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Online art therapy in elementary schools during COVID-19: results from a randomized cluster pilot and feasibility study and impact on mental health

Emerging literature on the current COVID-19 crisis suggests that children may experience increased anxiety and depression as a result of the pandemic. To prevent such school and mental health-related problems,...

Authors: Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise, Terra Léger-Goodes, Geneviève A. Mageau, Geneviève Taylor, Catherine M. Herba, Nicholas Chadi and David Lefrançois

Correction to: Viral time capsule: a global photo‑elicitation study of child and adolescent mental health professionals during COVID‑19

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Authors: Olivia D. Herrington, Ashley Clayton, Laelia Benoit, Cecil Prins-Aardema, Madeline DiGiovanni, Indigo Weller and Andrés Martin

Do risk profiles moderate the relation between age of onset of disruptive behaviour and two types of externalising problems among adolescents admitted to secure residential care?

Adolescents with externalising problems in secure residential care differ in age of onset of disruptive behaviour and in cumulative risks in several domains. In order to reduce negative consequences of externa...

Authors: Miranda G. W. G. Knoops, Ilja L. Bongers, Elisabeth A. W. Janssen-de Ruijter and Chijs van Nieuwenhuizen

Assessing adverse childhood experiences, social, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, and subjective health complaints among Hungarian adolescents

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can have lifelong adverse impacts; they can play a role in the development of subsequent emotional, cognitive, and social impairments leading to somatic and mental difficul...

Authors: Beáta Kovács-Tóth, Barnabás Oláh, Gábor Papp and Ildikó Kuritárné Szabó

Changes in emotions and worries during the Covid-19 pandemic: an online-survey with children and adults with and without mental health conditions

The novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has spread quickly worldwide with dramatic consequences on our daily lives. Adverse psychosocial consequences of Covid-19 might be particularly severe for children and ...

Authors: Josefine Rothe, Judith Buse, Anne Uhlmann, Annet Bluschke and Veit Roessner

Costs of health and social services use in children of parents with mental illness

Children of parents with mental illness have a higher risk of developing mental health problems when compared with the general population. Therefore, families with parents with mental illness are a suitable ta...

Authors: Tamara Waldmann, Maja Stiawa, Ümügülsüm Dinc, Gülsah Saglam, Mareike Busmann, Anne Daubmann, Bonnie Adema, Karl Wegscheider, Silke Wiegand-Grefe and Reinhold Kilian

One-year outcome of manualised behavior therapy of chronic tic disorders in children and adolescents

Chronic tic disorders are neurodevelopmental disorders that can be treated with Habit Reversal Training (HRT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP). Intermediate and long-term effects have been examined after...

Authors: J. B. Nissen, A. H. Carlsen and P. H. Thomsen

Effectiveness of attachment-based family therapy compared to treatment as usual for depressed adolescents in community mental health clinics

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a disabling mood disorder, profoundly affecting a large number of adolescent’s quality of life. To date, no obvious treatment of choice for MDD in adolescents is available an...

Authors: Luxsiya Waraan, Erling W. Rognli, Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski, Marianne Aalberg and Lars Mehlum

Parent- and teacher-reported long-term effects of parent training on child conduct problems in families with child protection and other support services: a randomized controlled trial

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluated the long-term effectiveness of the Incredible Years^® (IY) Parenting Program in modifying children’s externalizing problems among families in Child Protection Servi...

Authors: Piia Karjalainen, Päivi Santalahti, Eeva T. Aronen and Olli Kiviruusu

Adapting evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Saudi Arabia: process and outputs of a national initiative

We recently adapted the published National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and management guideline to the Saudi Arabian context. It ha...

Authors: Fahad A. Bashiri, Turki H. Albatti, Muddathir H. Hamad, Haya F. Al-Joudi, Hadeel F. Daghash, Saleh M. Al-Salehi, Jeremy L. Varnham, Fatimah Alhaidar, Omar Almodayfer, Abdulkarim Alhossein, Hesham Aldhalaan, Yasser A. Ad-Dab’bagh, Nouf Al Backer, Waleed Altwaijri, Khalid Alburikan, Maysaa W. Buraik…

Viral time capsule: a global photo-elicitation study of child and adolescent mental health professionals during COVID-19

To examine, through photo-elicitation, the personal and professional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health professionals working with children and adolescents around the globe.

Authors: Olivia D. Herrington, Ashley Clayton, Laelia Benoit, Cecil Prins-Aardema, Madeline DiGiovanni, Indigo Weller and Andrés Martin

Parent-perceived barriers to accessing services for their child’s mental health problems

Many children and adolescents with impairing mental health disorders are not in contact with specialized child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). In order to close the service gap, it is important ...

Authors: Anna Sofie Hansen, Gry Kjaersdam Telléus, Christina Mohr-Jensen and Marlene Briciet Lauritsen

Gender differences in externalizing and internalizing problems in Singaporean children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Studies on gender differences in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) comorbidities in the Asian populations have been limited and previous studies have shown inconclusive findings. Singapore is a c...

Authors: Tsz Wing Ivy Lau, Choon Guan Lim, Sanchalika Acharryya, Nikki Lim-Ashworth, Yi Ren Tan and Shuen Sheng Daniel Fung

Shared residential placement for child welfare and juvenile justice youth: current treatment needs and risk of adult criminal conviction

Although child welfare youth and juvenile offenders in residential care have different judicial placement reasons, there seems to be overlap in their demographic and psychosocial backgrounds. This could raise ...

Authors: Lena Jäggi, Marc Schmid, David Bürgin, Nadine Saladin, Alexander Grob and Cyril Boonmann

Enhancing mental health pre-service training with the WHO mhGAP Intervention Guide: experiences learned and the way forward

There is currently a high global demand for mental health professionals, including child and adolescent mental health professionals. In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) published “Enhancing mental hea...

Authors: Silje Akselberg Iversen, Brian Ogallo, Myron Belfer, Daniel Fung, Christina W. Hoven, Kenneth Carswell and Norbert Skokauskas

Video gaming addiction and its association with memory, attention and learning skills in Lebanese children

Examining whether any association exists between addiction to video games and cognitive abilities in children could inform ongoing prevention and management of any possible harm. The objective of this study wa...

Authors: Youssef Farchakh, Chadia Haddad, Hala Sacre, Sahar Obeid, Pascale Salameh and Souheil Hallit

Socio-emotional and adaptive behaviour in children treated for severe anaemia at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: a prospective cohort study

Severe anaemia is a global public health challenge commonly associated with morbidity and mortality among children < 5 years of age in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, less is known about the behavioural performan...

Authors: Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata, Robert Opika Opoka, John Mbaziira Ssenkusu, Noeline Nakasujja, Chandy C. John and Paul Bangirana

Prevalence of mental health problems in Chinese schoolchildren: The influence of measuring impact score and combining information from multiple informants

To measure the effects of using different combinations of multiple informants and the impact score on the estimated prevalence of mental health problems in Chinese schoolchildren.

Authors: Li Liu, Shuang Li, Wen Pan, Lijuan Wang, Yang Zheng, Xiaoxia An, Yan Zhou, Yanxia Li, Jun Na, Rui Zhang, Huijuan Mu, Wen Dong, Yuan Gao, Wei Sun, Guowei Pan and Lingjun Yan

Violence against children and adolescents by nursing staff: prevalence rates and implications for practice

International studies show that child maltreatment is a widespread but often underestimated problem that causes high individual, social and economic costs. Child maltreatment is an important topic for the medi...

Authors: Ulrike Hoffmann, Vera Clemens, Elisa König, Elmar Brähler and Jörg M. Fegert

“I feel good when I drink”—detecting childhood-onset alcohol abuse and dependence in a Ugandan community trial cohort

Alcohol, substance use, and mental health disorders constitute major public health issues worldwide, including in low income and lower middle-income countries, and early initiation of use is an important predi...

Authors: Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, Joyce S. Nalugya, Vilde Skylstad, Grace Ndeezi, Angela Akol, Juliet N. Babirye, Victoria Nankabirwa and James K. Tumwine

Prevalence and risk factors for youth suicidality among perinatally infected youths living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda: the CHAKA study

Research from high income countries indicates that suicide is a major mental health care concern and a leading cause of preventable deaths among children and adolescents. Proper assessment and management of yo...

Authors: Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Richard Stephen Mpango, Wilber Ssembajjwe, Kenneth D. Gadow, Vikram Patel and Eugene Kinyanda

Family violence against children in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic: a review of current perspectives and risk factors

The situation of crisis produced by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses major challenges to societies all over the world. While efforts to contain the virus are vital to protect global health, these same...

Authors: Noemí Pereda and Diego A. Díaz-Faes

Study of the effect of family communication and function, and satisfaction with body image, on psychological well-being of obese girls: the mediating role of self-esteem and depression

Obesity has become a global problem in childhood and adolescence. The objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of family communication and function, and body image satisfaction, on psycholo...

Authors: Zabihollah KavehFarsani, Roya Kelishadi and Kioumars Beshlideh

Psychosocial distress among in-school adolescents in Mozambique: a cross-sectional study using the Global School-Based Health Survey data

Poor mental health remains the leading cause of disability, with considerable negative impacts in low- and middle-income countries. In this study, we examined the prevalence and correlates of psychosocial dist...

Authors: Hubert Amu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Wonder Agbemavi, Bernard Owusu Afriyie, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw and Kwaku Kissah-Korsah

The attitudes and feelings of mental health nurses towards adolescents and young adults with nonsuicidal self-injuring behaviors

Attitudes towards patients with self-harm behaviors are decisive for the quality of the relationship of healthcare professionals towards them, which is further linked to successful treatment. In mental health ...

Authors: Matejka Pintar Babič, Branko Bregar and Maja Drobnič Radobuljac

Effects of a mental health promotion intervention on mental health of Iranian female adolescents: a school-based study

Poor mental health is common among adolescents. Given the increasing burden of poor mental health among adolescents in developing countries, it seems necessary to identify the effective interventions. The main...

Authors: Haleh Heizomi, Hamid Allahverdipour, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Devender Bhalla and Haidar Nadrian

Children and young people’s experiences of completing mental health and wellbeing measures for research: learning from two school-based pilot projects

In recent years there has been growing interest in child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing, alongside increasing emphasis on schools as a crucial site for research and intervention. This has coincided...

Authors: Ola Demkowicz, Emma Ashworth, Rosie Mansfield, Emily Stapley, Helena Miles, Daniel Hayes, Kim Burrell, Anna Moore and Jessica Deighton

Bottom-up and top-down approaches to understanding oppositional defiant disorder symptoms during early childhood: a mixed method study

Children with clinical levels of conduct problems are at high risk of developing mental health problems such as persistent antisocial behavior or emotional problems in adolescence. Serious conduct problems in ...

Authors: Britt-Marie Ljungström, Elisabeth Kenne Sarenmalm and Ulf Axberg

Hidden scars: the impact of violence and the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s mental health

More than 1 billion children are exposed to violence every year. The devastating immediate and long-term impact of violence on the mental health of children is well established. Despite commitments made by the...

Authors: Najat Maalla M’jid

Alexithymia, aggressive behavior and depression among Lebanese adolescents: A cross-sectional study

For a long time, Lebanon has been considered an unstable country. This can have a negative impact on Lebanese adolescents that consequently face secondary emotional stress, leading to more mental health proble...

Authors: Elsa Sfeir, Claudine Geara, Souheil Hallit and Sahar Obeid

Depression and suicidality among adolescents living with human immunodeficiency virus in Lagos, Nigeria

Nigeria is considered to have the second highest number of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide with a national HIV infection prevalence of 5.2% in children and adolescents. Adolesce...

Authors: Suraju Adeyemo, Increase I. Adeosun, Oluwayemi Cecilia Ogun, Abiodun Adewuya, Agatha Nkiru David, Abosede Adekeji Adegbohun, Olurotimi Adejumo, Oyewale Alfred Ogunlowo and Oluwatosin Oluwaseun Adeyemo

Symptoms and level of functioning related to comorbidity in children and adolescents with ADHD: a cross-sectional registry study

It is well known that a wide range of psychiatric disorders co-occur with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In this study we aimed to examine the associations of psychiatric comorbidity in ADHD with sy...

Authors: Marie Elwin, Tove Elvin and Jan-Olov Larsson

The relationship between acculturation and mental health of 1st generation immigrant youth in a representative school survey: does gender matter?

Although gender plays a pivotal role in the psychological adaptation of immigrant youth, its association with acculturation strategy and mental health among 1st generation immigrant adolescents are still scarc...

Authors: Eva M. Klein, Kai W. Müller, Klaus Wölfling, Michael Dreier, Mareike Ernst and Manfred E. Beutel

The importance of social factors in the association between physical activity and depression in children

Physical activity is associated with reduced depression in youth and adults. However, our understanding of how different aspects of youth activities—specifically, the degree to which they are social, team-orie...

Authors: May I. Conley, Isabella Hindley, Arielle Baskin-Sommers, Dylan G. Gee, B. J. Casey and Monica D. Rosenberg

Subjective well-being of left-behind children: a cross-sectional study in a rural area of eastern China

Psychological well-beings of left-behind children (LBC) in rural areas of China remain under-studied. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to explore the subjective well-being (SWB) in LBC and its associate...

Authors: Lihong Ye, Yu Qian, Shuyang Meng, Ding Ye, Chao Rong, Eric E. Vandenhouten, Fangyuan Jing and Yingying Mao

Health care professionals’ perspectives on barriers to treatment seeking for formal health services among orphan children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS and mental distress in a rural district in central, Uganda

Little/no research has been conducted in Uganda in particular and sub-Saharan Africa in general on the health professional’s perspectives on barriers to treatment seeking for formal health services among orpha...

Authors: James Mugisha, Eugene Kinyanda, Joseph Osafo, Winfred Nalukenge and Birthe Loa Knizek

Positive intervention for depression and teacher–student relationship in Iranian high school girl students with moderate/mild depression: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Positive intervention (PI) is a modern and therapeutic approach broadly based on the principles of positive psychology (Rashid in J Posit Psychol 1:25–40, 2014). PI effects at schools have received little atte...

Authors: Ali Taghvaienia and Arash Zonobitabar

Comorbidity of disruptive behavior disorders and intermittent explosive disorder

Aggressive behavior in children and adolescents may be accounted for by several disruptive behavioral disorders (DBD) including attention-deficit/hyperactive (ADHD), conduct (CD), and oppositional defiant (ODD...

Authors: Karam Radwan and Emil F. Coccaro

Mental health in adolescents displaced by the armed conflict: findings from the Colombian national mental health survey

Colombia has one of the largest populations of internally displaced individuals by an armed conflict. However, there is no data demonstrating its effect on health, particularly in adolescents.

Authors: Arturo Marroquín Rivera, Carlos Javier Rincón Rodríguez, Andrea Padilla-Muñoz and Carlos Gómez-Restrepo

Impact of child emotional and behavioural difficulties on educational outcomes of primary school children in Ethiopia: a population-based cohort study

The relationship between child emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) and educational outcomes has not been investigated in prospective, community studies from low-income countries.

Authors: Habtamu Mekonnen, Girmay Medhin, Mark Tomlinson, Atalay Alem, Martin Prince and Charlotte Hanlon

Integrating clinical and research training in child psychiatry: fifteen-year outcomes of a federally supported program

The Albert J. Solnit Integrated Training Program (AJSP) is an educational initiative designed to prepare physician-scientists for independent careers in the investigation and treatment of childhood psychiatric...

Authors: Amanda Calhoun, Michael H. Bloch, Dorothy Stubbe, James F. Leckman and Andrés Martin

Challenges and burden of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for child and adolescent mental health: a narrative review to highlight clinical and research needs in the acute phase and the long return to normality

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is profoundly affecting life around the globe. Isolation, contact restrictions and economic shutdown impose a complete change to the psychosocial environment in affected...

Authors: Jörg M. Fegert, Benedetto Vitiello, Paul L. Plener and Vera Clemens

Child and adolescent mental health service provision and research during the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges, opportunities, and a call for submissions

Authors: Andreas Witt, Anna Ordóñez, Andrés Martin, Benedetto Vitiello and Jörg M. Fegert

An integrated approach to meet the needs of high-vulnerable families: a qualitative study on integrated care from a professional perspective

To meet the needs of high-vulnerable families with severe and enduring problems across several life domains, professionals must improve their ability to provide integrated care timely and adequately. The aim o...

Authors: L. A. Nooteboom, S. I. van den Driesschen, C. H. Z. Kuiper, R. R. J. M. Vermeiren and E. A. Mulder

School refusal and bullying in children with autism spectrum disorder

Few studies have explored school refusal in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), despite being considered a serious problem. One of the leading causes of school refusal is bullying, which is defined b...

Authors: Marina Ochi, Kentaro Kawabe, Shinichiro Ochi, Tomoe Miyama, Fumie Horiuchi and Shu-ichi Ueno

Adolescents with full or subthreshold anorexia nervosa in a naturalistic sample: treatment interventions and patient satisfaction

Despite major research efforts, current recommendations of treatment interventions for adolescents with anorexia nervosa are scarce, and the importance of patient satisfaction for treatment outcome is yet to b...

Authors: Katarina Lindstedt, Emma Forss, Marie Elwin, Lars Kjellin and Sanna Aila Gustafsson

A 12-month follow-up of a transdiagnostic indicated prevention of internalizing symptoms in school-aged children: the results from the EMOTION study

Anxious and depressive symptoms in youth are highly prevalent, are often comorbid and have a high rate of relapse. Preventive interventions are promising, but follow-up results are lacking. The transdiagnostic...

Authors: M. E. S. Loevaas, S. Lydersen, A. M. Sund, S-P. Neumer, K. D. Martinsen, S. Holen, J. Patras, F. Adolfsen, L-M. P. Rasmussen and T. Reinfjell

Challenges in recruiting and retaining adolescents with abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder: lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial

Research on effective recruitment and retention strategies for adolescents and young adults suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder is scarce. The aim of the current study was to provide data on recruitme...

Authors: Anna Vogel, Hannah Comtesse and Rita Rosner

Child and adolescent psychiatry training in Nepal: early career psychiatrists’ perspective

Nepal is a developing low-income country in Southeast Asia. There is a huge burden of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) in Nepal which has a population of around 29 million and 40–50% of the population...

Authors: Utkarsh Karki, Yugesh Rai, Gunjan Dhonju, Eesha Sharma, Preeti Jacob, John Vijay Sagar Kommu and Shekhar P. Seshadri

Mental health problems and associated school interpersonal relationships among adolescents in China: a cross-sectional study

During adolescence, middle school students facing psychophysical changes are vulnerable to psychological problems. The present study aimed to investigate mental health status and associated school interpersona...

Authors: Jiayu Li, Jing Li, Ruixia Jia, Yingquan Wang, Sheng Qian and Yong Xu