Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Papers
(The TQCC of Child and Adolescent 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
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Issue Information77
Narrative Matters: No teen is an island – the cost of finding a tribe through memes and TikToks71
Debate: How far can we modify the expression of autism by modifying the environment?64
Commentary: A spectrum for all? A response to Green et al. (2023), neurodiversity, autism and health care52
Debate: Social media content moderation may do more harm than good for youth mental health49
Commentary: Suggestions for guidance by academics who collaborate with digital companies – a commentary on Bourgaize et al. (2025)46
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?45
Issue Information45
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 Africa37
Clinical Research Updates31
Commentary: Technology, power and inequalities – achieving a humane approach to the digital divide – a commentary on Aboujaoude and Gega (2021)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
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 adolescent23
Editorial: Going through the slippery landscape of conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and help for children in humanitarian crises23
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
Debate: Young people with personality disorder should be recognised and appropriately managed21
Short Research Article: RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher‐led, task‐shifting initiative for child mental health21
Cyberbullying among adolescents in Turkey: the relationship between coping strategies and cyberbullying perpetration20
Issue Information20
Scoping review: potential harm from school‐based group mental health interventions20
Editorial: The need for more effective school‐based youth mental health interventions19
Commentary: The Signal and the Noise—questioning the benefits of puberty blockers for youth with gender dysphoria—a commentary on Rew et al. (2021)19
Debate: Don't mind the gap – why do we not care about the gender gap in common mental health difficulties?17
Long‐term impact of a mental health literacy resource applied by regular classroom teachers in a Canadian school cohort17
Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help‐seeking intentions17
Innovations in Practice: Feasibility and provision of dialectical behavior therapy skills training for adolescents and their families16
Examining academic self‐concept as a mediator of the relationship between anxiety and depression: A longitudinal study16
Review: Interventions addressing loneliness amongst university students: a systematic review16
‘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
Narrative Matters: Gustav Mahler – music as a source of meaning and healing in the face of adversity and inequality15
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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
Debate: Inequalities within understanding of Eco Distress13
A qualitative study of young people's lived experiences of suicide and self‐harm: intentionality, rationality and authenticity13
Differences in body mass index trajectories of adolescent psychiatric inpatients by sex, age, diagnosis and medication: an exploratory longitudinal, mixed effects analysis13
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?13
Issue Information12
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
Review: The effectiveness of musical therapy in improving depression and anxiety symptoms among children and adolescents – a systematic review12
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
Debate: If not us, then who?11
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Clinical research updates11
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Self‐harm, suicidal ideation, depression and peer relationships in transgender and gender diverse adolescents accessing specialist mental health services11
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Understanding the impact of children's and young people's self‐harm on parental well‐being: a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative findings11
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
Building Resilience and Attachment in Vulnerable Adolescents (BRAVA): a brief group intervention for adolescents with mild‐to‐moderate suicidal ideation and their caregivers10
Life problems in children and adolescents who self‐harm: findings from the multicentre study of self‐harm in England9
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 Perspective: The digital divide – inequalities in remote therapy for children and adolescents9
Editorial: Evidence in the real world – the need for context and the gender gap9
Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States9
Factors that impact mental health help‐seeking in Australian adolescents: a life‐course and socioecological perspective9
Issue Information8
Clinical research updates8
Editorial: The debate around over‐pathologising young people's mental health8
The burden of mental and behavioral health visits to the pediatric ED: A 3‐year tertiary care center experience8
Preterm birth, bullying victimization, and mental health in adulthood: A prospective cohort study in Germany8
Clinical research updates8
Debate: Conduct disorder and the segregation of child mental health8
Staff Perspectives: Why are adolescent inpatients secluded and what causes changes in rates of seclusion on a unit?7
Home Fae Home: A case study in co‐designing trauma‐informed community spaces with young people in Dundee, Scotland7
Debate: It is time to stop turning a blind eye to personality disorder in young people7
Clinical Research Updates7
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 Country7
Assessing the feasibility of a web‐based outcome measurement system in child and adolescent mental health services – myHealthE a randomised controlled feasibility pilot study7
Adolescents' problematic internet and smartphone use in (cyber)bullying experiences: A network analysis7
Commentary: Safeguarding youth in the smartphone era: rethinking evidence for action – a commentary on Lai et al. (2025)6
Editorial Perspective: Prioritizing child and adolescent mental health research in the context of war6
Debate: Academics should collaborate with the technology industry, but not in lieu of noncollaborative research6
Debate: Child and adolescent mental health professionals have a responsibility to diagnose Personality Disorder6
Debate: Are we over‐pathologising young people's mental health? The case of trauma and PTSD diagnosis6
Understanding unusual sensory experiences: a randomised experimental study of a school‐based intervention for adolescents6
Editorial: Open science and methods review for Child and Adolescent Mental Health6
Technology Matters: Online Support and Intervention (OSI) for child anxiety problems – an example of the journey from research to practice6
Clinical Research Updates6
Personality functioning in adolescents: exploring the links with childhood maltreatment types and internalizing and externalizing difficulties6
Review: School‐based mental health literacy interventions to promote help‐seeking – a systematic review6
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
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