity’ – has it outrun its usefulness?	4
Editorial Perspective: What do we need to know about the manosphere and young people's mental health?	4
Commentary: Proactive practices to support youth coping with climate change – a commentary on Martin et al. (2021)	4
Review: Crisis responses for children and young people – a systematic review of effectiveness, experiences and service organisation (CAMH‐Crisis)	4
Associations between parental socioeconomic status and mental health in Chinese children: the mediating roles of parenting practices	4
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. Demkowicz	4
Digital self‐harm and suicidality among adolescents	4
Long‐term outcome of intensive home treatment for children and adolescents with mental health problems – 4 years after a randomized controlled clinical trial	4
Striving for Happily Ever After: Supportive Interventions for Youth Leaving Residential Placement. A Systematic Review of Reviews	3
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 study	3
Review: Cultural adaptations to psychosocial interventions for families with refugee/asylum‐seeker status in the United Kingdom – a systematic review	3
Short Research Article: Changes in life functioning in a self‐help, online program for child and adolescent anxiety	3
Debate: Neurodiversity, autism and healthcare	3
Editorial: Control alt delete – technology and children's mental health	3
Letter to the editor: ‘To seclude or not to seclude, is that the question?’ A commentary on Yurtbasi et al. (2024)	3
Short research article: COVID‐19 and its impact on child and youth mental health service demand in the community and emergency department	3
Issue Information	3
Commentary: Who gets the credit for “discovering” ADHD and what is the question, really?	3
Debate: Involuntary treatment – not whether, but when and what else is needed	3
Psychotic‐like experiences and adverse life events in young people. Does gender matter?	3
Editorial: ‘Like a bee and a flower’ – the symbiotic relationship between physical environment and children and young people's psychosocial outcomes	3
Letter to the Editor: ‘It's my ADHD’	3
Narrative Matters: Encanto and intergenerational trauma	3
Commentary: Three tasks for eco‐anxiety research – a commentary on Thompson et al. (2021)	3
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 beyond	3
Commentary: Time to abandon the ‘clinical high risk state for psychosis’ (CHR‐P) concept in adolescence? Commentary on Frearson et al. ‘Efficacy of preventative interventions for children a	3
Review: Impact of urgent youth outpatient mental health care on patient and health system outcomes – a scoping review	3
Debate: Urban–rural environments – which is better for mental health? Moving beyond urban–rural dichotomies in psychosis risk for young people	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 review	3
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 Millennium Cohort Study	3
Development, preliminary validation and reliability of the colourful ‘My Feelings Form’ self‐report for young children	3
Impact of counselling provision in primary schools on child and adolescent mental health service referral rates: a longitudinal observational cohort study	2
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Debate: More, not less social media content moderation? How to better protect youth mental health online	2
The role of adolescent social inclusion in educational attainment among vulnerable youth	2
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 al	2
Narrative Matters: Wasting away and fed up – dietary battles in history	2
Commentary: Against the widespread use of other types of PD diagnosis – a commentary on the May 2022 debate (should CAMH professionals be diagnosing personality disorder in adole	2
Review: Interventions to prevent or manage self‐harm among students in educational settings – a systematic review	2
Editorial: Equity, diversity and inclusion in child and adolescent mental health – a perspective from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)	2
Narrative Matters: Write the pain away – creative writing therapy for young people	2
Editorial: The Cass Review – implications and reassurance for practitioners	2
Debate: Involuntary treatment and detention are a necessary part of mental health care – a perspective from low and middle‐income countries	2
Debate: Bridging the gap – role of nonspecialists in child and adolescent mental health care	2
School connectedness mediates the association of social function with depressive symptoms in teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	2

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Bullying victimization among adolescents during the early phase of war in Ukraine – A comparative cross‐sectional study in 2016–2017	2
The protective role of community cohesion across rural and urban contexts: implications for youth mental health	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 olds	2
Debate: Should CAMHs professionals be diagnosing personality disorder in adolescents – ‘No rationale to deprive adolescents of effective treatment’	2
Editorial Perspective: Mental health of young asylum seekers and refugees in the context of COVID‐19	1
Editorial Perspective: Missing the forest for the trees – how the focus on digital addiction and gaming diverted attention away from wider online risks	1
Russian adolescent mental health in 2002, 2015 and during the COVID‐19 pandemic in 2021	1
Review: Economic evidence of preventive interventions for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents – a systematic review	1
Age‐related differences in social media use, online social support, and depressive symptoms in adolescents and emerging adults	1
Technology Matters: Digital micro interventions to support parenting: Evaluating time out apps	1
The role of social support on the relationships between internet use and sleep problems in adolescents during COVID‐19 pandemic: a multicentre study	1
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Narrative Matters: Fighting not drowning – facing a harsh climate future with wisdom, hope and courage	1
Place‐based civic science—collective environmental action and solidarity for eco‐resilience	1
Intergenerational consequences of racism in the United Kingdom: a qualitative investigation into parents' exposure to racism and offspring mental health and well‐being	1
Debate: Child and adolescent mental health services: time to take the lead in prevention of psychosis in youth	1
Debate: Should academics collaborate with digital companies to improve young people's mental health?	1
Young people's online communication and its association with mental well‐being: results from the 2019 student health and well‐being survey	1
Editorial: Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion through culturally sensitive collaboration and training	1
Technology Matters: The ESSENCE of holistic neurodivergent identification in a digital age	1
Clinical Research Updates	1
The use and potential of artificial intelligence for supporting clinical observation of child behaviour	1
Review: Adverse event monitoring and reporting in studies of pediatric psychosocial interventions: a systematic review	1
Cognitive and behavioral profiles in children with autism spectrum disorder with and without Attention‐Deficit/hyperactivity disorder	1
Review: Improving access to mental health interventions for children from birth to five years: A Scoping Review	1
Commentary: Bringing together lived experience, clinical and research expertise – a commentary on the May 2022 debate (should CAMH professionals be diagnosing personality disorder in adoles	1
Letter to the Editor: Addressing the escalating trend of nonmedical use of benzodiazepines and Z‐hypnotics among adolescents – a call for gender‐sensitive interventions and policy reforms	1
A scoping review of youth and young adults' roles in natural disaster mitigation and response: considerations for youth wellbeing during a global ecological crisis	1
Commentary: Where to next for universal school‐based mental health interventions? Don't through the baby out with the bathwater	1
Debate: Response to “Should academics collaborate with digital companies to improve young people's mental health”	1
Narrative Matters: Adolescence in The Manosphere – A perfect storm?	1
Learning outcomes in primary school children with emotional problems: a prospective cohort study	1
Commentary: Defining self‐harm: how inconsistencies in language persist – a commentary/reflection on Ward and Curran (2021)	1
Review: Meta‐analysis on mindfulness‐based interventions for adolescents' stress, depression, and anxiety in school settings: a cautionary tale	1
Increasing access to evidence‐based treatment for child anxiety problems: online parent‐led CBT for children identified via schools	1
Review: Ecological awareness, anxiety, and actions among youth and their parents – a qualitative study of newspaper narratives	1
Childhood attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder: socioeconomic inequalities in symptoms, impact, diagnosis and medication	1
Debate: Should academics collaborate with social media and gaming companies to identify and reduce mental health impacts on children and young people?	1
Response: Personality disorder is here to stay across the lifespan – a response to Commentaries on the May 2022 Debate	1
DEBATE: The inevitable decline of mindfulness	1
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Review: Therapist factors and their impact on therapeutic alliance and outcomes in child and adolescent mental health – a systematic review	1
Debate: CAMHS will be at the forefront of the next generation of psychosis risk models, but further integration with early intervention psychosis services is needed to realise this potential	1
Debate: We need data infrastructure as well as data sharing – conflicts of interest in video game research	1
Editorial Perspective: Health inequalities, children and young people and the pandemic	1
Development of a chatbot for depression: adolescent perceptions and recommendations	1